GREECE: Some Unhappy Anniversaries

With bunting and chants, Greece last week observed the seventh anniversary of the military coup that overthrew its democracy. This year there was an added fillip, resulting from last November's ouster of George Papadopoulos—the colonel who led the 1967 coup, eliminated the monarchy of King Constantine and became President of Greece—by even sterner, more authoritarian military men. Awkwardly linking the latest coup with the traditional day for celebrating military rule, some banners carried the message APRIL 21

AND NOVEMBER 25! THESE ARE YOUR CREATIONS!

For Greeks outside the army, there was not much...

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