The post war reconstruction of greece a history of economic stabilization and development, 1944 1952

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN DEMOCRACY, INNOVATION, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR GROWTH THE POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION OF GREECE A History of Economic Stabilization and Development, 1944–1952 George Politakis Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth Series Editor Elias G. Carayannis The George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia, USA The central theme of this series is to explore why some areas grow and others stagnate, and to measure the effects and implications in a trans-disciplinary context that takes both historical evolution and geographical location into account In other words, when, how and why does the nature and dynamics of a political regime inform and shape the drivers of growth and especially innovation and entrepreneurship? In this socio-economic and socio-technical context, how could we best achieve growth, financially and environmentally? 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Contributions from researchers in a wide variety of fields will connect and relate the relationships and inter-­ dependencies among (1) Innovation, (2) Political Regime, and (3) Economic and Social Development We will consider whether innovation is demonstrated differently across sectors (e.g., health, education, technology) and disciplines (e.g., social sciences, physical sciences), with an emphasis on discovering emerging patterns, factors, triggers, catalysts, and accelerators to innovation, and their impact on future research, practice, and policy This series will delve into what are the sustainable and sufficient growth mechanisms for the foreseeable future for developed, knowledge-based economies and societies (such as the EU and the US) in the context of multiple, concurrent and inter-­ connected “tipping-point” effects with short (MENA) as well as long (China, India) term effects from a geo-strategic, geo-economic, geo-political and geo-technological set of perspectives This conceptualization lies at the heart of the series, and offers to explore the correlation between democracy, innovation and growth More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14635 George Politakis The Post-War Reconstruction of Greece A History of Economic Stabilization and Development, 1944–1952 George Politakis Athens, Greece Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth ISBN 978-1-137-57569-2    ISBN 978-1-137-57734-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57734-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949884 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, 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Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc The registered company address is: New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A I dedicate this book to the memory of my grandparents Georgios and Ismini Georgaras They gave me the keys to walk the distance taught me courage in the discovery and so gave me life Acknowledgments During the time of the research and writing of this book, several people have given me support and advice My first debt is to my supervisor, Professor L Tsoukalis, who guided me throughout the original dissertation at the University of Oxford My second debt is to Professor Elias Carayannis, who encouraged me to publish it and has been actively engaged in this process My third debt is to the editorial staff of Palgrave Macmillan for their work in shaping my manuscript into the present book I would like to thank the (late) Greek politicians and economists and journalists who shared with me their unique insights of the period In particular, Dr I Zighdis; Professors A Angelopoulos and X Zolotas; and Messrs S Markezinis and A Frangias I am also indebted to the staff of Bodleian Library, Oxford; the National Archives, College Park, MD; the Library of the Hellenic Parliament, Athens; the Greek Historical and Literary Archive, Athens; and the Library and the Historical Archive of the Bank of Greece, Athens I am also personally grateful to Messrs N Pandelakis and K Papachrysanthou, who entrusted me with the private papers of A Diomidis and K Varvaressos in their possession, now part of the respective archives I am especially thankful to my family for their continuous support and for accepting my, sometimes, exclusive interest in this project, and also for their active interest in it vii Contents Introduction  1 Greece’s Pre-war Economic Development and External Economic Relations 11 Wartime and Liberation Economic Policy 31 The Varvaressos Experiment 67 Greek External Economic Relations Until   the End of 1946 93 From Liberalization of Foreign Trade to  the Exhaustion of Reserves121 The First Year of American Aid: The Porter Mission, the Amag, and Initial Setbacks149 Greece’s Association with the Recovery and  Reconstruction of Europe: The Lessons from 1948175 Defining and Implementing Economic and Political Priorities in Post–Civil War Greece221 ix x   10 Contents Conclusion257 Bibliography269 Index279 List of Figures Fig 2.1 Fig 2.2 Fig 2.3 Fig 3.1 Fig 3.2 Fig 3.3 Fig 4.1 Fig 6.1 Fig 6.2 Fig 6.3 Fig 6.4 Fig 6.5 Fig 6.6 Fig 7.1 Fig 8.1 Fig 8.2 Fig 9.1 Service of public debt as a percentage of public expenditure in 1930 Trade of countries of Southeastern Europe with free exchange countries Per capita imports of