CLASH WITH GREEK REBELS
Received Sundav 7 p.m. ATHEXS, Xov. 22. Tliirty-five rebels were killed in a battlo • betweon- Hreek regulars aiui police and a s'trong rebel band at the t'oof of Mount Flambouros in . tlie Ko'ziam irren, western Macedonia, ac cording to a Government report. Tlubattle began- two days ago. Tho guer rillas, pressed bv Greek troops, wCre trying to escape across the river Alinkinon at tlie ri.sk of being -Irowned. Ali 'sliops in Athens were closed ujid civil servaiits stOpped work for an hour at midday as a protest against events in Xortliern Greece. The Minister for Xortliern Greece 1 11 r. Rodoponjos), after consulttitions with Cabinet. said he had been given additional powers to deal- with disorders, and it was expected that the Government would soon have the situaI ion under control. Gomrnercial and industrial organisations in Xortliern Greece have jointly issued an invitation to King George to visil tlie area. They have asked for tlie appointment of ti "Government of national s'afety".
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 November 1946, Page 5
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