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...City. An armed showdown had come between the Communist-cored EAM and its fighting wing ELAS on the one side, and the coalition Government of Socialist Premier George Papandreou with the backing of the British occupation forces, on the other. Ever since the police fired on a forbidden EAM demonstration, called to protest the surrender of its arms (TIME, Dec. 11), open warfare had raged in the ancient capital...
Blood in Athens. It was a sun-drenched Sunday. But British Tommies and grey-clad Greek police rimmed Athens' Constitution Square. Premier George Papandreou had forbidden a demonstration by the Communist-controlled EAM. Presently the sound of thousands of people marching and chanting swelled and ebbed like surf. The marchers broke a police cordon. They carried flags of Russia, Greece, Britain, the U.S. Men, women & children surged toward Government Palace. Police Chief Paunias Ebert ordered: "Fire...
...Central Committee called a general strike. Said Premier Papandreou: "The extreme left wing is preparing the way for civil war." Hurriedly, Papandreou's Cabinet, minus six resigned EAM members, met, talked of forming a new government to avert further bloodshed...
Crisis in Greece. Last week Athens, where the Government of moderate Premier Papandreou kept order with the help of British forces, was an island in a country wrecked by famine, disease, inflation and ruled by the leftist...
...demonstrators shouted for Prime Minister George Papandreou to come and touch the bodies. But the Government had another corpse on its hands...