GREEK SEES PLOT IN K.A.L. DOWNING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000504860008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 4, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
4 October 1984
GREEK SEES PLOT
IN KIAILDOYNINd
Papandreou Charges Korean
Passenger Jet Was on Spy
Mission for the U.S.
Accuses Allies of Double Standard .
He accused Greece's allies of using a
doubIgstandard in imposing sanctions
on Poland following the declaration of
martial law in that country in Decem-
ber, 1981, but not acting against the
i
T
k
i
ur
military regimes
n
ey or Ch
le.
Mr. Papandreou is scheduled to visit
Poland on Oct. 22, when he would be-
come the first NATO head of govern-
ment to do so since the proclamation of
martial law there in December, 1981.
"We condemned the regime in Po-
land but we stressed the need not to
have sanctions," Mr. Papandreou said.
"Turkey did not suffer any sanctions
while It was an oppressive military re-
gime, but Turkey belongs to the West.
Chile suffers no sanctions imposed by
;nPC the the democratic West. Does Poland suf-
.lQ xhat a Korean cur ~3 ^- fer only because it belongs to the other
747 that was downed over Soviet tern- side of the dividing line?"
jorv by a So 1w_ar l nn,last year was The Prime Minister reiterated that
on a spy mission for the United States. Greece would only resume discussions
"It is now a fact that it was carrying with Turkey if the Turkish Cypriot dec.
C.I A a iit s hamissiohad nt it fr - ym~ laration of independence issued last
Soviet and t airspace to spy actually on to ets hts." t he e November is withdrawn and if Turkey
Se s respects Greek rights in disputed areas
cold members of Parliament from his
?S~arleLlei ? of the Aegean Sea.
went.
The speech was made public by the
Greek Information Ministry. In it, Mr.
Papandreou did not offer proof for the
accusation, which was similar to one
that has been made by the Soviet Union
and that the United States has denied.
7 Last year, Mr. Papandreou refused
to join Greece's Western allies in con-
dewing the downing of the Korean
airliner on Sept. 1, 1983, in which 269
people were killed.
"On all points where we differed with
our allies in NATO and the E.E.C., we
were justified. We did not succumb to
hysteria," Mr. Papandreou said, refer-
ring to the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization and the European Economic
Community. .
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