GREECE S NEW DEMOCRACY PARTY: THE OLD GUARD FADES

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
26
Document Creation Date: 
December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
October 8, 2008
Sequence Number: 
4
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 1, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9.pdf1.09 MB
Body: 
Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Directorate of Secret Igtelligence Greece's New Democracy Party: The Old Guard Fades An Intelligence Assessment State Dept. review completed DIA review completed. Secret EUR 83-10233 October 1983 Copy 274 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Directorate of Intelligence The Old Guard Fades Greece's New Democracy Party: the Directorate of Operations. Office of European Analysis. It was coordinated with This paper was prepared by Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Iberia-Aegean Branch, EURA, Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret EUR 83-10233 October 1983 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Greece's New Democracy Party: The Old Guard Fades 25X1 Key Judgments We believe Greece's conservative New Democracy party-the main locus Information available of political opposition to Andreas Papandreou's ruling Socialists and the as of 1 September 1983 principal exponent of Western interests in the country-is in serious straits. was used in this report. New Democracy has been largely unable to regroup since its stunning defeat in the 1981 national elections. In our judgment, the party would have little chance of regaining the popular mandate it enjoyed between 1974 and 1981 if an election were held today. Reversing New Democracy's slide will require such an effort that in the short term the party's chances of catching the Socialists will depend more on Papandreou's performance than on its own. New Democracy's political weakness is, in our view, largely of its own making. The most visible problem is a longstanding struggle for the leadership of the party between party leader Evangelos Averof and former premier George Rallis. Their feud preoccupied the Rallis government (in power from May 1980 to November 1981) and has undermined New Democracy's performance in opposition. Underlying the Averof-Rallis split are schisms with subtle ideological and regional overtones, as well as generational tensions between younger party leaders and the old guard- Averof, Rallis, and President Constantine Karamanlis-which has domi- nated Greek politics for most of the postwar period. The leadership question could come to a head again at the party congress, which could take place as early as next spring, and the result could be the passing of power to a younger leader. Factionalism, moreover, has left New Democracy in an organizational shambles. The party began as a rally to support Karamanlis as he worked to piece together civilian rule following seven years of military dictatorship. New Democracy's long tenure in power-1975-81--provided little incen- tive for building an institutional base of support at the grass-roots level. In- stead, the conservatives relied heavily on patronage dispensed from the capital-a tool the party lost following Papandreou's dramatic election victory and takeover of the national bureaucracy. iii Secret EUR 83-10233 Dctober1983 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 25X1 On balance, New Democracy's long-term outlook probably is not as grim as current circumstances suggest. Even though a change in leadership would be disruptive, a complete rupture in the party during the next year or so is, in our view, only a remote possibility. The natural conservative constituency in Greece remains quite large, and over time New Democracy can probably expect to win back many of the centrist voters who supported the party in the past but opted for Papandreou in the 1981 election In the unlikely event that the party's leadership and organizational problems led to its dissolution, New Democracy probably would reemerge in some fashion under the strong tutelage of President Karamanlis. A rump organization bearing Karamanlis's stamp of approval and popular brand of progressive conservatism would face far fewer political hazards to survival than any rightwing or centrist offshoot. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Greece's New Democracy Party: The Old Guard Fades The conservative New Democracy party has yet to mount a credible opposition to the government of Andreas Papandreou, nearly two years into Papan- dreou's tenure. The party is hobbled by the same problems of leadership, image, and organization that led to its electoral drubbing in 1981 after seven years in power. President and former premier Constantine Karamanlis-New Democracy's founder and elder statesman-may be both the party's greatest strength and its biggest liability. He continues to hold the party together, but his moral dominance may be delaying the fundamental changes the party probably must make before it will be able to make another serious run at power. New Democracy's woes during the year or so before the 1981 election stand in sharp contrast to the party's successes during the previous six years. Greece experienced impressive economic growth and political stability in the latter half of the 1970s, largely because of the leadership of Constantine Karamanlis. The key to New Democracy's success at the ballot box in both 1974' and 1977 was the partys broad platform. Karamanlis staked out a solid claim to the political center right, occupying the ground between the Socialists on the left and the small extremist parties on the far right. Rejecting conven- tional political labels and the term "conservative, " Karamanlis announced at New Democracy's 1979 congress that the party was "radical liberal ... something between traditional liberalism and demo- New Democracy's weakness came into sharp focus in the October 1981 national election. The party re- ceived only 36 percent of the popular vote, while Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement won 48 percent and a solid majority of seats in parliament (see figure). The