Committee For The Restoration Of Democracy In Greece (Melbourne Branch)

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsPolitical activistsLobbyistsHistoryThe Committee for the Defence of Democracy in Greece was founded in 1965 as a response to the political crisis that had seen elected president, George Papandreou, ousted by King Constantine. After the military coup of 21 April, 1967, it became the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Greece. It acted as a broad-based lobby group to unite all Greek- Australian opposition to the dictatorship and to engage Australian politicians and trade unions into adopting a stance of active opposition. It had contacts with other Greek resistance groups in Europe and sponsored visits by resistance leaders, Tony Ambaticlos and Markos Dragoumis in 1970, Mikis Theodorakis in 1972 and Andreas Papandreou in 1974. Its earlier attempt to bring out another resistance leader, Nikos Nikolaides, in 1967 was foiled by the Liberal government of the day. The Committee's activities ceased in 1975 following the fall of the dictatorship in November, 1974 and the restoration of democracy soon after.

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[2002.0015] Records of the Committee For The Restoration Of Democracy In Greece (Melbourne Branch)

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Committee For The Restoration Of Democracy In Greece (Melbourne Branch)