[1] The committee was established in Washington, D.C. by General Nicolae Rădescu, one of the Prime Ministers of Romania after the overthrow of dictator Ion Antonescu by King Michael I and the opposition parties.
In light of conflicts over administration of controversial funds of the organization, four members of the committee (Rădescu, Gafencu, Fărcăşanu, and Caranfil) resigned in the summer of 1950.
New members included George Assan, Alexandru Bunescu, Dumitru Ciotori, Anton Crihan, Sabin Manuilă, and Mihai Răutu.
[2] The committee collected data and wrote reports for both U.S. and international officials on political, economic, and social relations of the Romanian People's Republic.
The committee gradually started losing its importance over the years, as its main sponsor, the National Committee for a Free Europe, which also funded the Assembly of Captive European Nations and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, decreased its funding in the 1960s due to the new U.S. policy of building bridges with the Communist governments of the Eastern Bloc.