results marked a low point in New Democracy's fortunes. In 1974 the party polled 54 percent of the vote. It won again in 1977 but slipped to 42 percent. New Democracy's defeat also repre- sented one of the worst setbacks suffered by a major conservative party in Greece during the postwar peri- od (see map). The party's problems had grown increasingly evident in the 18 months leading up to the election. Parlia- ment elected Karamanlis president in May 1980. Whereas this was the culmination of Karamanlis's personal plan for maintaining the greatest influence over Greek affairs over the long term, it did force him to forswear any formal leadership role in New De- mocracy. The reins of both the party and the govern- ment fell to the far less charismatic and popular George Rallis-the Foreign Minister under Kara- manlis. Not having come to office as the result of a national election, the Rallis government, in our view, lacked self-confidence from the outset. A cross section of reporting suggests that the public came quickly to cratic socialism.' Karamanlis advocated middle-of-the-road policies both to differentiate New Democracy from the dis- credited extreme right in the aftermath of a military dictatorship and to blunt the growing appeal of the leftists. Karamanlis initiated a national referendum on the monarchy-he took a neutral position-which resulted in a decisive vote against putting the king back on the throne. He brought to trial and jailed the junta ringleaders, legalized the Communist Part v, and devised and oversaw the passage of a new Constitution, which has worked well in allocating executive and legislative powers. On the domestic front, New Democracy played an active part in promoting investment and development-half of the economy was state controlled at the time of Papan- dreou's election-and established social welfare pro- grams. Karamanlis's policy of "Greece belongs with the West" was counterbalanced by an appeal to Greek nationalism that included withdrawal in 1974 from the military wing of IVA TO, new restrictions on US base rights, and new overtures toward the Soviet Bloc and the Arab world. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Greek National Elections: Share of Popular Votes for Seats in Parliament' LI 0 1974 1977 1981 a The Greek Parliament contains 300 seats. b In the 1974 elections, the Greek Communist Party participated in a "United Left" electoral coalition with eurocommunist parties called the United Democratic Left and the Communist Party of Greece-Interior. c The Union of the Democratic Center obtained a small share of the vote and no seats in 1981, view Rallis as a caretaker prime minister. Domestic policy shortcomings, Rallis's noncombative style, and Papandreou's strident populism and nationalistic posi- tions on foreign policy ut the government on the defensive. Economic problems also began plaguing the party as rapid growth during the latter 1970s led to high inflation and rising trade deficits. The country's entry into the European Community in January 1981-the by party deputies with a mere four-vote margin over Averof. The two men long had been colleagues in conservative politics, but the election soured their relationship and exacerbated rather than settled the consummation of Karamanlis's efforts to strengthen The intense rivalry between Rallis and Averof led to the country's political links with Western Europe- considerable confusion at the top of the party in put competitive strains on Greece's nascent industrial efforts to devise campaign tactics to counter Pa an- sector and boosted consumer prices. The conservatives dreou. were blamed for these economic difficulties as well as a is was, or example, able to win for the growing inefficiency of the government bu- parliamentary approval of a law allowing the political reaucracy and the deterioration of the urban environ- parties to increase the number of candidates on the ment that had resulted from rapid industrialization ballots. The move was designed, we think, to allow and internal migration. All of this was complicated by internal party tensions, particularly between Rallis and longtime conservative politician Evangelos Averof. Rallis was elected leader New Democracy 60 Panhellenic Socialist Movement Greek Communist Party 50 (KKE/Exterior)b Union of the Democratic Cenlerc _ Other 40 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 Secret 1981 are, in our estimate, conservatives gains were more than offset, in our view, by the defection to the Socialists of many centrists who had previously supported New Democracy. In no small part because of this rightward shift of New Democra- cy's constituency, most of the 26 New Democracy 25X1 deputies elected to Parliament for the first time in Soon after the election, New Democracy ousted Rallis and elected Averof party leader-a change which, in our view, has not increased the astuteness of the party's policies. Some policies have simply been ill advised. Unsuccessful efforts to make a partisan issue of the government's alleged negligence earlier this year in investigating the assassination of a conserva- tive newspaper editor stand out in this regard. One stance, the decision late last year to boycott govern- ment-sponsored commemorations of the role played by guerrilla fighters-including Communists-during World War II, was out of step with public opinion. these shortcomings stem Former party leader George Rallis rows away from the sinking ship of New Democracy in his book "Hours of Responsibility." The recently published book describes Rallis's term as Prime New Democracy to present fresh faces to the elector- ate and nudge out older candidates. In our opinion, the leadership struggle, however, made it impossible in many locales for the party to put together coherent, 25X1 attractive candidate lists. To make matters worse, the one strategy on which 25X1 Averof and Rallis agreed flew in the face of one of Karamanlis's keys to success: appealing to the center. Rallis and Averof devoted considerable energy to forming an electoral coalition with the rightwing National Camp party of Spyros Theotokis, which had won 7 percent of the