Greek military coup of 1967 event
also: military coup in April 1967, the coup, colonel's junta
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CIAintelligence service · 5United Statescountry · 5George Papadopoulosperson · 4Greececountry · 3Andreas Papandreouperson · 2Greek juntaorganization · 2Walt Rostowperson · 1James Pottsperson · 1KYPintelligence service · 1Marquis Childsperson · 1
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George Papadopoulos carried_out_attack
Greek military coup of 1967 book_quoted
“George Papadopoulos emerged as the de facto leader, taking the title of prime minister later in the year. The catchword among the old hands at the U.S. military mission in Greece was that Papadopoulos was the first CIA agent to become premi…”
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It starts off with a quote, it's the best damn government since, um, miracles, unquote. The American two-star general declared, the news report did not mention whether he was chewing on a big fat cigar or not. The government about which the…
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And that kind of goes in line with what we were talking about yesterday and training National Guard people in order to affect this terror campaign. The coup had taken place two days before the campaign for national elections was to begin be…
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was created by the OSS and the CIA in the course of the Civil War, with hundreds of its officers receiving training in the United States. Notice a pattern there? One of these men, George Papadopoulos, and yes, he spells it exactly the same …
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of James Potts, the CIA deputy chief in Athens before the coup, were often told, go see George, he's my boy. In mid-February 1967, a meeting took place in the White House and a guy by the name of Marquis Childs to discuss CIA reports that l…
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R-O-S-T-O-W, Rostow, who's a recurring figure in all of Operation Gladio, the president's advisor on national security affairs, closed the meeting with these words. I hope you understand, gentlemen, that what we have concluded here, or rath…
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dated 23 January 1967, had specifically named Papadopoulos' group as one of the plotting the coup, which of course he was trained in the U.S. Of the five officers which took power in April, four were intimately connected to the American mil…
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George Papadopoulos emerged as the de facto leader, taking the title of prime minister later in the year. The catchword among the old hands at the U.S. military mission in Greece was that Papadopoulos was the first CIA agent to become premi…