CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A017600100003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 27, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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GREECE: The struggle within the hierarchy re ort-
edly threatens PapadopoulosQ F7 I
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GREECE: THE RECURRENT TUG--OF-WAR WITHIN THE
HIERARCHY IS REPORTEDLY THREATENING THE POSITION
OF PRIME MINISTER PAPADOPOULOS.
THE US EMBASSY IN ATHENS SUGGESTS
THAT OPPOSITION TO THE PRIME MINISTERON
LEADERSHIP MAY COME TO A CLIMAX SOON AND MARK THE
END OF PAPADOPOULOSn' RULE. IT NOTES ADDITIONALLY
THAT ALL ASPIRANTS TO POWER ARE BASICALLY FRIENDLY
TO THE US AND STRONG SUPPORTERS OF NATO.
AS FAR AS IT CAN BE DETERMINED, MUCH OF THE
OPPOSITION IS PERSONAL IN NATURE--TO PAPADOPOULOSO
LEADERSHIP STYLE--AND COMES FROM THOSE ORIGINALLY,
INVOLVED IN THE 1967 COUP. AT THE SAME TIME, AMBI-
TION FOR. POWER ON THE PART OF OTH COUP PARTICI-
PANTR ALSO SEEMS BE A FACTOR.
THE CHALLENGE TO PAPADOPOULOS SURFACED EARLY
THIS FALL WHEN HE THREATENED TO RESIGN OVER HIS
COLLEAGUESO INSISTENCE ON GREATER PARTICIPATION IN
THE GOVERNMENT. PAPADOPOULOSd CRITICS REPORTEDLY
BACKED DOWN AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY COULD NEITHER
DECIDE ON AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIM NOR MUSTER SUPPORT
IN THE ARMY. TENSIONS WITHIN THE REGIME HAVE RE-
MAINED HIGH SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, AND ACRIMONIOUS
GOSSIP AGAINST PAPADOPOULOS APPARENTLY IS HURTING
HIM.
THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE PAST HAS MANEUVERED
SKILLFULLY AROUND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND, UNLESS
HE LOSES THE BACKING OF THE ARMY, HE STANDS A GOOD
CHANCE OF COMING OUT ON TOP THIS TIME.
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