Word: papandreou
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprises that the unpredictable Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou has pulled since he came to power in 1981, last Saturday's announcement was among the most startling. Contrary to his own promises, Papandreou declared that his ruling socialist PASOK party would not support President Constantine Caramanlis, 78, for reelection later this month. The President immediately withdrew his candidacy...
...many Greeks, the conservative Caramanlis has served as a comforting balance to the leftist Papandreou. With Caramanlis in power, they reasoned, Papandreou could never enact his party's "strategic targets," which include withdrawing from NATO and closing down all U.S. bases in Greece. "It was a coup de theatre, in total disrespect for accepted political practices," said a stunned Greek newspaper editor...
...into Greece's bitter dispute with Turkey over Cyprus, and the official communique contained only a vague acknowledgment of Greek claims in the Aegean Sea. Since Greece and Turkey are strategically placed close to the Black Sea, Moscow wants to maintain good relations with both countries. The Soviets pleased Papandreou by agreeing to build a gas pipeline through Bulgaria to Greece, starting in 1986, at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. Moscow also promised to award Greek shipyards orders for four vessels worth $65 million and contracts for $20 million in repairs. The Soviets also agreed to build a subway...
...Papandreou arrived in Moscow at a time when his relations with the U.S. have deteriorated to the point of public bickering. The bombing of a bar in an Athens suburb two weeks ago, in which more than 30 Americans, many from a nearby military base, were injured, prompted Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger to comment, "This is one of those things you tend to get when all this anti-American sentiment is stirred up." A Greek government spokesman fired back, "It is rather Mr. Weinberger who should be condemned for an anti- Greek campaign." Athens police still do not know...
...Greece ($789 million in military aid plus $150 million in economic support, vs. only $501 million in military aid for Greece). In Athens' view, the allocations violated a congressionally mandated policy of recent years to grant Greece the equivalent of at least 70% of military aid going to Turkey. Papandreou in turn hardened his stand toward NATO. Henceforth, he told a parliamentary group of his ruling Socialist party, Greece would not participate in any NATO exercises, in the Aegean or elsewhere, "unless the alliance changes its stance with regard to Greek- Turkish differences." By adding that condition, the Prime Minister...