CURFEW IN ATHENS
LONDON, December 3. The military authorities in Greece have imposed a curfew .in Athens and Piraeus from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. Correspondents say that the street fighting near the Acropolis this afternoon was between a Royalist group of former Greek army officers and cadets and supporters of the Left Wing party. Fifteen members of the Left Win& party were killed and 148 were wounded in clashes with the police. A speaker over the Greek radio blamed the Left-wing groups for breaking Greek national unity. He declared that after there had been full agreement upon disarming, fresh demands were put forward which led to the trouble. He spoke of the gratitude of all Greeks to Britain iri her efforts to set up law and order.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 5
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