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- LETTERS, Page 6The Looting of Greece
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- I commend you for your expose of embezzlement, bribery and
- money payoffs involving Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in
- Greece (WORLD, March 13). At the same time, I applaud Americans
- for refusing to put into high public office politicians whose
- morals and integrity are questionable. When will people realize
- that a man's personal morals are a clue to his political morals?
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- Elaine E. Gustafson Burton, B.C.
-
- Papandreou's problems should be no surprise to anyone who
- has taken even a casual glance at the man's past. He left Greece
- and avoided fighting there, then married an American and gained
- U.S. citizenship. After a divorce, remarriage and the passage
- of several years, Papandreou moved back to Greece. He gave up
- his American citizenship and denounced the country that educated
- him and sheltered him during the Nazi Occupation and Greek civil
- war. This background doesn't suggest a man who understands
- honor, duty or loyalty.
-
- Gerald A. White Jr. Arlington, Va.
-
- Ever since Papandreou's ascent to the office of Prime
- Minister in 1981, there has been an unrelenting campaign of
- disinformation waged against him. TIME has done a disservice to
- give credence to charges made by a self-proclaimed swindler like
- George Koskotas.
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- Joshua D. Kreindler New York City
-
- Your account of the current scandal brought to mind a
- proverb my father, a Greek immigrant, told me: "Greece has been
- hailed as the cradle of democracy; unfortunately, democracy in
- Greece is still in the cradle."
-
- Dino T. Yotides Port Chester, N.Y.
-