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aid from fraternal communist parties in order to achieve the objectives. on
the 11 th and 12 th of September, the third plenum of the Greek Communist
party was held in yugoslavia, where the military forces would attend,
setting the action plan entitled limnes (lakes). the plan included creating
a regular army, the number of fighters to reach 50–60,000, to free northern
Greece and thessaloniki, and fighting to expand throughout the country. 16
In a letter dated 20 th of September 1947, zahariadis thanked the
yugoslav Communist party for the support given to the Greek partisans,
and among others asked that the yugoslav party to act so as the socialists
states to recognize only the Greece Free.
After the publication of the third plenary decisions, the newspaper
rizospastis was closed, while the last issue appeared on the 18 th of october
and new measures against the Communists were taken.
In november 1947, zahariadis, after nearly six months, returned to
Greece and settled in the mountains, where the Democratic headquarters
was, in order to better coordinate the activity and the fight against rightwing
forces.
on the 24 th of December 1947, the radio station “Free Greece”, which
had its headquarters in Belgrade, announced the creation of the “temporary
Greek Democratic Government”, having as leader the General Markos. It
was one of the most important actions of the Greek Communist party during
the civil war. this was a challenge to the uS, which directly supported
the government in Athens and a proof that behind this action the Soviet
union lied. the uS and Britain have been pressing the socialist states not
to recognize the provisional government.
on the 28 th of December 1947, the Greek Communist party and other
leftist organizations are outlawed, the communists acting from this point
on, in heavy conditions of illegality.
Markos’s government, which did not have an office, would send official
letters to socialist states to establish friendly relations. In this framework,
petros rusos, foreign minister of the provisional government, sent a letter
on the 1 st of January 1948 to Ana pauker, Foreign Minister of romania. the
answer came from the Foreign Ministry, but from the national Committee
set to help the Greek people, the letter being signed by Gheorghe Apostol –
president and Dumitru Iulian – General Secretary. 17
16 Β. Κοντής – Σ. Σφέτας, Εμφύλιος πόλεμος, Έγγραφα από τα γιουγκοσλαβικά και
βουλγάρικα αρχεία, Επίκεντρο, Αθήνα, 2006, σ. 26/KoNTis, V., sFETAs, s., The Civil
War, the Documents from the Yugoslav and Bulgarian Archive (Athens: Εpikentro Pyblic
house, 2006), p. 26.
17 Φίλιππος Ιλιού, op. cit. ,σελ. 268-9 / FiliPPos, iliou, op. cit., p. 268-9.