Selection: Michalis Katsigeras

ARTICLE BY CYRUS SULZBERGER: New York, 9 – In an article in the New York Times on potential troublespots in the Balkans, Cyrus Sulzberger commented that although Constantine Karamanlis had won an electoral victory and was known to be a strong supporter of the West, the alliance of the extreme Left, which gained a large number of votes, favored Greece’s withdrawal from NATO and a pro-neutral stance. He observed that Karamanlis had sent his foreign minister north (to a tripartite meeting in Yugoslavia with the United Arab Republic) as a warning to his NATO allies. Sulzberger said Karamanlis was effectively sending a warning that if there was no settlement of the Cyprus issue and soon, the government in Athens would not for long be able to contain the growing tendency of Greeks to favor a more neutral foreign policy. YUGOSLAVIA: In a joint communique released after the tripartite meeting between Yugoslavia, Greece and the UAR, there was no mention of the Cyprus issue, but Greece’s Foreign Minister Evangelos Averof said that the issue was discussed in all its aspects. However he did not say whether any decisions were reached.