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...internal politics might better have been avoided. Though Soviet propaganda blames the CIA for the Chilean coup and the death of Allende, Soviet intelligence analysts do not give the CIA any credit. The Russians think the fault lay with Allende himself for not being enough of a strongman. He temporized with constitutional processes when he should have disregarded them. He did not follow the example of Fidel Castro, who executed more than 1,000 of his opponents when he came to power; 15 years later, he still rules Cuba. Nor did the CIA have any better luck against...
...capital on the unassailable grounds that they were needed to protect the frontiers against the Turks. Last week, in a follow-up move that showed his confidence, he sacked the country's ten leading generals and replaced them with men of his own choice. He also purged former Strongman Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannides, who had led the dreaded military police under the junta and who was widely blamed for planning the move against Makarios. Partially to thwart the left and the left's leading figure, Andreas Papandreou, 55, he pulled Greece out of NATO and pointedly hinted that...
...been as much economic activity as diplomatic. Cuba's trade with other Latin American nations may reach $100 million this year, up nearly 500% since 1969. To symbolize the importance he attaches to the recently developed trade with Cuba, Brigadier General Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panama's strongman, now smokes nothing but long Havana cigars. Before his death, Argentina's President Juan Perón granted Cuba $1.2 billion in credits to buy Argentine products, such as road-building equipment, mining machinery, textiles and household appliances. In July, at a trade fair outside Havana the Argentines sold...
...week restored to the civilians in the Ministry of Defense complete authority over the armed forces. The E.S.A., the hated military police, was deprived of its powers to arrest and interrogate civilians. It was the E.S.A. that Brigadier General Dimitrios loannidis used to make himself the junta's strongman and terrorize the Greek populace. Widely blamed for planning the coup against Cyprus' President Makarios, which led to the Turkish invasion, loannidis has not been seen publicly since the civilian government was installed. He has been stripped of his power and placed on inactive service for the next...
...Foreign Relations Committee, giving every indication that he planned to return to Cyprus soon. Greek government sources said that Athens would once again recognize Makarios' right to the presidency. The Greek sources insisted that the archbishop's overthrow had been specifically ordered by General Dimitrios loannides, the strongman of the Greek military government that fell last week, loannides, it was said, also picked one-tune Cypriot Underground Fighter Sampson, 39, to succeed Makarios. But when Athens withdrew its support of him during the fighting, Sampson wisely surrendered power, presumably to return to his post as editor...