EDA ELECTION DAY ACTIVITY IN NEA IONIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900280005-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
Greece
EDA Election Day Activity in Nea Ionia
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10 October 1951
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1. During the 9 September 1951 Parliamentary elections in Greece, officials
of the EDA (United Democratic left) in Nea Ionia, suburb of Athens, se-
lected a committee whose task it was to report the progress of the elec-
tions. Fa,nagiotis Gotsinas headed this committee and was assisted by
Vasilios Pfiarrgaritis, lakovos Fapadopoulos (a druggist), Elias Kasimatis
.and George iarabinis (a tailor),
2. During election day Gotsinas remained in Margaritis' house in Nea Ionia
He used, Achilles Frinopoulos, Nicholas F pavlou and Elias Tsougranas, an
old-time KK,g member, as couriers.
George Spiliopoulos, Neocosmos Gregoriades and Vasilios Ephraimides,1 who
were candidates on the EDA ticket for Athens, each visited Gotsinas alane
during election day. Ephraimides gave Gotsinas the following list, taken
from the EDA slate for Athens,2 of candidates recommended by him:
Stavros Eliopoulos
Emmanuel Glezos
Neocosmos Gregoriades3
Michael Hadjinichalis
Nicholas Haragionis
Michael ifyrkos
ConstantineIgkouris
Stratis Phpastratis
Stephanos Saraphis
George Spiliopoulos
Constantine Sotiriou
Manthos Tsiboukides
Michael Vournas
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Gregoriades, however, had given the following different list of recommended
candidates to Dhrgariti's to disseminate among his trusted followers:
Andreas Bikakis.
Emmanuel Glezos
Neocosmos Gregoriades
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Philip Hadjibeis
Stephanos .Saraphis
anthos Tsiboukides
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Gotsinas did not know of this accond set of suggestions,
5,. Ephraimides, however, had advised Cotadinas not to follow any asu geztions
made by Gregoriades and asked to be notified of anything Gregoriadeas
might suggest.
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Constantine Dasiakos
Andreas Sikaskias
Antonios Brilam&sia3
Constantine Despotopouloa
Staavroas Eliopouios
Vasilios Ephraimide?+
loannis .linis
&nmnuel Clezoa
Neocosmos Gr a oriados
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Nicholas Ira.ragionts
Io .s ISokorelis
Ids Konstantopouloa:
Nicholas i intas
Rousaaos and o -
Michael I yrkoo
Constantine kour?is
Sta aa.tiots Ift stroglana kos
Stratis i pastratis
Stephanos r aphis
Constantine Skarsuoutsos
George Spil.i.opouloo
Constantine Sotiriou
Paris Taveloude s
Manthoa Tasib x&ides
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C zst~ In view of Ep_hx imideas' suspicion of Gregoriadeas,
as noted in paragraph 5, it se illogical that Cr?egoriade& would
appear on a list of candidates ro maended by Epbraimidess, and,, fu
thor?9, that Ephra des would not include his owe, na. a
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