Greek Guerrillas Suffer Heavy Defeat
Reeeived Sunday, 7 p.m. ATHENS, Feb. 12. ; The Greek General StalT has auhouneed that Government forces smashed guerrilla fofces which altacked the northwest MatVdohiah inwn , of Klorina. Thfe guerrillas fuiil'ered heavy losses ami' tfte raviues arotind their position's -are tilled \v i t-h their iload. More thah 200 guerrillas were eaptured. Heuter's correspondent. reports that heavy lightigg is still raging tonight in the area ul' FJorina. Tlie guerrillas' radio reported that, guerrillas peuetrnted an Athetis subiirb and blew up tlie hoine 'of the deptity poliee ehief, Mr. Kokalis. Reuter 's Paris • correspondent' says fhat the Conservativ'e newspaper 1 'Epoch, said General Markos, who was reoently relieved of his commaud of the Greek guerrillas, has been kidnapped by the Rnlgarian poliee arid is now imprisoned in Moscow. The paper said tlie Hoviet intelligenee last Noveniber seized a letter from Marshal Tito tn General Markos, offering .'10,000 nie.n and a military pact and aceusing Stalin of betraying the Balkans' cause.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1949, Page 5
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