Washington gets mad at Athens
Since Greek Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 65, came to power almost three years ago, his erratic and often acerbic pronouncements have exasperated his NATO allies. Washington, in particular, has grown increasingly irritated at what some officials regard as Papandreou's "anti-American, proSoviet, pro-terrorist" policies. Last week it was revealed that on June 26 the Greek Ambassador to the U.S., George Papoulias, was summoned to the State Department, where he was informed by Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt that the U.S. was considering denying a Greek...
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