"Come off it! You can't sell me the idea that Mr. Peanut [then US President Jimmy Carter] can give me an Illi-whatsis diploma but not any from Washington. I will not go to Illi-whatever it is. I will not!"
— Elena Ceaușescu

January 1, 1970

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Elena's reaction on learning she would only be receiving an honorary membership in the Illinois Academy of Sciences (IAS) and not a more prestigious institute on the Ceaușescus's state visit to the US, according to Ion Mihai Pacepa, former chief of the Securitate