Some quotes from the paper: „Reluctant allies? Iuliu Maniu and Corneliu Zelea Codreanu against King Carol II of Romania”, The Slavonic and East European Review 85 (1), 2007 by Rebecca Ann Haynes
The full text can be found here.
This article will argue that Maniu did indeed have close links with the Legionary movement which extended beyond the signing of the 1937 electoral pact. It will examine Maniu’s relations with Codreanu and his continuing involvement with the legionaries in 1938, the year of Codreanu’s death. The article draws on previously unutilized Romanian archival sources, especially those of the ministry of the interior,the gendarmerie and the directorate general of police. It also draws upon political memoirs of interwar politicians published in Romania since 1989. (…) These hitherto unexamined sources reveal, however, that Maniu’s links with the Legion and Codreanu were closer and longer standing than the available secondary literature implies. The sources suggest a genuine sympathy between Maniu and Codreanu based upon common aims. These included the need to fight against the corruption and dictatorial tendencies of the National Liberal Party and King Carol. Maniu and Codreanu tended to couch this fight in terms of traditional Christian morality versus contemporary immorality.
The Legionary Movement 