vote in 1977. equally from a widespread perception in the party that Averof is only a temporary leader and from the maneuvering among his potential successors for the inside track to the top slot. In our estimate, leadership is the key to New Democ- racy's survival. New Democracy is the only contempo- rary Greek political party to have held together through two changes of leadership, and a third is probably in the offing. We believe that the 72-year- old Averof, who recently underwent heart surgery, is in no condition to lead the party in the election scheduled to take place in November 1985. F_ A long-overdue party congress, tentatively scheduled for October, probably will be held next spring, and the 25X1 succession issue could become the focus of delibera- tions. Theotokis refused to form a coalition, but he did accept a place on the at-large New Democracy ballot. While New Democracy picked up most of Theotokis's constituency, these Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 $AAR KATI AAA01. AEN f~NETAI NA NTYOEITE 0A01 APXHI"oI!.. New Democracy hostess of a costume party tells Boutos, Mitsotakis, and Stefanopoulos-all with Averof masks-to "wear Based on previous party caucus votes for a leader and on an analysis of the party's factions, we estimate that the three candidates with the best chances to succeed Averof are parliamentary deputies Constantine Ste- fanopoulos, Ioannis Boutos, and Constantine Mitsota- kis. Each man has good credentials, but each has key weaknesses. Long shots include Miltiadis Evert and loannis Varvitsiotis, two younger deputies, and Rallis. New Democracy deputies could compromise by choosing someone not closely identified with any particular faction. Such candidates are deputy party leader Constantine Papaconstantinou and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos, a former centrist politician and well- regarded former Prime Minister elected to Parliament in 1981 on the at-large New Democracy ballot. The party also could select someone outside the parliamen- tary delegation, such as former chief of the general staff, retired Gen. Agamemnon Gratsios. All three men are elderly, however, and none would offer more than a temporary solution to the leadership problem. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Whoever ultimately succeeds Averof will need to win the backing of a majority of the party's parliamentary delegation. It is this group, according to New Democ- racy's bylaws, that will make the decision. As things now stand, we guess that Averof and Stefanopoulos loosely command about 60 of the delegation's 110 members. When Averof steps down, most of these would probably line up behind Stefanopoulos. We estimate that Rallis and Boutos hold joint sway over about 20 deputies. With such a small base, both men presumably could not vie for the top job at the same time. About 15 deputies back Mitsotakis, and the remaining 20 or so are uncommitted.' Organization: New Democracy's Nemesis , Such factionalism has undermined New Democracy's organizational machinery. Unlike the Communist and Socialist parties, New Democracy has failed to build an effective grass-roots base. Although this is attrib- utable in part to prolonged incumbency and the strong national appeal of Karamanlis, the underlying cause, in our view, is an enduring pattern of clientalistic politics. Greek parties historically have been dominat- ed by notables, whose local support transcends party identification. New Democracy, in our view, remains more a collection of popular individuals than a mod- ern political party. Because the party has relied heavily on patronage to maintain its political base, Papandreou's election vic- tory dealt New Democracy a serious blow, particular- ly on the local level. With the reduction in the number of elected officials and high-level bureaucrats with favors to distribute, local officials had little incentive to continue party functions or generate enthusiastic support from party members. For their part, the few remaining high-level patrons have neglected regional and municipal organizations. According to the US Consul General in Thessaloniki, local New Democra- cy officials believe themselves to be cut off from party ' Appendix A describes the factions in New Democracy's parlia- mentary delegation, lists the party's deputies, and notes their Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Table I New Democracy Factions in Parliament, 1983 Group Number Average Average Date Age of Election headquarters in Athens. As a result, New Democracy was so unprepared for the 1982 fall municipal elec- tions that it had difficulty recruiting candidates will- ing to campaign against the well-organized leftist parties. Organizational difficulties in turn have limited the party's ability to cultivate the broad constituency that previously rallied to the party. For most of its exist- ence, New Democracy has polled rather evenly among voters of all classes and in all regions. The 1981 election results suggest, however, that the party has lost more support in the cities than in the country- side-an ominous development given the country's rapid urbanization. A review of the electoral data shows that New Democracy drew its support dispro- portionately from the ranks of military officers, busi- nessmen, the Orthodox clergy, and the more prosper- ous farmers; the party did poorly among those drawn Evert Karamanlis, A. Papaconstantinou, M. Another manifestation of the party's weak infrastruc- ture is its financial status. Local New Democracy committees rely on headquarters for funds. Head- quarters, in turn, appears to depend heavily on contri- butions from a few wealthy industrialists. Attempts to remedy these organizational shortcom- ings have met with limited success. The first nation- wide New Democracy meeting took place in April 1977. The delegates did little more than review statistics showing that New Democracy had 20,000 members in 51 regional and 233 local organizations. 