Jilava vol. 185, p. 91; p. 94
Two themes are common in the former Securitate (and their present supporters’) narrative on December 1989: 1) Col. Trosca (USLA) was a victim, cynically sacrificed or killed, because he had the dirt on Army General Militaru as a Russian agent; and 2) Defense Minister Vasile Milea was the main culprit responsible for the killing and wounding of demonstrators in Piata Universitatii on the night of 21/22 December 1989 (just look at the articles that appeared last year on the anniversary of the Revolution, and those who focused on Vasile Milea, and you will find those who are playing ball today for those in a certain Securitate successor institute). As the following report written in 1990 by Dumitru Pavelescu (Sef Stat Major, Trupele de Securitate), even the former Securitate knew these two things were not true.
p. 91 Trosca
“Dupa cum am auzit la punctul de comanda din interiorul sedeiului C.C. in aceasta cladire se gaseau introdusi de U.S.L.A. luptatori–cadre speciale instruiti, din serviciul de protectie apropriata–condus de Col. Trosca si cpt. Cotuna–aproximativ 8-10, echipaje a cite 5-6 luptatori fiecare, dotati cu cel mai modern armament, selectionati si verificati in mod deosebit.”
p. 94
“Am auzit ca defunctul gl. col. Vasile Milea–Ministerul Apararii Nationale, [a] refuzat sa traga in multime. Cunosc acest lucru, nu a tras, decit foc de avertisment cu cartuse trasoare.
In zona erau si alte forte care puteau trage imbracate in tinuta civila, atit la balcoane, cit si pe linga cladirile de pe Bdul Magheru si 1848.”
Roland O. Thomasson, PHD 