On September 4, Carol received Antonescu, who informed him that the Iron Guard wanted a new king; on the occasion Antonescu also commented that the Front's government "cannot count on the commanders, and especially not on General Coroamă, who has switched completely toward the Iron Guard."Carol II of Romania, Însemnări zilnice. 1937–1951. Volumul III: 15 decembrie 1939–7 septembrie 1940 (Caietele 11–11A), pp. 299–300. Bucharest: Editura Scripta, 1998 Soon afterward, Antonescu was told that two other loyalist generals, Gheorghe Mihail and Paul Teodorescu, were planning to have him killed. He consequently demanded Carol's abdication. In tandem, General Coroamă refused to comply with the royal order of shooting down Guardists who marched in front of the Palace.Miskolczy, p. 936; Țiu, p. 38 According to several period witnesses, his resistance persuaded Antonescu to follow suit, and allowed for a bloodless transition.Dieaconu et al., pp. 108–109 An account originating with the Guardist Ilie-Vlad Sturdza has it that "the two generals said they could not order to shoot at the population as long as no bullets [had been] fired for the lost territories."Țiu, p. 38
