CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02570283
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-01728
• Publication Date: June 2, 1973

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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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GREECE: "P�rime Minister Papadopoulos apparexLy will
follow up Monarchy decree with broad camp gn against
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GREECE: Prime Minister Papadopoulos apparently
inten s to follow up his decree abolishing the mon-
archy with a broad campaign to discredit opponents
at home and abroad.
In his special broadcast yesterday, Papadopoulos
castigated King Constantine for his alleged collab-
oration with the opposition. He professed that his
government had not initially wanted to alter the
form of government but that the monarchy had brought
the change upon itself; earlier reporting indicates,
however, that the regime has been planning action
against the King for some months.
The Defense Ministry issued a statement follow-
ing Papadopoulos' speech claiming to have proof of
the King's and former prime minister Karamanlis'
involvement in last week's abortive naval plot to
overthrow the regime.
Papadopoulos, who declared himself "provisional
president," promised to release to the public within
a month appropriate amendments to the constitution
and to hold a plebiscite on them within two months.
He claimed that he will then set up machinery for a
more thorough constitutional revision and conduct
general elections by the end of 1974.
By acting against the monarchy Papadopoulos
probably has bought time in which to deal with some
of his more restive colleagues. Although some key
army leaders have been wavering in their support of
the Prime Minister, they are certain to back him in
this latest power move. The army leaders, whose
continued backing Papadopoulos needs, are united in
their opposition to the King. Nevertheless, the
changes advanced so far are largely irrelevant to
the major problems with which the government has
been wrestling, such as corruption, inefficiency,
and student unrest. In the longer run, Papadopoulos
could find himself in deeper trouble.
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