I found the characters in this scene to be very daring. Mitica, the doctor, tells the Securitate agent to come by the hospital the next morning to collect the diary because he wants to finish reading it first. Furthermore, he tells the agent that he’ll only part with the diary on the condition that photocopies will be made and the original diary will be returned to him. The agent agrees to convey Mitica’s request to his superiors. This type of behavior in the presence of a Securitate agent was uncommon back in the day, especially coming from a member of the oppressed “intellectual class”, a label that was attached by the Communist party to anyone with a higher education diploma. The state was extra suspicious of this type of people, as universities were generally seen as a breeding ground for dissidents. Intellectual types were often locked up without any real evidence so it would’ve been a really bold move for a doctor to dictate terms to a Securitate agent.