25X1 25X1 to mass organizations. Regional Ideology Strength Prominent Supporters Northern Greece Strongly pro--United Papaconstantinou States and anti- Laskaris Communist; pro-EC Stratos, Tsaldaris and NATO; "go Varvitsiotis slow" on social and Kanellopoulos, A. economic reform Same as Averof but (No information) less dogmatic: on for- eign policy and more pro-private enterprise Greater Athens Same as Stefanopou- Papaligouras and Peloponnesus los on foreign policy, Tzannetakis but favor moderate government interven- tion in social policy Crete Same as Averof on (No information) foreign policy, liberal social policies Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 New Democracy's Stand on Key Issues: Sober, Yet Calculating New Democracy's current stands on key issues are similar to those it took while in power. Averof generally has labeled Papandreou's confrontational approach toward the West as harmful to Greece's credibility in NATO and the European Community. In recent months, Averof has publicly supported the deployment of new intermediate-range NATO mis- siles in Western Europe, criticized Papandreou's Balkan Nuclear Free Zone concept, and called for the retention of US military facilities. In a quieter fash- ion, New Democracy has urged the Socialists to engage in a dialogue with Turkey and support the intercommunal talks on Cyprus On domestic issues, Averof has accused the Socialists of trying to politicize the government bureaucracy and create a "one-party " state. He has dismissed positive steps" such as the introduction of civil marriage as secondary issues. Averof has sided with businessmen in blaming the government for dwindling investment-foreign and domestic-and rising unem- ployment. New Democracy gave measured support to the retrenchment policies Papandreou unveiled earli- er this year, even though it believes they are too limited in scope, and the party believes that the Socialists should ease price controls and allow pri- vate enterprise to take the lead again in investment. This gathering was not described by party headquar- ters as an official convention, and serious work was left for the full party congress-the first of its kind for a non-Communist party in Greece-that convened in 1979. At that gathering the delegates ratified a charter, appointed a 70-member administrative body, and selected a 10-member executive committee. The congress reserved a majority of seats for those not sitting in Parliament, and local organizations were given a greater voice in nominating candidates for On the whole, we believe that New Democracy's positions are more in line with US interests than are those of the Papandreou government. The conserva- tives find it necessary for reasons of political competi- tion, however, to take strong stands-albeit without Papandreou's acerbity-on issues of national impor- tance. New Democracy is no more willing than the government to countenance a resolution of NATO command and control issues in the Aegean that sacrifices Greek responsibility for the entire area. Nor is New Democracy particularly keen on pushing for a settlement of the Cyprus dispute in the absence of some sort of detente with the Turks. cal support for Arab states. On relations with countries outside NATO and the Community, New Democracy supports expanded eco- nomic and political ties. Although the conservatives have disparaged the likely benefits of the Greek- Soviet economic protocols initialed earlier this year, they, too, see some merit in expanded trade relations with Communist states. The party does not advocate that these economic policies be translated into closer political relations, but New Democracy believes that Greece is best served by keeping a low profile on controversial East-West issues. The lack of Western unanimity on Middle East issues and the importance of Greek trade in the area renders the conservatives nearly as uninhibited as the Socialists in their politi- public office. Despite these efforts, the party machin- ery has, in our view, exerted little leverage over the deputies, who have retained control over selecting the party leader and staffing its regional committees. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret The slow pace of internal modernization has to date produced little serious grumbling in the party. Until now, organized protest, in our judgment, has been informal, unorganized, restrained, and subtle in ef- fect. As in the case of Papandreou's Socialists, dissent in New Democracy appears to come largely from younger members.' Unlike their Socialist counter- parts, however, the disaffected members of New Democracy have directed their grievances at the party's administrative practices rather than its ideolo- gy or policies. The principal locus of dissent has been the "Volvi Movement," a relatively obscure group so called because of its emergence in the Volvi region near Thessaloniki. The US Consul General in Thessaloniki reported in the late 1970s that the movement had perhaps 1,000 rank-and-file members, who, in the Consul General's estimate, were primarily college- educated men in their thirties and forties from fam- ilies where a higher education had not previously been the norm. The group was calling for the reform of traditional politics, the abolition of widespread brib- ery in public administration, greater opportunities for youth, increased internal democracy, and the decen- tralization of authority. Although there does not appear to be any leadership or structure to this grass-roots movement and al- though no New Democracy deputy is openly linked to it, press reports have suggested that Evert is at least a sympathizer. He was leader of the Karamanlis youth group during the early 1960s, and more recently he has been labeled by the press as a leader of an informal group of "new guard" deputies, or "dauphins." Other deputies reportedly associated with the dauphins are 36-year-old Andreas Andrianopoulos, the party's leading representative from Piraeus, and Stavros Dimas and loannis Palaiokrasas-younger deputies with positions in New Democracy's "shadow cabinet." 