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...right, which is more reactionary than conservative, the chief figures are: Constantin ("Dino") Tsaldaris, an apoplectic, Egyptian-trained lawyer who heads the Populists, largest right-wing party (151 seats in Parliament) and General Napoleon Zervas (National Party, 24 seats), who fought well against the Germans, though he has a somewhat shady reputation (his party headquarters are in a gambling club...
Greece's Life Blood. U.N.'s Persian victory gave hope that it might be able to stop the splitting of another country, Greece. Russian satellite hands on Greece's northern border effectively blocked control by Athens of a large and important part of the country. Choleric Premier Constantin Tsaldaris, a rightist who refused to take moderates into his Government, flew to New York, shouted at the U.N. Security Council: "This situation, whereby a country which has shed so much of its blood for the common struggle [in World War II] is still being drained of its life blood, cannot continue...
Died. Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, 59, Greek Ambassador to the U.S. (since 1940), onetime Minister to Albania (!933-35) and Bulgaria (1935-40); of a heart attack, while conferring with visiting Greek Premier Constantin Tsaldaris; in Manhattan...
...arrival at Eleusis airport. The plane was ahead of schedule. Archbishop Damaskinos, the hulking Regent, and Constantin Tsaldaris, the choleric Premier, were nowhere in sight. Said the King to minor officials who received him: "I'm sorry that I don't recognize all of you, but I extend my greetings." Several correspondents and newsmen, who would have liked to talk to the King, were detained in an airport building by an armed guard. When Damaskinos and Tsaldaris finally arrived, out of breath, King George was whisked aboard a destroyer, where he spent the night...
...Britain threatened not to recognize the Rumanian government if elections were rigged. Last week, after a long period of careful preparation, electoral lists were once more announced. Result: dithyrambic cries of foul play from aging (73) National Peasant Party Leader Juliu Maniu and National Liberal Party Leader Constantin Bratianu. They claimed that the lists had been drawn up in such a way as to favor the Soviet-supported candidates. While tension grew between the government and these two big opposition parties, the government itself threatened to split on the election issue...