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ans strolled through the streets in the beautiful
spring weather.
I remembered what I had heard from a reliable
source about the way in which the Greek rebels
treated their prisoners, horrible details of barbaric
torture and cruel methods of execution. Now we
could also witness the extreme severity with which
the government, after the murder of Ladas, treated
the rebels: Communists were lined upp against a
wall and shot; not without due process, as the
authorities so greatly stressed. Passionate hatred
and bitter enmity characterized the situation.
Trouble started immediately after the war when
armed bands, largely under Communist leadership,
made an attempt to gain control of the country.
This attempt had been suppressed thanks to
British military intervention, but ever since, guerilla
feuds have continued, and caused the population
to suffer terribly. The Communists are indirectly
supported by Moscow through their satellites,
especially Yugo-Slavia, bordering Greece to the
north. The action in Greece is a link of the Russian
efforts to wipe out western European influence in
eastern Europe. During the course of the years, the
struggle has become more and more passionate.
The guerilla feuds turned into real civil war, when
”General” Markos, the chief of the rebels,
proclaimed at the end of 1947 that he had formed a
Greek opposition government in order to put a stop
to ”Anglo-American intervention” in Greece. The
American Mission, provided with large funds by
President Truman, had already established itself
in Athens to support the legal government. Its
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