TIME: Almanac 1990/1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso/time/040389/04038900.048

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LETTERS, Page 6

The Looting of Greece


    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?

    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.

    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.