'The 1 June 1980 edition of / Kathimerini, a pro-New Democracy newspaper and the country's most respected journal, quoted the leader of the party's youth wing in Thessaloniki as criticizing the leadership's ". . . indifferences or, rather, the guardianship, which the party shows to our youth. They consider our youths unripe for initiatives and view us as a useless piece of the party mechanism." Neither the "Volvi" nor the "dauphins" appear yet to have wielded appreciable influence in party affairs, and New Democracy leaders-hardly sympathetic to all the aims of these younger reformers-have dispar- aged the Volvi publicly. In our view, the older politi- cians in the party are well aware, however, of the need to promote mobility within the party. While he was Prime Minister, Karamanl s regularly recruited new members for the party from the burgeoning ranks of technicians and professionals. We believe, however, that such efforts have only scratched the surface of the problem. In our view, unless the party's leaders more actively develop precinct-level organization and abandon their paternalistic approach to the rank and file, New Democracy has little chance of competing with the Socialists' impressive machinery New Democracy's cohesion still depends on Kara- manlis. The Constitution puts the president above party politics, despite his formal retirement from the party leadership, Karamanlis wields significant power with- in New Democracy and that he is deeply concerned about the party's future-especially the lack of any clear alternative to Averof should he step down. Karamanlis's deep involvement in the day-to-day workings of the party further complicates the prob- lems of party change and leadership transition. Dur- ing the Rallis administration, Karamanlis angered the Prime Minister and other cabinet officers by his predilection to interfere in even mundane business. On the eve of the vote of confidence called by Rallis Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 following the 1981 election, Karamanlis's office is- sued a plea for party unity. This move was widely interpreted in the press Karamanlis's inclination to stay closely involved in the affairs of the party stems from a desire to preserve his political legacy. We believe Karamanlis, who is deeply committed to democracy in Greece, is concerned that the sorry state of New Democracy could jeopardize hard-won political stability. The President's reluc- tance to leave the work of the party to others is also a function of his personality. As Europe's senior states- man-he served 14 years as premier-Karamanlis has a high opinion of his importance in Greek politics. His self-esteem, which some Greek observers have described as arrogance, has never been tempered by experience in the opposition. Yet another impetus, in our judgment, probably is Karamanlis's conviction that his own popularity is directly tied to that of New Democracy and that a fractured party would make it all the more difficult for him to influence Papandreou. These considerations notwithstanding, our best guess is that Karamanlis-himself an unexpected and youthful appointee as party leader in 1955-will come eventually to conclude that if the party is to have a future, it must learn to get along without its aging founder. This, we suspect, will lead him to step back gradually from party affairs. We believe that he will be more inclined to do so if he becomes convinced that Papandreou has made his peace with the EC and NATO and is likely to maintain good working ties with the United States. Until Karamanlis does give his successors a bit more room to operate on their own, we believe he runs the risk of stunting the party's development as a political movement independent of his own considerable popularity. Given New Democracy's leadership problems and organizational deficiencies, we question the party's ability in the near term to mount a potent opposition to the government. In addition, Papandreou is still fairly popular. Although his lack of success in improv- ing the economy would harm the Socialists' chances of equaling their 1981 showing if elections were held any time soon, New Democracy would, in our view, have only a narrow chance of ousting the government. So much needs to be done to rejuvenate the party that its chances of overtaking the Socialists in the short term will depend more on Papandreou's performance than on New Democracy's success in reunifying the conservative movement. Adding to the party's short-term problems, the selec- tion of a new party leader has a good chance of producing a minor schism. In our estimate, Stefano- poulos's selection as leader would have the best hope of keeping New Democracy intact, but even he is far from universally popular in the party. We judge that Mitsotakis's election would give New Democracy its most dynamic and able orator in a campaign against Papandreou. Mitsotakis, however, has a reputation for opportunistic scheming, and his emergence could im- pel a sizable number of deputies-20 or 30, perhaps- to break ranks. In the unlikely event such dissension led to a more serious fracture, the party probably would not completely disappear. President Karamanlis almost certainly would become more actively and openly involved in politics and seek to regroup his supporters in a reconstituted New Democracy. The few right- wing deputies might decide to link up with the extreme conservative Progressive Party of Spyros Markezenis or a reorganized National Camp under Theotokis. Deputies in the Rallis-Boutos and Mitsota- kis factions could attempt to forge a new center party, aligning themselves with small parties such as Ioannis Pesmazoglou's Party of Democratic Socialism, loan- nis Zigdis's Democratic Center Union, and the Liber- al Party. Of these various splinter groups, a rump New Democracy under Karamanlis probably would be the most viable entity. The extreme right would have too narrow a base to pose a threat to the mainline conservatives, while the centrists would face the formidable challenge of competing with Papan- dreou's Socialists. