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...whose name was the rioters' rallying cry was ex-Premier George Papandreou, 77, who had just been abruptly dismissed by King Constantine, 25, in the first crisis of his 16-month reign. A royal crisis it was. Papandreou, known as "the Old Fox," had held power since November 1963, with his massive Center Union Coalition, which controls 168 seats out of 300 in Parliament. His rule was based on a series of adroit backstage deals with rightists and leftists-especially the leftists, whose influence has worried a nation that still vividly recalls the bitter 1946-49 civil war with...
...explosion reverberated inside Parliament, where Premier George Papandreou admitted that the memorial site had been a minefield during the 1947-49 civil war with the Greek Communists. The field had been cleared by the Greek army 15 years ago, but obviously at least one mine, a U.S. Army model M2A3, had been overlooked...
Leftist Deputies charged that the mine had been freshly placed by rightist terrorists. The rightists replied by censuring Papandreou for 1) permitting a mass meeting on a former minefield, and 2) failing to curb Red organization and activity. Right-wing and left-wing Deputies came to blows while Papandreou lit a cigarette and sat back, seemingly safe in the middle. But the aftermath of the explosion implied a different meaning: under Papandreou's center government, the Communists have enjoyed an ominous revival in Greece...
...Greek, always a Greek. Drawn by nostalgia and political ambition, he went home three years ago and gave up his U.S. citizenship. Last February, he got himself elected to Parliament and promptly became the top aide to Greece's Premier-who happens to be his father, George Papandreou. Last week the prodigal son had reason to wonder just how Greek the Greeks would allow...
...Andreas had a "Trotskyite" past and at the same time accused him of being more American than Greek. Then they made the relatively minor but damaging charge that Andreas had let a $60,000 town-planning contract without competitive bids to a friend. While stoutly denying the accusation, Andreas Papandreou last week resigned "for the sake of the Government"-and much the wiser in ways of Greek politics...