Greek junta organization
also: Greek government, Ioannidis regime, colonel's junta, military regime, the junta
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Claims (6)
United States funded
Greek junta host_asserted
“So as long as they could label you as anti-communist, it didn't matter how many of your own citizens you killed, you were good to go. The facilities the ambassador was referring to was dozens of U.S. military installations from nuclear miss…”
▶ Operation Gladio Greece 1964-1974 @ 30:48
United States supplied_arms_to
Greek junta host_asserted
“So as long as they could label you as anti-communist, it didn't matter how many of your own citizens you killed, you were good to go. The facilities the ambassador was referring to was dozens of U.S. military installations from nuclear miss…”
▶ Operation Gladio Greece 1964-1974 @ 30:48
George Papadopoulos member_of
Greek junta 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…”
▶ Operation Gladio Greece 1964-1974 @ 23:01
United States funded
Greek junta book_quoted
“that only the United States had the power to bring about change in Greece because, of course, they were behind the current regime. Quote, this is from the Amnesty Report, quote, American policy on the torture question, as expressed in offic…”
▶ Operation Gladio Greece 1964-1974 @ 29:55
CIA covered_up
Greek junta book_quoted
“that only the United States had the power to bring about change in Greece because, of course, they were behind the current regime. Quote, this is from the Amnesty Report, quote, American policy on the torture question, as expressed in offic…”
▶ Operation Gladio Greece 1964-1974 @ 29:55
Richard Nixon recruited
Greek junta speculative
“in the late 1940s where he gives his take on the whole thing. But as part of it, the fascinating cross-reference is he flies on a cargo plane out to, you know, the wilderness, out to the mountains in Greece to meet with these, you know, ant…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devils Chessboard Part 10 @ 1:06:44
Mentions (12)
▶ 4:20
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…
▶ 16:50
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 …
▶ 28:28
and pulling out toenails and fingernails. That's just among many. Those were not the worst. The junta's response to the amnesty report was to declare that it was comprised of charges emanating from international communism and that that was …
▶ 29:55
that only the United States had the power to bring about change in Greece because, of course, they were behind the current regime. Quote, this is from the Amnesty Report, quote, American policy on the torture question, as expressed in offic…
▶ 30:21
In a world grown increasingly hostile, the support of the world's most powerful nation for the Greek junta, you had two governments thrive upon each other, said the American ambassador to Greece, Henry Tosca. This is the most anti-communist…
▶ 33:29
The U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew, on a trip to the land of his ancestors, was moved to say that the quote-unquote achievements of the Greek government and its constant cooperation with the U.S. needs and wishes. One of the satisfied need…
▶ 33:58
Money laundering. Apart from any other consideration, it was suspected that this was money given to the junta by the CIA finding its way back to Washington. That's probably not a bad. But also, during this entire time, we are building elabo…
▶ 35:56
They would also say the tortures from the start had said that the United States supported them and that that was what counted, unquote. In November 1973, a falling out within the Greek inner circle culminated in the ousting of Papadopoulos …
▶ 37:28
As president, and then they oust him and they install a prime minister that was a CIA asset. Eight months later, the Ioannidis regime had overthrown the government in Cyprus. It was a fatal miscalculation because that...…
▶ 37:51
provoked Turkey to invade Cyprus, and the reverberations in Athens resulted in the military giving way back to a civilian government. The Greek nightmare had come to an end. Well, the torturous one. Much of the story of American complicity …
▶ 42:02
as the station chief in Athens, where Langley's headaches were from Greek colonels who had taken over the government. Another CIA collusion story. That had been his second Greek assignment. Potts had tired of political action, but Angola of…
▶ 1:06:44
in the late 1940s where he gives his take on the whole thing. But as part of it, the fascinating cross-reference is he flies on a cargo plane out to, you know, the wilderness, out to the mountains in Greece to meet with these, you know, ant…