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 Secret Until it solves at least some of its problems, New Democracy will not be able to bring significant influence to bear on the making of national policy. While in a narrow sense this leaves Greece without a real political opposition, it does not mean that Papan- dreou can pursue his agenda unchallenged. The com- bination of the pro-Western military and Karamanlis in the presidency will continue to provide strong and clear conservative checks on the Prime Minister's actions. Notwithstanding the potential strains, the chances of a wide-open split in New Democracy during the next year or so are, in our view, small. As long as Papandreou retains his strength in Parliament and President Karamanlis remains active in the political arena, prospective conservative renegades will think twice before bolting the party and further weakening opposition forces. Ironically for New Democracy, the danger of a schism could become more acute if Papandreou were to suffer a sharp decline in populari- ty and encounter serious factionalism in his own party. He might, in this event, seek to lure New Democracy deputies into his ranks with promises of government positions. There also is the possibility that moderate deputies in New Democracy might be tempted to link up with like-minded deputies in Papandreou's party if either of the two major groups in Parliament were to develop extremist tendencies. F If New Democracy can stay intact and begin dealing with its problems head on, its longer term outlook probably is better than its current political circum- stances might suggest. The results of the October 1982 municipal elections show that the party can draw votes without really trying. Although the control of most municipalities shifted to the Socialists, New Democracy was able to match the Socialist vote in Athens and achieve a plurality in Thessaloniki in the first round of voting.' More recently, New Democracy students made substantial gains in university board elections ' In both cases, the New Democracy candidates for mayor were young and politically moderate. In addition, a portion of the Communist Party vote-which was almost double its 1981 tally- New Democracy established a generally favorable record as a governing party, and it stands potentially to be the beneficiary of any disgruntlement with Papandreou. Given Greece's strong cultural orienta- tion toward the West and the desire of the Greek public for continued political and economic ties with the West European allies and the United States, conservative parties and their electoral platforms should enjoy enduring support from the Greek public. If New Democracy finds the wherewithal to put its internal affairs in order, this natural conservative constituency should continue to fall its way. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84S00895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Appendix A New Democracy's Parliamentary Delegation Information regarding the allegiances of deputies within New Democracy is sparse and does not permit definitive conclusions about the exact size or nature of each faction. Press reports do, how- ever, reveal some broad regional, philosophical, edu- cational, and generational differences. The party, in our judgment, falls into two ideological camps, with the supporters of Averof and Stefanopou- los in one group and the followers of Rallis, Boutos, and Mitsotakis in another. Divisions within New Democracy, however, are not sharp, and there are loosely defined subfactions in each of the two groups. A fourth or so of the parliamentary delegation ap- pears to be uncommitted to any candidate. The larger of the two blocs-about 60 deputies- backs Averof and Stefanopoulos. Those closest to Averof tend to be the oldest, their ages exceeding the 51-year-old average of all New Democracy deputies. The Averof group includes the highest proportion of deputies who were elected to Parliament before 1974, and its members tend to represent the northern and rural districts in which they were born. Prominent in this group are Karamanlis's "circle of elders," such as fellow septuagenarian and deputy party leader Con- stantine Papaconstantinou. These are the old guard conservatives, strongly pro-United States and anti- Communist. To a lesser extent they are promonar- chist, as well. The 20 or so followers of Rallis and Boutos are, in our estimate, a less diverse group, and generational differ- ences are not as pronounced. The deputies in this group are near or below the average age of the 25X1 delegation and must represent the more urbanized districts of Attaki-the region encompassing 25X1 Athens-and the Peloponnesus. Even though there are no discernible differences between the two main factions in regard to occupation, the Rallis-Boutos group appears to have a higher proportion of deputies with foreign educations. As the "reformers" within New Democracy, this group espouses the need for 25X1 social change and moderate domestic and foreign policies. Mitsotakis and his approximately 15 backers are philosophically akin to Rallis and Boutos, and they are the party's mainstay in the liberal bastion of Crete. The age span of this group is similar to that of the traditional Averof conservatives. Many served in Parliament before the junta years. The deputies who support Stefanopoulos tend to be younger than the average age of the party's parlia- mentary delegation. They are relative newcomers to Parliament and nearly to a man represent electoral districts-most of them in central Greece-of which they are not native. Stefanopoulos shares many of the beliefs of his elders, but he and his followers probably are less doctrinaire in their approach to domestic issues and the Greek left and more attuned to a foreign policy that permits Athens some independence from its Western allies Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Table 2 New Democracy's Parliamentary Delegation Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation First Elected Comments Averof, Evangelos 1910 72 Trikala Ioannina Lausanne University Doctor of Law Politician 1946 Leader Anagnostopoulos, Nikos 1929 53 Arkadhia Athens A National Metsoveion Polytechnic School University of Milan a Civil Engineer 1963 Balkos, Athanasios 1916 66 Preveza Preveza Military Academy Army Officer, retired Davakis, Dimitrios 1909 73 Lakonia Lakonia Athens University Pharmacist 1951 Dimas, Stavros 