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In summer of 1965 several right wing officers and congressmen claimed that they uncovered a secret anti-right organisation in the Greek army called ASPIDA formed by centrist and leftists officer which allegedly aimed in destabilising the country... The prime minister's son and minister of Finance Andreas Papandreou was allegedly behind this organisation... The minister of Defense P. Garoufalias tried to cover up the story but he was sacked by Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou who assumed the position of Minister of Defense himself... On 15th July 1965 after a heated debate with King Constantine II (who didnt approved the sack of Garoufalias and the assumption of Ministry by Papandreou) G. Papandreou submitted his resignation and minutes later the King appointed (in violation of Constitution) the Speaker of the Parliament G. Athanasiadis-Novas as Prime Minister thus enacting a serie of political anomaly in Greece with "Royal Governments" succeeding one another in rapid succession and leading directly to the military coup of 21st April 1967...
WI Papandreou didnt resigned and Constantine II didnt insist on disaproving the handling of ASPIDA case by the Prime Minister? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?
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