How long will it take Greece’s new Socialist Premier, Andreas Papandreou, to make clear whether he really meant the dire threats or promises he made during the electoral campaign? Whatever the interval, I doubt that events will overtake this column.
The victory of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) was even more sweeping (i.e., worse) than I had anticipated. It is an intersting reflection, though not a consoling one, that this is the first non-conservative administration Greece has had since, with British and American help, the murderous Communist conspiracy of the 1940s was defeated—the first non-conservative administration, not the first bad one . . .
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