1941 42 Korinthia Korinthia Athens University London, N.Y.U. Attorney Economist 1977 Efstratiadis, Agamemnon 1926 56 Larisa Larisa EMP Civil Engineer 1977 Hatzidimitriou, Dimitrios 1918 64 Imathia Imathia Thessaloniki University Attorney 1952 Hatzigakis, Sotirios 1945 37 Trikala Trikala Athens University Attorney 1974 Hatzinikolaou, Panayiotis 1932 50 Evros Evros Athens University (dentist) Thessaloniki University (law) Dentist 1963 Kalogiannis, Elevtherios 1930 52 Ioannina Ioannina EMP Ioannina Zosimaia Businessman 1974 Kanellopoulos, Athanasios 1923 59 Ilia Athens University Economist Journalist 1963 Former centrist politician Katsigiannis, Christos 1929 53 Attaki Attaki EMP Civil Engineer 1974 Pro-Rallis? Kontogiannopolis, Vasilis 1942 40 Ilia Ilia Athens and Paris Universities Attorney 1974 Rallis sympathizer? Koutras, Panayiotis 1934 48 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki B Thessaloniki University Attorney 1977 Laskaris, Constantinos 1918 64 Athens Athens B Athens University Attorney 1974 Labor leader Lavrentidis, Isaak 1909 73 Caucasus USSR Serras Athens University Attorney 1946 Papadopoulos, Haralam 1944 38 Kilkis Kilkis Florence Polytechnic Institute Architect 1974 Papaconstantinou, Constantine 1907 75 Korinthia At large Athens University Attorney 1946 Deputy leader Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Table 2 (continued) Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation University Simaioforidis, Constantinos 1931 51 Kastoria Kastoria Teacher Stamatis, Georgios 1915 67 Aitolia- Akarnania Aitolia- Akarnania Athens University Attorney Stratos, Christoforos 1924 58 Akhaia Aitolia- Akarnania Athens University Industrialist Theoharidis, Dimosthenis 1916 66 Florina Florina Thessaloniki University Attorney Tsaldaris, Athanasios 1921 61 Athens Athens B Athens University (law) Columbia (social science) Attorney Tsiouplakis, Constantinos 1933 49 Khalkidhiki Khalkidhiki Thessaloniki Academy Hamburg University Stuttgart Polytechnic Professor Tzitzikostas, Georgios 1941 41 Athens Thessaloniki B Thessaloniki University (law) Paris University (economics) Attorney Vagiatis, loannis 1916 66 Kozani Kozani Supreme Agriculture School Columbia Farmer Varvitsiotis, loannis 1933 49 Athens Athens B Athens University Freiburg University, West Germany Attorney Vogiatzis, Georgios 1913 69 Evvoia Evvoia EMP Civil Engineer Stefanopoulos group Stetanopoulos, Constantinos 1926 56 Akhaia Akhaia Athens University Attorney Alexiou, Thomas 1925 57 Xanthi Xanthi Thessaloniki University (law) Commercial Agent Bletsas, Stylianos 1934 48 Rodopi Rodopi Thessaloniki University Attorney Damianos, Theodoros 1955 27 Athens Drama Advanced School of Economic and Commercial Sciences b Economist Frangos, Dimitrios 1935 47 Athens Attaki Athens University Attorney First Comments Elected 1981 1946 Pro-Mitsotakis? 1974 1951 1963 1974 1974 Wealthiest person in Parliament 1974 1964 1974 1974 Independent or pro- Rallis? 1981 1974 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Table 2 New Democracy's Parliamentary Delegation (continued) Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation First Elected Comments Gatsos, Theofilos 1930 52 Arkadia Pella Thessaloniki University Physician _ 1981 Independent? Gkoygkourelas, 1935 Constantinos 47 Pieria Piraievs Thessaloniki University Attorney 1981 Kalteziotis, 1942 Nikolaos '40 Arkadia Arkadia EMP Civil Engineer 1974 Pro-Rallis? Katsaros, Nikolaos 1937 45 Larisa Larisa Thessaloniki University Attorney 1981 Kratsas, Apostolos 1941 41 Athens Athens B EMP Electrical Engineer 1974 Misailidis, Georgios 1929 53 Khios Khios Athens University Attorney 1981 Moutzouridis, 1926 Georgios 56 Argolis Argolis Athens University Attorney 1981 Panourgias, 1917 Panourgias 65 Athens Fthiotis Military Academy Army officer retired 1974 Pro-Rallis? Papadimitriou, 1948 Eleftherios 34 Arta Arta Athens University ASOEE New York University Attorney Economist 1981 Pro-Rallis? Papageorgopoulos, 1947 Vasilis 35 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki A Thessaloniki University Dentist 1981 Paparrigopoulos, 1922 Constantinos 60 Akhaia Athens B Athens University Attorney 1963 Polydoras, Byron 1947 35 Ilia Athens B Athens University Nevada University Hague Academy Attorney 1981 Printzos, 1940 Constantinos 42 Magnisia Magnisia Athens University Physician 1977 Psarouda-Benaki, 1943 Anna 39 Athens At large Athens University Bonn University (Ph.D.) Attorney Professor 1981 Pro-Rallis? Sapsalis, 1939 Constantinos 43 Evritania Athens A Athens University Attorney 1974 Sarlis, Pavlos 1932 50 Piraievs Piraievs A Athens University London University Attorney 1981 Spentzari, Froso 1942 40 Ilia Ilia Athens University Pharmacist 1981 Pro-Rallis? Tataridis, Stavros 1942 40 Evros Evros Massachusetts University Economist 1974 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Deputy Date Age Birthplace Election Education Occupation First Comments of District Elected Birth Tsiplakos, 1929 53 Voiotia Voiotia EMP Civil Engineer 1981 Aristeidis Vlahothanasis, 1923 59 Evvoia Evvoia Athens Attorney 1961 Former centrist Angelis University politician Vouyioklakis, Elias 1935 47 Lakonia Piraievs B Pandeios Su- Attorney 1974 preme School of Political Sciences, Athens University Vrettakos, Dimitrios 1933 49 Lakonia Athens B Athens Attorney 1974 Pro-Rallis'? University Mitsotakis group Mitsotakis, 1918 64 Khania Khania Athens Attorney 1946 Former centrist Constantin as University politician - Alamanis, Stelios 1910 72 Kardhitsa Kardhitsa Athens Attorney 1950 Former centrist University politician University of Gettingen Kefalogiannis, 1916 66 Rethymon Iraklion Athens Attorney 1950 Emmanuel University ASOEE Kefalogiannis, 1932 51 Rethimni Rethimni Athens Physician 1958 Pro-Averof? loannis University Kleitos, Nikolaos 1929 53 Serrai Serrai Thessaloniki Attorney 1974 University Mantzoris, Vasilios 1935 47 Arkadia Arkadia Athens Attorney 1977 University Papadopoulos, 1931 51 Serrai Serrai Thessaloniki Attorney 1981 Independent'? Theodoros University Samaris, Antonis 1951 31 Athens Messinia Amherst Economist 1977 Currently pro- Harvard Averof? Sergakis, loannis 1914 68 Lasithi