POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200220010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 19, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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with Thouderos as either Finance or Coordination Minister. should include
several political fi6,ures of the Left9which Is not represented in the Chi
berg ac well an a few moderate Right-wing figures, It is Lumbral.ise con-
sidered opinion that only with a broad government which is mainly Center and
moderately Left-of-Cantor can the tuy equally evil extremes be neutralized.
SthetILor or not Lwdabrakis foresees the manner in which the present government
will be ousted and Sophoulis installed is not cleur. . llowevora, one May gather
from the recent open letter of Tsouderos to the Greek King,, published by Lem-
brakis in lieu of en editorial? that the change of govornxantsa w hon it hap-
pons, may well have to happen thrcoui,,?h exercise of royal prerogative in much
the sw..ao manner as Metaa2as was ix utafled in 1930. Again, it is not inoon-
ocivable that a deteriorating situation, with approaching winter, '411 cause
defections within the P'o tlist Party,, especially if the government' s prestige
corrLinues to weaken. These defections could come In the i) aarkozinis-Za .ococtas
quarter, tits uavromihaalis group, the Zervas group and the Gonataas gror,p, At
present, .the deteermain ation of alito:;t all the Populist deputies seems to be
that they must all def'i.nitnly hang together aloto ; with Tsaldaaris; e.r.d it will
-take a courageow King to spite the sole party on :.hose platform sits the
throne if the Populiatas remain united. Nevertheless, increasing internal pres-
sures are going to require. more dyxaanio and bolder solutionsp especially since
there are no signs of improvement. These bolder solutions can be either in
the direction of a further turn to the Right, which would be catastrophic ac-
cording to Lnmbrcdie or a turn to the moderate Left under Sophoulis, i'souderos
and Svolos with participation of the present opposition leaders end members of
the moderate Left and Right wings, This is the only way in which 'ommuaism
can be successfully and solidly averted, in Lsxabraaais a view.
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