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Constantine: Yes. I am head of state until the Greek people freely decide otherwise. The first government formed after the coup of April 21, 1967 [headed by Constantine Kollias, a civilian], swore its oath to me. So did Papadopoulos when he assumed the premiership in December 1967 and when he later became regent. But now he has proclaimed himself President with no legal basis whatsoever...
...actually stands the best chance to succeed her is Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, the behind-the-scenes boss and kingmaker of the Labor Party. Sapir, 65, has frequently said that he does not want the job, although it is his for the asking. His refusal to accept the premiership might well lead to an open battle between Dayan and Allon that would threaten Israel's governing coalition, or to the choice of a candidate not to Mrs. Meir's liking-such as Foreign Minister Abba Eban. Either circumstance might convince her that she should stay in office...
...which had always led such polls before, dropped to second place with a 28% rating. If the Peking summit is successful, Tanaka may call a quick election, perhaps as early as next month, to add a public mandate to the Liberal Democratic Party vote that brought him the premiership last July, when longtime Premier and Party Chief Eisaku Sato retired at 71 (TIME, July...
...only has he served in every Parliament since, but he has also been, at various times, Minister of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Treasury, Defense, Finance and Industry. Succeeding to the premiership last February, he guided the successful centrist strategy by which the Christian Democrats called for early elections and dropped the contentious Socialists from their coalition in favor of the right-of-center Liberals (TIME, May 22). As a result, the Christian Democrats picked up one seat in an election in which they had been expected to lose up to 30. Andreotti himself got more votes than any other candidate...
...moment to retire. Now that one of his central ambitions-the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese control-is an accomplished fact (TIME, May 22), Sato has evidently decided that the moment has come. The word is out in Tokyo that he will announce the close of his eight-year premiership to a caucus of his Liberal Democratic parliamentary majority late this week. He is expected to ask the party to convene a congress and to select a new leader who will become the Premier...