Lasithi Athens Attorney 1956 Former centrist University politician Sourlas, Georgios 1941 42 Magnisia Magnisia Thessaloniki Oculist 1981 University Synodinou, Anna 1927 55 Attaki Athens A National Actress 1974 Pro-Averof'? Theater School Taliadouros, 1918 64 Kardhitsa Kardhitsa Athens Attorney 1946 Pro-Averof'? Athanasios University Valtadoros, 1916 66 Imathia Imathia PASPE Attorney 1981 Angelus Thessaloniki University Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Table 2 New Democracy's Parliamentary Delegation (continued) Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation First Elected Comments Rallis, George 1918 65 Athens Athens A Athens University Attorney 1950 Boutos,Ioannis 1925 57 Athens Messinia Athens University London School of Economics Attorney 1950 Anastopoulos, 1944 Nikos 54 Messinia Messinia Athens University Physician 1974 Pro-Stefanopoulos? Avramidis, 1927 Alexandros 55 Athens Kilkis ASOEE Captain, Mer- chant Marine 1974 Bekiris, Vasileios 1936 46 Akhaia Akhaia Thessaloniki University Attorney 1974 Pro-Stefanopoulos? Bokovos, Panayiotis 1935 47 Pella Thessaloniki A Thessaloniki University Nancy Univer- sity Economist 1977 Fotopoulos, Christos 1928 54 Aitolia- Akarnania Aitolia- Akarnania Military Academy Business Executive 1977 Pro-Averof? Giatrakos, 1936 Constantinos 46 Lakonia Lakonia University of Paris Howard MIT Economist 1974 Former centrist politician Kalantzakos, 1928 Aristeidis 54 Lakonia Messinia Athens University Paris University Nancy Univer- sity Attorney 1958 Independent? Pro-Averof? Krikos, Athanassios 1937 55 Fokis Athens B Thessaloniki University Tax Attorney 1974 Independent? Livanos, Dionysios 1934 48 Athens Aitolia- Akarnanis Athens University Oxford University Attorney 1974 Moutsios, Georgios 1926 56 Serrai Thessaloniki A Thessaloniki University Attorney 1974 Papaligouras, Anastassios 1948 34 Athens Korinthia Athens University Brunell, London Attorney 1981 Rallis's son-in-law Papolitis, Sotirios 1941 42 Piraievs Piraievs A Athens University Toronto University Attorney 1974 Former centrist politician Pavlidis, Aristotelis 1943 39 Dhodhekanisos Dhodhekanisos Athens University London Polytechnic Physicist 1977 Pro-Stefanopoulos? Souflias, Georgios 1941 42 Larisa Larisa Civil Engineer 1974 Pro-Stefanopoulos? Tzannetakis, Tzannis 1927 55 Lakonia Athens A Naval Academy Retired Officer 1977 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895ROO0100070004-9 Secret Table 2 (continued) Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation Andrianopoulos, Andreas 1946 36 Piraievs Piraievs A Athens University Cambridge University Oslo University Politician Bougas, Georgios 1941 41 Piraievs Piraievs B Athens University Attorney Ermeidis, Haralampos 1914 68 Turkey Thessaloniki B Athens University Dentist Evert, Miltiadis 1939 43 Athens Athens A ASOEE Economist Gkelestathis, Nikolaos 1930 52 Fokis Fokis Athens University Attorney Gkikas, Sotirios 1925 57 Corfu Corfu Military Academy Army officer retired Karamanlis, 1929 53 Serrai Serrai Thessaloniki Attorney Achilles Univeristy Cambridge University Kavaratzis, 1940 42 Evros Evros Athens Physician Ioannis University Kontaxis, 1941 41 Arta Arta Athens Attorney Athanasios University Kopelouzos, Dimitrios 1951 31 Athens Kikladhes EMP Businessman Kouvelas, Sotirios 1936 46 Ilia Thessaloniki A Thessaloniki University Civil Engineer Manousakis, Diakos 1925 57 Dhodhekanisos Pella Athens University Dentist Memetoglou Giasar 1920 62 Rodopi Rodopi Journalist Nianias, Dimitrios 1923 58 Kikladhes Lesvos Athens and Oxford University Professor Palaiokrasas, loannis 1934 48 Athens Kikladhes Papadogigonas, 1931 51 Arkadia Athens A Naval Naval officer Alexandros Academy retired Papakonstantinou, 1919 63 Kozani Kozani Thessaloniki Attorney Michael University Cambridge University Manchester University Panagiotopoulos, 1930 52 Kavala Kavala Athens Attorney Georgios University Sioufas, Dimitrios 1944 38 Karditsa Karditsa Thessaloniki University PASPE Attorney First Comments Elected 1974 Pro-Boutos? Rallis? 1977 1961 1974 1981 1981 1963 President's brother 1974 1974 1981 1981 1981 1974 Former centrist ethnic Turk 1974 Independent? Pro-Mitsotakis 1974 Pro- Monarchist? 1961 Former centrist politician 1974 1981 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895ROO0100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895ROO0100070004-9 Table 2 New Democracy's Parliamentary Delegation (continued) Deputy Date of Birth Age Birthplace Election District Education Occupation First Elected Comments Sofoulis, Themistoklis 1935 47 Samos Samos Athens University London University Attorney 1981 Pro-Boutos? Rallis? Stafopoulos loannis 1934 48 Athens Lakonia Naval Academy Naval officer retired 1974 Independent? Pro-Averof? Xarhas, Athanasios 1932 50 Fthiotis Fthiotis Athens University Attorney 1981 Pro- Varvitsiotis? Elected deputies no longer in the party Dervenagas, Athanasios 1941 41 Trikala Trikala Thessaloniki University Attorney 1974 Kanellopoulos, Panayiotis 1902 80 Akhaia At large Athens University Munich University Heidelberg University Author 1963 Former centrist politician Kokkebis, Andreas 1909 73 At large Athens University Physician 1950 Former centrist politician Plytas, Georgios 1910 72 Athens Athens A ASOEE London Insurance Broker 1961 Theotokis, Spyros 1908 74 Corfu At large Athens University Paris University Lausanne University Politician 1934 National Camp party leader a Hereafter referred to as EMP. b Hereafter referred to as ASOEE. Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895ROO0100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret New Democracy Party Strength by Electoral District Bulgaria LESVOS (( Iraklion KHANIA ETHIMNI ~ SR nn//CC~, re t e Circles represent central city and suburban voting patterns. Party strength is based on the average of votes cast in the 1974, 1977 and 1981 elections. ZAKINTHOS,. \ Yugoslavia Electoral district boundary PARTY STRENGTH Over 60% 41-45% 51-60% 31-40% 46-50?o Under 30% 50 100 Kilometers Turkey -\ DHODHEKANISOS Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9 Secret Approved For Release 2008/10/08: CIA-RDP84SO0895R000100070004-9