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Died. George Papandreou, 80, ex-Premier of Greece, a shrewd, ruthless politician who found the climb more exhilarating than the view from Olympus; in Athens. In a career punctuated by exile, jail and revolution, Papandreou preached a consistently leftist line, fought both the monarchy and Nazi invaders, and became Premier of World War II's government in exile. With peace, he returned to head a left-wing coalition that brought him to power again in 1963. But he resigned in 1965 as the nation's economy declined, social unrest grew and his disputes with King Constantine became ever...
...Georges Papandreou, Greece's former prime minister and leader of the Center Union Party, was jailed at the outbreak of the revolution and has only recently been freed. His son, Andreas, the leader of the left wing of the Center Union, is also free and reportedly in Sweden...
Empty Amnesty. To nail down what already seems a sure thing, Premier George Papadopoulos last week made a calculated bid for popular approval by announcing that some 50 political prisoners will be released six days before the referendum. Among them are two ex-Premiers: liberal George Papandreou and conservative Panayotis Kanellopoulos. The gesture seems conciliatory, but in fact is largely empty. Even if the freed opposition leaders want to fight the constitution, their access to the voters is restricted by press censorship under martial law. Nor is the government radio likely to find any time for them. The amnesty does...
...polls. The junta naturally intends to organize its own party, which it is confident will gain enough favor with Greek voters to take advantage of such a provision. The constitution makes room for new blood in Greek politics by barring many old-time Greek politicians, including Andreas Papandreou, 49, the son of onetime Premier George Papandreou, who now lives in Sweden...
...biggest of all were planned for West Germany, where there are 160,000 Greek workers. One of the speakers there was to be Andreas Papandreou, 49, the Harvard-educated son of old George, who was released from a junta prison last December and has gone into exile to organize a resistance movement. Though the protest movements among the Greek communities abroad are indeed unlikely to overthrow the junta, they nevertheless succeed in discouraging tourists to Greece and businessmen from investing there. In the long run, the ex-colonels may find those measures more difficult to deal with than with...