LACK OF GREEK ARMY MATERIEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200600013-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 13, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Greece
SUBJECT Lack of Greek Array 1 ateriel
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ORIGIN
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A Greek General Staff major, in discussing the army's slowness in
achieving good organization, efficiency and morale throughout the
100.,000. er which was the goal two years ago, stated that a
good part of this avast be attributed to the fact that poor, used
aateriel. is being supplied by the British in oases where materiel
is received. In many cases there are vital and critical shortages
Be utionod that two out of every three field artillery pi. ;rtes
supplied bear serious defects rendering the guns useless without
extensive repair or rema nufactureo
effective steps to neutralize it,
There have been complaints that no anti-aircraft
weapons have been supplied the Greeks, even as a
sample; that units in the field are being surprised
and annihilated by are d bands; and that frontier
posts have to hold out alone for days at a times
when attacked, because no adequate provision has been
made for voice-radio or W/T oosi unication between
even the larger field unitsQ
2, The Greek Gove lent, following the refusal of the British Government
to supply additional arms claimed by the Greeks to be necessary in
their fight against the armed leftist bands, tried to obtain the
needed arms from Spain. The British learned of the effort, and took
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