AID FROM UNITED STATES
Received Tuesdav, 7.5 p.m.) i LOXDOX, Jan. 6. The Greek Prime hiinister. hlr. Soi'oulis, unnounced last night that the United States had agreed to an increasc oi 42,000 men in ihe Greek anned forees -beeause of the seriousness of the preston civil war, says the Daily lierald's j Athens eorrespondent. The United | States witl provide equipment for these > iikoi, the eorrespondent says, including j mountain guus, machineguns aml othei munitioris. Both A1 r. Sofoulis and the Greek Foreign hlinister, A1 r. Tsaldaris, he adds, saw AI r. Dwiglit Griswold, . . . ; hoad of the American .Mission for Aid ; to Greece, and were told that not only i did the United Btates agree to this lOiiargement of the Greek forees but was also considering still further inj rreases. "This American agreement," I said -Mr. Tsaldaris, " is a sign that ' the democracies are ready to take decisive steps in the Greek civil war. It : is the answer to the fonnation of the socalled Markos Government and the lielp it is receiving i'rom outside. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1948, Page 5
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173AID FROM UNITED STATES Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1948, Page 5
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