Announced March 12, 1947
When World War II ended in I945, Europe lay in ruins: its cities were shattered; its economies were devastated; its people faced famine. In the two years after the war, the Soviet Union's control of Eastern Europe and fears that communism would gain a foothold in Western Europe—whose countries were either political allies or important trading partners of the United States—heightened the U.S. sense of crisis. Soon after the Nazis withdrew, Greece found itself engaged in a civil war. American policymakers began monitoring that country's crumbling economic and political situation, especially the rise of the Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front. They feared that further deterioration would lead. to an overthrow of the Greek government, which was nominally democratic. The United States had also been following events in Turkey, where a weak government faced Soviet pressure to share control of the strategic Dardanelle Straits. Great Britain, which had been providing financial aid to the free and independent governments of Greece and Turkey, was forced to withdraw it in February 1947 when it could no longer afford the expense. Responsibility for supporting these two governments fell to the United States, the only western democracy with sufficient financial resources at that time.
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES E. LOGOTHETIS
We finally spoke with James E. Logothetis, President of Pan Gregorian N.J. Charitable Foundation. He welcomed us at the completely remodeled Candlewyck Diner in East Rutherford, NJ, which he co-owns, and answered a series of our questions about the organization that he heads.
Συνέντευξη με τον Πρόεδρο James Ε. Logothetis
TΕΛΙΚΑ μιλήσαμε με τον κ. Τζίμη Ε. Λογοθέτη, Πρόεδρο του Φιλανθρωπικού Ιδρύματος της Pan Gregorian N.J. Μας δέχθηκε στο τελείως ανακαινισθέν Candlwyck Diner στο East Rutherford NJ, του οποίου είναι συνιδιοκτήτης και απάντησε σε μια σειρά ερωτημάτων για την οργάνωση της οποίας προεδρεύει.
