Word: papandreou
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...with men of his own choice. He also purged former Strongman Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannides, who had led the dreaded military police under the junta and who was widely blamed for planning the move against Makarios. Partially to thwart the left and the left's leading figure, Andreas Papandreou, 55, he pulled Greece out of NATO and pointedly hinted that he might close American bases in Greece. Both steps are long-sought goals of the left. "It was uncanny, I must say," said Papandreou, apparently not certain whether to be happy that his own aim was being...
...Almost everywhere throughout the country a virulent anti-American mood was evident. Several hundred people demonstrated against the U.S. in downtown Athens, police were called in to guard the American embassy, and hundreds of youths marched on the U.S. consulate in Salonica. An estimated 15,000 people greeted Andreas Papandreou, one of the country's leading leftists and a vocal anti-American, when he arrived at Athens airport after a seven-year exile. "Death to Kissinger!" the crowd shouted...
Allaying Fears. The leftists vocally critical of Caramanlis are the "exterior" (pro-Moscow) wing of the Communist Party and Andreas Papandreou, the maverick radical who has lived in exile for six and a half years. Papandreou insists that the new government was a creation of the CIA and is still in the hands of the armed forces...
...Papandreou's charge reflected some of the continuing concern in Greece over the military's potential influence over the government. Because the members of the junta voluntarily turned the government over to civilian rule after the Cyprus debacle, they may feel that they have the right to take over again if they think Caramanlis' reforms go too far. They certainly have the power, since key members of the former regime still hold high positions in the armed forces...
Papadopoulos lasted six years, until last November, when the stifled anguish and outrage of the Greek people finally exploded, ending his tyranny. On November 14, several people were convicted of "resistance to authority" and "public mischief" during a memorial service held ten days earlier for George Papandreou. That night 5000 students occupied the Polytechnic School in Athens. The next day by 6 p.m. about 40,000 demonstrators battled armed police with fists and planks torn from nearby construction sites...