https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/5bbbbe4247c6b6bc764bda14b5a56454.pdf 358186d7d68ddd3c66b3c577616637eb PDF Text Text DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANADA. (DUPLICATE) NUMBERED LETTER TO: THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, OTTAWA, CANADA. FROM: . . . . THE. CApD IAN .EMBA SS Y,. _IHENS.,.. GREECE Security:...CONFIDENTJAL..., No: iZ9.V..'....' Date:....AR?il 2 2 ^ 1 9 ^ , . , , Enclosures: Reference: Air or Surface Mail:. ,&XV Subject:.... Miss£.;p. .9a.s§&,.. Post File No:...XZrZrX^X...... Ottawa File No. We quote below the passage on this subject in the British Military Attache's current intelligence review dated April 1*4s "The National Defence General Staff are still in favour of having one I.R.B.M. Squadron to maintain parity with >S Turkey and to consolidate Greece's position within NATO. EDA, the opposition Communist party, have recently again fE '^brought the matter up for debate because of the Rumanian ^ "proposal for the conclusion of an agreement between the -^...Balkan countries not to establish missile bases in the / Balkan peninsula. Mr. THEMELIS, The Under Secretary of Defence, has robustly stated that there is no point in discussing the matter now because the Prime Minister had made it clear that no decision will be made without discussion in the Chamber. Internal Circulation It would appear that the matter will come up for discussion in the next few months but that the outcome is doubtful. With EDA dead against, the centre opposition likely to be against, and popular opinion very uncertain, it would be premature to assume that bases will be established in Greece and certain that there will be a Tough passage in debate." 2. This report, apart from the reference to EDA, appears to us accurate and the estimate in the final paragraph we would be prepared to support. As for EDA, while its policies and to a large extent its methods are almost ind istinguishable from those of the outlawed KKE (Communist Party o£: Greece), it is not of course officially described or recognized as Communist. This distinction in part expla ins the continuing readiness of various centre opposition groups to allow themselves to be identified on certain qu estions with the position taken by EDA. Distribution to Posts London Washington l>aris NATO Ankara (Sgd.) D.H.W. Kirkwood (for) Ambassador. 000406 (Ext.182C(Rev.2/52) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW04082 Title A name given to the resource CDNW04082 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO Cooperation Regarding Nuclear Weapons And Missile Bases (IRBM)," RG24-B-1, vol 21468, file CSC 2108:1, part 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en