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...independence ceremony could not keep the blush of April's revolution, when carnations had seemed to sprout from every buttonhole, from fading. The other promises of the revolution-like an end to economic stagnation and establishment of a democratic government after a half-century of dictatorship-have not begun to be realized...
...aristocratic families that control most of the country's major businesses to the Socialist Party, which is bidding for more leftist support but is not so well organized as the Communists. The strength of the Communists clearly causes Spinola concern. "We cannot consent to the installation of a dictatorship under the cover of liberty," he said recently. "If the silent majority does not wake up and defend its liberties, the 25th of April will have been in vain...
Before the military dictatorship, George Mavros was one of Greece's leading politicians, serving as Cabinet minister in several different governments. Arrested five times during the junta's seven years, Mavros last March was finally sent to the infamous Gyaros Island, where the military regime's most prominent foes coexisted with snakes, scorpions and rats. Now Mavros, 65, a Hellenistic blend of bluntness, sensibility and humor, is the No. 2 man in the new civilian government of Constantine Caramanlis, with portfolios as both Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister. Last week, in an interview with TIME...
...GREEK-AMERICAN RELATIONS: The serious deterioration began with the American attitude toward the Greek dictatorship. Washington took a position toward the colonels that could not possibly be considered unfavorable, negative or even neutral. The reason was shortsighted, serving American strategic interests. The American Government cooperated with the military regime in Greece and supported it in practice. A few platonic statements about "liberalization" of the regime did not alter this reality. Considering this background and the widespread public resentment [it caused] in Greece toward the U.S., it was inevitable that Washington's attitude during the recent events in Cyprus would...
Though they plead innocent to any bias toward either Turkey or Greece, even Washington officials admit in retrospect to some blunders in the Cyprus affair. Others credit them with even more. The first mistake was not taking sufficiently seriously reports in May that the Athens dictatorship was going to move against Makarios. The State Department sent a warning to Ioannides while Kissinger and former President Nixon were in Moscow in June, and it thought that the message had been taken to heart and the anti-Makarios movement dropped. Washington claims to have been as surprised as Makarios by the July...