Word: greek
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Soon afterward charges by General George Grivas, the Greek army commander on Cyprus, shook the Papandreou government like a row of fig trees in a thunderstorm. Grivas said that he had uncovered a plot on Cyprus in which a group of junior officers were plotting to overthrow the monarchy, purge the army of royalists, and install an army brand of socialism. Their code name, he said, was Aspida (shield), but his most damaging statement was that their leader was none other than Papandreou's son Andreas, onetime chairman of the department of economics at the University of California at Berkeley...
Another Crisis. By the time the Stephanopoulos government fell last December, few Greek leaders were willing to take on the task of heading a government. "There is not a single politician around who would be an excellent Premier," said the King. The situation seemed saved again when Papandreou reached an agreement with the head of the National Radical Union, Panayotis Kanellopoulos. Both agreed to back a caretaker government that would carry the country through elections to be held late in May. But the Center Union Party sponsored a motion that would have assured Andreas his parliamentary immunity between the time...
Something for Everyone. The man who led the coup was Lieut. General Gregorios Spandidakis, 57, the army chief of staff, who announced that a "royal decree" had suspended eleven articles of the Greek constitution?even though Constantine was asleep in bed when the coup took place. The army won support from the navy and air force, and the military set out to form a new government. In a brief and simple ceremony, the new rulers were sworn into office by Chrysostomos, the Archbishop and Primate of Greece. To show his disapproval, King Constantine did not attend the ceremony, refused...
...government was, of course, dominated by the military. The sole civilian, who will probably be used as a figurehead, is Premier Constantine Kollias, 66, the former chief prosecutor in the Greek Supreme Court, who is a supporter of the King and an enemy of the Papandreous. General Spandidakis became Vice Premier and Defense Minister. The important Ministry of the Interior and Security went to Brigadier General Stylianos Patakos. The post of Secretary of the Cabinet went to Colonel George Papadopoulos, the commander of the Athens garrison, who reportedly directed the force that seized the armed forces radio station, occupied...
...this tense situation, the King remained the one unifying force in the country. The new government had without a doubt reduced his power, but his defiant disapproval of the coup had enhanced his stature. For years, the monarchy has depended all too heavily on the Greek military for support. It would now be Constantine's task to influence the military toward moderation?if he can?in order to lessen the chance that his country will slip into civil...