CHAPTER TWO - Restoration of the monarchy - Part 02

The “Greek issue” was again raised in the UN General Assembly in October 1947 during which time a decision was made to task the Balkan Commission with assisting the Greek government to suppress the democratic movement. The commission, composed of representatives from the US, Britain, France, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan, China and the Netherlands, arrived in Greece in November 1947 and, after remaining in Athens for a few days, moved to Solun where it was subdivided into teams and dispatched to various points along the Greek border. The Commission remained in Greece until May 1948, after which it moved to Geneva. The Balkan Commission became a good protector of the Greek bourgeoisie by strongly insisting that material assistance to the democratic movement by the democratic countries must be prohibited. It constantly and morally acted in favour of the bourgeois government both domestically and on the international scene. When on December 24, 1947 it was announced that a democratic government had been established in the “free territories” in Greece, with General Markos Vafiadis at the helm, the Commission was first to warn the Balkan countries that “any recognition of the Democratic Government is in opposition of UN decisions”, and so on. Thus “international intervention” regarding the “Greek issue” was actually developed in favour of the Greek counter-revolutionaries.