Word: royalistic
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Even without the student rioting, however, the country had had its fill of Papadopoulos. Housewives and workers were angry about inflation (30% in the past year), shortages, price controls and the burgeoning black market. The navy, traditionally royalist, was embittered by the way in which Papadopoulos, a former army man, had unceremoniously dumped the monarchy last June and then purged the navy's upper ranks. The army, in turn, felt that Papadopoulos was betraying the nationalist goals of the 1967 revolution and turning himself into a dictator. When he used tanks to crush the student rioting, the army leadership...
...superior not to order tired horses into battle ("They will fall down under their riders if you thus command them; you may have their skins, but you can have no service"). Or, raging at a petition from the Irish Catholic clergy, offered as he was about to reconquer royalist Ireland ("By the grace of God, we fear not, we care not for union. Your covenant was with death and hell ... Is God, will God, be with you? I am confident he will...
...transition from monarchy (without a King) to republic (without an elected President). The regime made it clear that any support for deposed King Constantine is now considered treason. Opposition leaders were followed and warned to remain silent about the monarchy, or risk arrest. Some military leaders suspected of lingering royalist sympathy have lost their posts, while others have been arrested. There were reports that some naval officers accused of participation in last month's mutiny attempt (TIME, June 11) were being tortured. Portraits of the King vanished from walls in restaurants and other public places. Military insignia bearing...
Papadopoulos, who is not only chief of the military junta that has ruled the nation since 1967 but also Greece's regent, denounced exiled King Constantine (see box) for "an unforgiveable lack of maturity." He accused Constantine of supporting an abortive coup planned by royalist naval officers, which gave Papadopoulos an ideal excuse to extend the junta's heavyhanded rule and depose the King...
Bitter Broadside. In the wake of the coup, there were reports that the regime had rounded up hundreds of civilians and military men who were suspected of being royalist partisans. Last week, Papadopoulos sacked his chief of the navy after sitting down to dinner with him the night before. The air force was also grounded for fear that dissident pilots would fly their planes to Italy, in a show of support for the coup...