IMPENDING SPLIT IN POPULIST PARTY RANKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800250008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 18, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY Greece
CLASSIFICATIO,
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Ir.*.pending Split in Populist Party Ranks
PLACE 25X1A6a
ACQUIRED
DATE of I
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DATE DISTR.18 Augus?< 1948
MO, OF PAGES
NO. OF ENCLS. 4(O'9J5
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Panayotis Kantzins, a deputy from Piraeus, intends to break away
from the Populist Party together with 17 other deputies.
The Xantzias plan is possibly a political maneuver designed to
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'force Vice Premier and leader of the Populist Party Constantine
Tsaldaris to give him the ministry of his choice.
3. The Announcement will not bd made until the Greek National Army
operations on Mount Grammos are successfully terminated.
Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP82-00457RO0180
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document Is hereby regraded to
cvra.-. TIAL In accordance with the
letter of tober 1078 from the
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