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With a doctorate from the Sorbonne and an impeccable reputation among the communists, Ion Gheorghe Maurer was one of the pampered of world leaders, whose sympathy and trust he earned. He had even managed to mediate the Russo-Chinese conflict. Even though Ion Gheorghe Maurer used his influence to promote Ceaușescu in the spheres of international power, the relationship between the two began to deteriorate.