Word: civilianized
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Greece's first civilian Cabinet in more than seven years moved confidently last week to consolidate its power. Despite the urgent demands of the Cyprus crisis, which has brought his country to the brink of war with Turkey, new Premier Constantine Caramanlis worked methodically to erase the remnants of repression by the military junta's iron-fisted rule-what one newspaper newly freed from censorship called the "days of medieval darkness...
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...
...emphasize Caramanlis' words, the Cabinet last week restored to the civilians in the Ministry of Defense complete authority over the armed forces. The E.S.A., the hated military police, was deprived of its powers to arrest and interrogate civilians. It was the E.S.A. that Brigadier General Dimitrios loannidis used to make himself the junta's strongman and terrorize the Greek populace. Widely blamed for planning the coup against Cyprus' President Makarios, which led to the Turkish invasion, loannidis has not been seen publicly since the civilian government was installed. He has been stripped of his power and placed...
Still, there was concern that the fighting could erupt again. Greece charged that Turkey was continuing to land troops on the island in violation of the ceasefire. If the landings did not stop, warned the new civilian government in Athens, the country would go to war. Fears of renewed fighting were so grave that the U.N. Security Council called a special weekend session to seek a solution...
...this came to light last week at hearings conducted by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The Senators are probing a federal medical-insurance program called CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), the benefits of which Include payment for the care of emotionally disturbed children of military personnel in 486 schools and psychiatric centers round the country. Senate investigators claim that CHAMPUS administrators do not properly check out facilities before handing over money. Green Valley, they point out, has received $1.2 million from the Government over a three-year period to perpetrate outrages that...