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article written by J。M。 Thursby in the 'ATHENIAN'。
〃Several years before war was even declared； the Abwehr （German
military intelligence）； along with the Nazi civilian secret service； had
highly trained undercover agents operating in Greece。 With consummate
skill they had catalogued all military and civil information that could be
useful to the Third Reich； and organised spy rings throughout the country。
As war became more and more inevitable； it also became increasingly
imperative that Britain and other anti…fascist countries should gain specific
and accurate knowledge of these operations。
〃During this period a monk； who had embraced the Orthodox faith in
Warsaw； arrived from Poland via Mount Athos； to join the monastery of
Pendeli； just outside Athens。 According to his biographer John Freeman；
his registration at Pendeli reads；
Cell 102 Serial number 75 Secular name David Balfour Ecclesiastic
name Dimitri Place of birth England Age 35 Inscribed order of His
Holiness the Archbishop of Athens。 Coming from the Russian Church。
Archbishopric ordinance number 3197 of 9 May 1936。〃
〃Father Dimitri was obviously a well…educated and very courteous
person。 He had studied in various parts of Europe and spoke several
languages fluently。 These included ancient； Byzantine and modern Greek；
not to mention colloquial 'mangika' （slang）。 When a vacancy arose for a
priest to serve the chapel at Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens； who
should be more suitable for this post in the heart of the select
neighbourhood of Kolonaki than the well…educated； well…bred； charming
and conscientious Father Dimitri。〃
（David Balfour died aged 86 on the 11th of October 1989。）
〃Anyway； let me continue my story of the 'Corinthia trip〃； Eliascos
went on。 〃We celebrated Easter on board and when we arrived at
Alexandria some of us were sent on to Cairo and others went to India。 My
brother and I presented ourselves at the offices of the Press Department of
the British Embassy in the Garden City。 We were received by the well…
known Byzantine scholar Stephen Runciman who was in charge of all
foreign language broadcasts directed to Europe； that is； the Balkans；
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Yugoslavia； Romania； Bulgaria； Albania； Poland and several others。 One
of our colleagues was Lawrence Durrell who later became the famous
author of many successful books like the banned 'Black Book'； 'Bitter
Lemons'； 'The Alexandria Quartet'； 'Prospero's Cell' and others。 But at that
time； he used to entertain us daily with a fresh episode about his Aunt
Agatha with the wooden leg。〃
Eliascos continued： 〃My brother Patroclos and I were told that we
would be attached to the section producing the broadcasts in Greek
directed towards occupied Greece； acting as translators； editors and
newsreaders。 The Head of this section was George Haniotis the sports
editor of the Athens newspaper 'Elefthero Vima' who used to sign his
sporting articles 'GEO'。 Under him was the well…known literary figure of
Dimitri Fotiadis； who died in October 1988。
〃When the broadcasts began early in May 1941 I was the principal
newsreader。 Later when Haniotis was posted to the Greek Embassy in
Washington D。C。 as Press Attache； my brother was appointed Section
Head。 At that time the Prime Minister of the Greek government in exile
was Emmanouil Tsouderos； a former Director of the Bank of Greece。 The
foreign language broadcasts from Radio Cairo were under the over…all
control of the Political Warfare Executive （P。W。E。） of the British Ministry
of Information。 Later； in conjunction with the Americans； the title of the
unit was changed to Psychological Warfare Branch （P。W。B。）
〃Every evening we had two broadcasts； at 7。30 and 10。30 pm； which
went out on the medium wave transmitter of Radio Cairo at Abu Zabal；
run by the E。S。B。 （Egyptian State Broadcasting）。 The transmissions in
eleven foreign languages were also relayed by three short wave
transmitters； two belonging to the telegraph company Cable & Wireless
（callsigns SUV & SUW）； and an experimental transmitter of 7。5 kilowatts
belonging to a British army signals unit； with the odd callsign JCJC；
operated by young corporal Rowley Shears G8KW； a radio amateur friend
of Norman Joly。
〃The Greek broadcasts began in May 1941 and went on to the end of
January 1945。
〃During this period many important personalities broadcast from
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Studio 3； which was also used by well…known war correspondents of the
B。B。C。； the N。B。C。 and many other news organisations。 The people of
occupied Greece were addressed by Mr Tsouderos； Crown Prince Paul of
Greece； Sofoclis Venizelos； son of the famous Cretan politician Eleftherios
Venizelos who had played a leading role in the political fortunes of
modern Greece； and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos Minister for War。 After the
naval mutiny in the port of Alexandria Admiral Voulgaris spoke to the
officers and naval ratings of the Greek Royal Navy。〃
Eliascos described in detail the negotiations of the Lebanon
Conference which resulted in the appointment of George Papandreou
（father of Andreas Papandreou who was recently Prime Minister）； as the
new Prime Minister of the Coalition government in exile。 He can be seen
at the famous R。C。A velocity microphone type 44BX which was used
throughout World War II and many years after。 This ribbon type
microphone had a very large and heavy permanent magnet embodied in
the design and must have weighed about 1；000 times more than a modern
electret lapel microphone。
〃I must explain that these war…time broadcasts were carried out in the
presence of a Switch Censor who sat on the other side of the news reader's
desk and was able to turn off the microphone in a split second if it ever
became ne