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201500Z JUN 75 FM AMEMBASSY ATHENS TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9259 LIMITED
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SUBJECT:
SUIT FILED AGAINST ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS CHARGING HE COLLABORATED WITH THE JUNTA
1. THE MAJORITY OF ATHENS MORNING AND AFTERNOON NEWS- PAPERS ON JUNE 20
REPORTED THAT CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE ATHENS
COURT OF MIS- DEMEANORS AGAINST ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS AS AN ACCOMPLICE IN HIGH
TREASON, AS A COLLABORATOR OF THE JUNTA, AS CIA AGENT, ETC. ACCORDING TO THE
REPORTS, TWO GREEK- AMERICANS RESIDENT IN CHICAGO INITIATED THIS SUIT AND HAVE
MADE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS AS TO WITNESSES WHO SHOULD BE CALLED TO TESTIFY
AGAINST IAKOVOS, A LIST WHICH INCLUDES AT LEAST FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GREEK
PARLIAMENT.
2. THE
ACCUSATIONS LEVIED AGAINST THE ARCHBISHOP..