CHURCHILL AND EDEN RETURNING TO L(ONDON

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 308, 29 December 1944, Page 5

CHURCHILL AND EDEN RETURNING TO L(ONDON

PLANS FOR GREECE.

Will Urge King To Approve Of Regency N.Z. Press Association—Copyright Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 28. Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden hive left Athens and are returning to London, where they will urge the King of Greece to approve the creation of a Regency, says Atfcns radio. The Athens conference uninimously agreed to ask the King of Greece for a Regency immedia.ely, says the British United Press correspondent. The question of a truce pending the Regency was not discussed, so that the fighting continues. The conference adjourned fo: an unspecified period after agreeing only on one point, namely, the Regency. Archbishop Damaskinos will reconvene the conference when he thinks necessary. Archbishop Damaskinos has askc-d all Greek party leaders represented at the conference, to submit in writing their view on the E.A.DI. terms. The terms were not discussed at the meeting, many of tie delegates walking out as a protest against them. "Big Three" To Meet Soon Mr. Churchill, in a statement to newspaper correspondents las; night, said the Greek situatioi would be discussed at a conference, which he hoped would soon occu? between himself, President Roose velt and Marshal Stalin. "We ma? have some kind of international trust," said Mr. Churchill. "Wt cannot see this place drifting t« anarchy." There would have been a grea; massacre if Britain had not intervened in Greece. He was hopefu. that the Athens conference woulc reach a solution. If it did not, Britisi troops "here and en route" woulc make us masters of Athens anc Attica. . , There was no question of tht King returning to Greece until afte 1 a free plebiscite had been taken [The King would not return unti he was invited by a plebiscite o: the whole country and a state o: tranquillity restored.-