[4] Declining the offer, Valeriu turned towards the press at the advice of the U.S. Government and obtained the intervention of Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton of Ohio and President Dwight Eisenhower.
[5][6] With pressure from Eisenhower, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej agreed to release Georgescu's sons and mother-in-law,[7] and a prisoner exchange for some Soviet spies was negotiated by CIA agent Frank Wisner.
[8] Peter Georgescu went on to attend Phillips Exeter Academy at the invitation of the headmaster and subsequently to earn his BA degree from Princeton University and his MBA from Stanford.
In 1995 Y&R began an acquisition push increasing ownership in advertising agencies and public relations firms across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
[12] Georgescu is the author of the books The Constant Choice: An Everyday Journey From Evil Towards Good[13] and The Source of Success[14][15] and he wrote the foreword for "Eisenhower on Leadership: Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management".