{"id":13969,"date":"2026-04-01T20:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/secret-service-releases-1950s-files-on-communists-neighbors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:37:23","slug":"secret-service-releases-1950s-files-on-communists-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/secret-service-releases-1950s-files-on-communists-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret service releases 1950s files on Communists, neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1299867\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1_-320x200.jpg?v=1775069172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1_.jpg?v=1775069172\" alt=\"Secret service releases 1950s files on Communists, neighbors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1_-960x600.jpg?v=1775069173\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greece\u2019s secret intelligence service on Wednesday posted on its website scores of declassified documents from the 1950s on Communist activities and on neighboring countries, with a view to gradually opening up more of its archives.<\/p>\n<p>The 123 documents can be viewed on the National Intelligence Service <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nis.gr\/el\/historical-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and comprise about 2,000 scanned pages dating from 1953-59.<\/p>\n<p>They form the second batch of declassified files published by the NIS, two years after a body of documents on Cyprus dating from the Turkish invasion and its aftermath in July and August 1974. These had been released to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion, which followed an abortive coup by supporters of union with Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The new files concern Communist activities in Greece and abroad, including by Greeks of the diaspora, and information on Turkey, the Balkans and the Middle East. During the period covered by the files, shortly after the end of the 1946-49 Civil War between Communists and loyalists, Greece\u2019s Communist Party was banned.<\/p>\n<p>NIS said it proposes to start a regular practise of publishing declassified material provided it dates at least 50 years back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1299867\/secret-service-releases-1950s-files-on-communists-neighbors\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s secret intelligence service on Wednesday posted on its website scores of declassified documents from the 1950s on Communist activities and on neighboring countries, with a view to gradually opening up more of its archives. 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