April 21

το Φλεβάρη του 1964 ο γεροΠαπανδρέου κερδίζει τις εκλογές και μένει στην κυβέρνηση 500 μέρες.
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During that time, he managed to infuriate everyone…
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🔴 and the oligarchy, which saw itself losing the favor of previous governments
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🔴 και τη δεξιά που οι προοδευτικές καινοτομίες που εφάρμοσε η κυβέρνηση ηταν απέναντι στον συντηρητισμό των δεξιών
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🔴 και τους Αμερικανούς που έβλεπαν οτι έπαιρνε αδιανόητες πρωτοβουλίες,
οπως την αποστολή στην Κύπρο μιας μεραρχίας πλήρους σύνθεσης
(3 infantry regiments, 2 commando squadrons, and 2 tank battalions)
and a force of 8,500 officers and enlisted personnel
and equipped with artillery as well
where
Together with the permanent fortifications, this made the island an impregnable fortress
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but
🔴 and the palace that housed the army, which obeyed NOT THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT but the king and no one else
(Historically, the palace has always controlled and exerted pressure on every government.)
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Papandreou had to go
but how?;
He was the elected prime minister….
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The formula has been found.
με πρώτο βιολί έναν τότε υπουργό του Παπανδρέου, τον Κωνσταντίνο Μητσοτάκη,
they would have bought off 25 of Papandreou's lawmakers
and together with the right-wingers, whose support was a given (alas), they would form a government that would address the issues of the oligarchy and the Americans
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That's how the defection came about
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But the government of the rebels could not last long…
It was time for the elections
and it was obvious that Papandreou would not only win but triumph…
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And then the White House and the State Department began to work out a plan for a dictatorship led by certain generals….
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οι στρατηγοί όμως είχαν πολλές εξαρτίσεις
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απ τη μια το παλάτι,
απ την άλλη το Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ,
on the other hand, the oligarchs, who often had conflicting interests
and
On the other hand, the CIA wanted to control everything, just like in the banana republics
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And then the CIA masterminds came up with the great IDEA….
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γιατί να μη φτιάξουμε εμείς μόνοι μας, μια καταδικιά μας χούντα, απο δικούς μας πράκτορες, που θα παίρνουν εντολές μόνο απο εμάς και θα υπακούουν μόνο σε εμας;;;
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Have we been paying Greek officers in Greece for free since 1952???";
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Such was Artillery Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos
(κατά τη διάρκεια της κατοχής, ο Παπαδόπουλος είχε υπηρετήσει υπό τον ταγματάρχη Κουρκουλάκο, στα Τάγματα Ασφαλείας Πατρών)
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ο κύβος ερρίφθη,
On April 21, the colonels of the Greek Army will betray their oath and plunge the country back into the Middle Ages…
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Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, the moderate right-wing prime minister, will also be arrested by the military
(μαζι με αλλους 10.000 Έλληνες)
And the fool would even ask the soldiers who were tying him up if Andreas Papandreou had sent them.
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You see, the propaganda in the right-wing newspapers of the time claimed that there was a danger that Papandreou would stage a coup and plunge Greece behind the Iron Curtain
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The funny thing is that even they believed their own propaganda…
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τελικά πραξικόπημα έγινε, αλλά το κάνανε οι εχθροί του Παπανδρέου, οι υπερπατριώτες,
those who formed the backbone of the nation
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Papadopoulos, however, got that position because he was the CIA's most loyal lackey
and now the time had come to pay off the debt
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In 7 months, it will withdraw the Greek Division from Cyprus and leave Cyprus unguarded
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and he didn't just do those things
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In 1969, Onassis made an investment offer of $400 million, which the junta—with Makarezos calling the shots—trumpeted to the four corners of the earth,
as Greece's greatest economic success over the past decade.
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Just look at how big a success it was
The other shipping magnate, and Onassis's former brother-in-law,
Stavros Niarchos,
As soon as he heard about his competitor's proposals, he got a whiff of
a bountiful haul,
He came to Athens and submitted proposals for investments totaling $500 million (that is, $100 million more).
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Η Χούντα τα εχασε..
ταλαντεύθηκαν οι χοντροκέφαλοι,
ταλαντεύθηκαν,
ταλαντεύθηκαν
...and finally accepted Onassis's offer...
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It wasn't just the 100-million difference
αλλα και οτι στις λεπτομέρειες ο Νιάρχος πρόσφερε στο κράτος το πετρέλαιο με 11,80 δολάρια τον τόνο
ενω η προσφορά του Ωνάση ήταν 14 δολάρια.
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όμως η πρωτη, πρωτη δουλειά των καθαρμάτων μόλις ανέλαβαν ήταν
η θεσμοθέτηση της κλοπής του δημοσίου χρήματος προς τους εαυτούς τους
and their soybeans
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Under Emergency Law No. 5 of 1967, the prime minister's salary more than doubled (from 23,600 to 45,000 drachmas)
and
the salaries of ministers and deputy ministers increased from 22,400 to 35,000 drachmas,
while daily «away» games were introduced—for the first time—»
1,000 and 850 drachmas, respectively
γιαυτα τα «εκτός έδρας» ο ξεφτίλας Παττακός γύριζε όλη την Ελλάδα με ένα μυστρί στο χέρι
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🔴 Makarezos Appointed Minister of Agriculture
(and later of Northern Greece) his brother-in-law, Alexander Matthaiou.
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🔴 Ladas appointed one of his cousins as head of ASDEN and the other as Secretary General of Social Services.
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🔴Ο γαμπρός του Παττακού, Αντρέας Μεϊντάσης, επιδόθηκε σε μπίζνες με το Δήμο Αθηναίων…
από την κατασκευή του υπόγειου γκαράζ της Κλαυθμώνος,
up to a technical study on the development of municipal property, in the amount of 1,109,000 drachmas.
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🔴Papadopoulos’s siblings have also settled in.
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🔴Konstantinos Papadopoulos as military aide, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Regional Governor of Attica, and «minister to the prime minister.».
and
🔴Charalambos Papadopoulos rose rapidly through the civil service ranks to become Secretary General of Public Order.
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And what can I say about the vow (I've written an entire post about it before)
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They ate, they ate, they ate, they ate, they ate, they ate—AND EVEN THE STALKS…!!!
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ΥΓ. Θυμάστε τον Νικολαο Κουρκουλάκο;;;;;
ε,
στις 13 Φεβρουαρίου 1969 ο Παπαδόπουλος διορίζει τον 76χρονο τοτε,
υποστράτηγο Νικολαο Κουρκουλάκο, διοικητή της αγροτικής τράπεζας…
ο Νικολαος Κουρκουλάκος κατά την κατοχή ήταν απ τους πιο γνωστούς συνεργάτες των Γερμανών,
οι οποίοι τον είχαν διορίσει διοικητή των Ταγμάτων Ασφαλείας Πατρών
και αυτός είχε πάρει στα προδοτικά τάγματα ασφαλείας τον Παπαδόπουλο….
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ΥΓ2. στην εικόνα ο Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος με τον πράκτορα της CIA,
Τζον Φατσέα, σε κυνήγι αγριογούρουνου τον χειμώνα του 1965 στο Κάτω Νευροκόπι…

Author of the article:

Yannis Golias