Big Greek Attack On Guerillas

Northern Advocate, 30 August 1947, Page 4

Big Greek Attack On Guerillas

(Rec. 11.0 a.m.) ATHENS, Aug. 29. A military source stated that the Greek 3rd Army Corps launched a fullscale offensive against guerillas covering the extensive mountainous area south of the Yugoslav border from the Vardar River valley to Mt Vitsi, west of Fiorina.

Besides clearing the entire area, it is hoped to restore Greek guard posts which the guerillas’ pressure forced back six to 12 miles from the Yugoslav border. Aiiempfrs To Form Cabinet Fail (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) ATHENS, August 29. Attempts to form a Greek Cabinet failed after negotiations lasting all day. Efforts to compose the differences between the seven party leaders broke down when the leaders walked cut of a meeting over which M. Dimitrios Maximos presided. M. Maximos was reported yesterday as having been named Prime Minister. Statement Denied NEW YORK, Aug. 29. The Governor General of Canada (Field-Marshal Viscount Alexander), when interviewed by the Canadian Press, denied the statement attributed to him in some New York newspapers that the United States should send aid to Greece even if it meant war with Russia. “I said nothing about war with Russia,” he said. “A reporter asked me if the United States should extend aid to Greece and I simply said she had a moral right to do so.”