Word: papandreou
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...previous trips. At the travel bureau where she works they tell me she is out of town. On vacation? No, not exactly. She's gone to Chania. When is she expected back? Well (whisper), you see, she is in jail. She took part in a demonstration in support of Papandreou and against the Junta on the day of the coup. The prosecutor demanded six months on parole. The court-martial meted out three years in jail. This is how it always happens these days--the young officers judging "acts against the State" are merciless...
...raki, the local brandy. A huge poster on the wall extols the "National Revolution" of the colonels. But above it, illuminated by a devotional oil lamp, like the holy icons, I see three photographs: E. Venizelos, the fiery Cretan liberal of the 1900's, John F. Kennedy, and George Papandreou! Gingerly, I steer the conversation into politics...
...useful to recall that the constitutional anomaly which culminated in the military coup of April 21 stemmed from the King's obstinacy and his fierce opposition to the parliamentary majority which under the leadership of G. Papandreou demanded nothing more than the return of the Army to strict professionalism, adherence of the King to his constitutional obligations and implementation of a program of socio-economic development in the framework of a free enterprise system. The vast majority of Greeks still support these principles. Under a "guided democracy," it may take some time until they organize themselves into an effective majority...
...other prisoner who made news was Andreas Papandreou, leftist son of former Premier George Papandreou. The real target of the initial roundup, he is charged with conspiracy to commit treason. A pair of self-proclaimed "secret witnesses" in the Andreas case have now surfaced in the U.S., courtesy of Ramparts magazine, which, after the usual spate of advance publicity, published their story that agents of the KIP (the Greek CIA) coerced them into giving false testimony against Andreas. The two men, part-time Publisher Kyriakos Diakogiannis and Lawyer Andreas Vachliotis, had offered the story to other U.S. newsmen in Athens...
...command, he refused to allow elections in Greece. He cooperated with the right-wing in setting up a series of puppet governments. When the constitution prevented him from postponing elections any longer, he appointed his rightist minority as the caretaker government to run the elections. Still, the Papandreou liberal Center Union Party was clearly bound to win. Constantine's (and Talbot's) opposition to the Papanodreou Party tacitly invited a coup...