Inside Report (6)

March 13, 1981

Poland apparently isn't the only Sovietbloc country whose Communist Party is experiencing internal problems. Romanians are puzzling over the disappearance of Stefan Voitec, senior vice-president of the State Council and occasional stand-in for President Nicolae Ceausescu.

Voitec hasn't turned up in the Romanian press since last June 18. In communist-bloc practice that rarely indicates anything other than political disgrace.

Various reports suggest Voitec was hospitalized or confined to a psychiatric clinic.

Another communist veteran, Constantin Pirvulescu, a founding member of the party, hasn't been heard from since late November 1979, when he accused Ceausescu of exercising undemocratic, personal r ule and challenged his reelection.