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By DH. JERRY AUGUSTINOS
Department of History
University ol South Carolina
When the elections in firpprp hronoht n
socialist party, the Pan-Hellenic Socialist
Party or PASOK of Ardeans Papandreou, to
power for the first time in modern Greek
history, thr :'ed States expressed a
concern ov? ^sults.
The Reagan administration has adopted a
wait and see attitude, holding out the
possibility of close relations with the new
government. . "essing the meaning of
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of the relationship that will begin to emerge
between the two countries, which have been
closfilv linkpd for HoraHps
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The Greeks demonstrated their deep
concern over their country's affairs by
turning out in large numbers for the elections.
Nearly 80 percent of those eligible to
vote did so. PASOK garnered 48 percent of
the votes and 174 of the 300 seats in
parliament while its main opponent and
incumbent party, the New Democracy,
managed to capture 36 percent of the turnout
and 113 seats.
A possible worrisome note was the sup
port given to the Communists, the only other
party to gather any meaningful number of
ballots. They won almost 11 percent of the
votes.
PASOK emerged with a comfortable
majority in parliament, and voting strength
in both the urban and rural areas of the
country.
New Democracy's leader George Rallis
played hard on the foreign factor, conjuring
up an image of danger from the left in the
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reassessing Greece's ties with the West.
By the end of the campaign, however,
Papandreou had clearly toned down the
foreign problem. He concentrated on the
domestic economic difficulties of the
country. By voting PASOK into power, the
electorate expressed its fears about the
economic state of the nation rather than any
outright repudiation of Greece's foreign
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Papandreou to forget why they elected him.
The American trained, former economic!
professor has inherited an ailing economy ii
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ministers noted, the first thing that needs t<
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military officials. Ever since the disastrous
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Washington and Athens have been problem
ridden.
Greece's new premier has made clear his
opposition to nuclear weapons being placec
in Europe by whatever side. He also has
repeatedly voiced his unhappiness with
NATO and the status of U.S. military in
stallations in his country. The former stance
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Greece's obligations. Rather he has called
for negotiations on these issues in which he
likely will try to strike a better bargain.
Behind this position is the driving concern
that Greek interests, especially in military
matters, be placed on a par with those of
Turkey by the United States.
(Dr. Augustinos is an associate professor ot
history at USC, specializing in the Balkan
states. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from Indiana University.)
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