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Title:
[Circular letter from the European Committee of Scientists for Democracy in Greece] pdf (232,846 Bytes) ocr (6,132 Bytes)
Description:
On April 21, 1967, junior military officers launched a bloodless coup against the constitutional monarchy and the civilian government of Greece to forestall an impending electoral victory by the reform-oriented Center Union Party of Georgios Papandreou. The Greek Colonels, as the junta came to be known, imposed martial law, suspended constitutional guarantees of civil rights, established special courts martial, dissolved political parties, and abolished the right to strike. Several thousand people with a record of leftist political views or activity were sent to camps on Greek islands. The junta fell during a military confrontation with Turkey over the island of Cyprus in July 1974.
In the wake of the coup and the dismissal of many academics from university positions, scientists debated whether to boycott scientific meetings in Greece as a sign of protest, and more broadly their political responsibilities for maintaining freedom of research and civil liberties.
Number of Image Pages:
2 (232,846 Bytes)
Date Supplied:
1969
Creator:
European Committee of Scientists for Democracy in Greece
Source:
Original Repository: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
URL: http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Richard A. Ferrell.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Government
Political Systems
Exhibit Categories:
Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976
Biographical Information
Relation:
Metadata Record Letter from Francis Crick to Francois Gros (March 19, 1969)
Metadata Record Letter from Henry R. V. Arnstein to Francis Crick (November 20, 1969)
Metadata Record Letter from Francis Crick to Henry R. V. Arnstein (November 14, 1969)
Box Number: 41
Folder Number: PP/CRI/E/1/17/7/3
Unique Identifier:
SCBBDL
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Travels and Meetings
SubSeries: Meetings Attended
SubSubSeries: Travels and Meetings 1969
SubSubSubSeries: Spetsai
Folder: European Committee of Scientists for Democracy in Greece
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2005-07-06
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