GREEK CLAIMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 November 1944, Page 5

GREEK CLAIMS

PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT

LONDON, November 6. The Prime Minister of Greece (Mr Papandreou), in his first interview alter his return to Athens, told the Athens correspondent of “The Times' that Greece had “utter faith and confldence in Great Britain for full satisfaction of national claims and economic reconstruction.” The demands for popular justice would be niet m the Courts already being constituted Mr Papandreou said he thought that continual agitation was only the people’s way of let Ting off steam and arose because the people had nothing to do. He expressed the opinion that the demonstrations would cease when the ptople found work. Greece’s postwar demands were now being given vocal expression in popular cries dor a greater Greece. - " Mr Papandreou would not specify the exact limits of the new borders, but the general opinion is that they should include the coastal strip of Thrace, also the Vardar and Struma Passes, and part of Northern Epirus. Popular demands go further, including a good part of Bulgaria, which is regarded as an eternal danger spot. Dealing with immediate problems, Mr Papandreou said he hoped the Partisan armies would be incorporated in the regular army in December. There was no further need for them after the liberation of Greek soil. From Athens it is reported that 70 Greek Quislings are to be tried for high treason. They include a former Prime Minister and a number of high-ranking officers.