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...suburban home at Kastri, a political foe of Kanellopoulos, former Premier George Papandreou, was dragged out of bed and marched off without even being given time to put on his shoes; he had to carry them along. His leftist son Andreas, sleeping some miles away, was a particular target of the military; they sent eight soldiers and a captain to fetch him. They overpowered his bodyguard, smashed a glass door while breaking into the house and dragged Andreas off in his underpants, his feet bleeding from the glass...
...military is strongly promonarchist. It constantly invoked the royal name for every action during the coup, and moved to seize power chiefly because it feared that the King's enemies would win the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 28. The generals feared that victory would go to George Papandreou, 79, and his son Andreas, 48, the King's archenemies. The elder Papandreou, who resigned as Premier in a dispute with the King almost two years ago, had made it clear that he would interpret the election outcome as a plebiscite for or against the monarchy. His campaign slogan...
...dictatorship cannot possibly lead to a lasting solution of the tensions which have built up in Greece since Papandreou's dismissal as prime minister in 1965. The Army is not sufficiently strong, united, or popular to contain dissent for long especially in the face of opposition from the moderate right, symbolized by the king. There will probably be bloodshed and the regime, if insecure, may resort to political executions...
...regime's excuse for the coup boils down to a supposed threat of a revolution led by Papandreou. But Papandreou is no radical. He has refused to form a coalition government with the Communist front United Democrat Party. He was the man sent by Churchill in 1944 to become prime minister and quell the Communist party until an army could be organized. Nor is Papandreou's increasingly popular son Andreas a dangerous leftist; he is a reformer...
...likelihood, it was the threat of a coalition between Papandreou's Center Union party and the moderates of a the National Radical Union that forced the Army's hand. Much of the past conflict between Constantine and Papandreou has developed from the power and political allegiance of the Army. It became the focus of suspicion and drove the factions to extremes...