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Since Greek Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 65, came to power almost three years ago, his erratic and often acerbic pronouncements have exasperated his NATO allies. Washington, in particular, has grown increasingly irritated at what some officials regard as Papandreou's "anti-American, proSoviet, pro-terrorist" policies. Last week it was revealed that on June 26 the Greek Ambassador to the U.S., George Papoulias, was summoned to the State Department, where he was informed by Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt that the U.S. was considering denying a Greek request for surplus military aircraft: 16 F-5 fighters...
Greek Cypriots across the "green line" that separates the two communities heard Denktash's lofty words, but were not impressed by the qualifier. An infuriated President Spyros Kyprianou demanded that the action "be condemned by everybody throughout the world." In Athens, the government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou was equally outraged at what it perceived to be another threat to Cyprus' Greeks. In Ankara, where a caretaker government is running the country until the installation of newly elected Prime Minister Turgut Ozal, officials who normally support Denktash insisted that they were as stunned as everyone else...
...Greek government claims that Christina owes $33 million worth of inheritance taxes on her father's property. That was when Christina began throwing her weight around. She furiously paced the runway, screaming at everyone in sight and demanding to speak with her lawyer and Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. After three hours, permission for her departure came through from an unknown-but obviously influential-source. The incident left red faces in its wake. Said Elefterios Kaloyannis, an M.P. for the conservative New Democracy Party: "We have ridiculed ourselves abroad for the treatment we gave Miss Onassis." Meanwhile, the Ministry...
Even so, Greeks interpreted the agreement as a major triumph for Papandreou. President Constantine Karamanlis, a staunch advocate of Greece's alliance with the West, congratulated the government on the agreement. Only the Communists expressed dissatisfaction. They sent 6,000 demonstrators into the streets of Athens to protest...
American diplomats also expressed satisfaction with the agreement. Said a senior State Department official: "It benefits the U.S., Greece and the NATO alliance." Most important, it reaffirms Greece's commitment to the West. If Papandreou has softened his attitude toward NATO, it is because he realized after taking office that a withdrawal from the alliance would probably result in an increase in Western military aid to Turkey, which Greece feels poses the most direct threat to its security...