Balkan countries in gold dollars The volume of Foreign Trade 1941–1944 Percentage increase in money supply, 1939–1944 Indices money supply, consumer prices, and price of gold sovereign in Athens Remittances, March to December 1945 Monthly evolution of industrial output in 1946 Remittances, March 1945 to September 1946 Sales of gold and foreign exchange, March to December 1946 Evolution of domestic prices in 1946 Government income and outlay Evolution of Monetary Indicators Organogram of Amag Sales of gold sovereigns in millions of US dollars Sovereign, 1948 market price in drachmas Greece’s balance of payments, 1938, 1945–1952  in millions of current US dollars 14 16 22 33 35 36 82 123 127 132 138 142 143 156 178 213 248 xi 272   Bibliography United States Department of State Foreign Relations of the United States, 1932–, Washington, G.P.P., Greece 1942–1951 published ———, Treaties and Other International Acts, AID TO GREECE, Agreement between the United States of America and Greece, Washington, D.C 1947 ———, The European Recovery Program, Country Studies, vol I, Washington, D.C., GPO, 1948 (contains a summary of the original programme submitted to the CEEC) European Cooperation Administration, A Report on Recovery Progress and United States Aid, Washington, D.C., February 1949 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New York Herald Tribune (N.Y.H.T.), Times, Le Monde Index1 NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS 1948 stalemate, 175–9 A Acheloos, 185 Acheson, D., 106, 108–13, 116, 117n27, 119n86, 120n88 Agricultural Bank of Greece, 145n13 agricultural exports, 21 aid-reduction argument, 227 Ailianos, M., 107, 108, 120n92 Alexander, A., 205 Alexander, G., 85, 89n1, 89n3, 89n6, 89n7, 89n10, 90n33, 91n55, 91n59, 91n62, 92n63 Aliakmon, 185 Amag, 168, 176, 177, 195, 198, 210 external and domestic economic policies, 158–69 implementation of agreements, Greece, 155–8 Amen, M. M., 103–5, 109, 115, 118n51, 118n56, 119n79, 120n102, 120n103 American imperialism, 266 American Mission, 175, 176 Angelopoulos, A., 8, 19, 28n48, 29n69, 45, 46, 55, 59, 62n22, 62n26, 63n47, 63n49, 64n50, 64n52, 64–5n69, 89n18, 118n47 Anglo-French blockade (1917), 12 annual growth rate, anti-guerilla campaign, 163 appraisal, 59–60 Argentina, 34 Argyropoulos, A., 75, 104 ASA See Higher Reconstruction Council, (ASA) Association of Civil Servants, 79 Austria, 189, 190 Austrian stabilization, 26n18 Austrian Tobacco Monopoly, 126 autumn 1950, aid reduction., 240–8  Note: Page numbers followed by “n” denote notes © The Author(s) 2018 G Politakis, The Post-War Reconstruction of Greece, Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth, https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57734-4 279 280   INDEX B Bacon, H., 28n53, 28n56 Bakalbassis, A., 108 Balkan wars, 12 Bank of England, 102, 129 Bank of Greece, 14, 47, 48, 50, 53–5, 57, 69, 71, 81, 86, 102, 113, 114, 117n17, 121, 124, 126–31, 138, 145n13, 164, 165, 176, 177, 180, 265 Committee on Coordination and Economic Planning, 180 Batsis, D., 187, 188, 215n36, 215n43, 216n44 Belgium, 21 Bevin, E., 87, 94, 118n39, 118n42 bilateral agreements, negotiation of, 18 Black Rider, 76 Board of Trade, 146n21, 146n22, 146n37, 148n76 Board, V., 101 Boyazoglu, A.J., 29n59 Breton Woods agreement, 181, 191, 259 Breton Woods Conference, 107 Britain, 15, 17, 38, 40, 42, 56, 87, 134 British Economic Mission, 103 British Foreign Office, 67 British Military Authority (BMA), 47–9, 58, 59, 64n53, 71 British Treasury, 48 Brook, A., 117n29 budget deficits, 223, 224, 234, 249 Bulgaria, 26n18, 31–3, 38, 76, 118n42 Bullock, A., 118n45 Byrnes, J F, 94, 95, 106–8, 110, 115 C Canada, 34 Candilis, W.O., 61n9, 62n19, 64n58 CC See Currency Committee (CC) CEEC See Committee for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC) Central Bank, 26n18, 47, 52, 58, 59, 71, 83, 130 Central Credit Committee, 53 Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 130 charcoal production, 25 Churchill, W.S., 38, 46, 67 civil conflict, 5, 6, 69, 70, 73, 75, 85, 96, 113 implications of, 67–8 Civil War, 59, 113, 175, 176, 178, 196, 206–8, 210, 212 American planning, 222 autumn 1950, aid reduction, 240–8 Liberal Spring of 1950, 232–5 reconstruction expenditure, 222 Venizelos incident, 229–31 Clark, General, 100 Clay, E., 195, 197, 204, 205 Clayton, W. C., 74, 75, 110 Cleveland, W., 65n70, 89n12, 89n13, 90n35, 91n48, 91n49, 129, 132, 145n10, 145n15, 146n23, 146n26, 146n28, 146n30, 146n31, 146n33, 146n35, 146n38, 146n40, 146n41, 147n66, 148n79, 148n83 Cominos, 203 Committee for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC), 190, 193, 194 communists, 84 Council of Ministers, 41 Currency Committee (CC), 121, 122, 129, 130, 133–5, 140 currency stabilization, 47 D Dalton, H., 118n45, 153 Damaskinos, Archbishop, 67, 89n2, 94  INDEX     Daphnis, G., 91n60, 116n1 Dawson, J., 146n45, 160 De Forest, 198 Degriges, 32 Delaportas, P., 80 Delivanis, D., 65n70, 89n12, 89n13, 90n35, 91n48, 91n49, 129, 132, 145n10, 145n15, 146n23, 146n26, 146n28, 146n30, 146n31, 146n33, 146n35, 146n38, 146n40, 146n41, 147n66, 148n79, 148n83 demobilization of guerillas, 67 Diamantopoulos, C., 104 Dimitracopoulos, A., 182, 192, 194 Diomidis, A., 8, 86, 118n55, 193–5, 202–6, 210, 211 disposition of foreign exchange resources, control of, 80–3 distribution of wealth, in Greece, domestic monetary stability, 240 domestic output, evolution of (1946), 122–3 domestic price stability, Doxiadis, C., 195, 205, 206 E EAC See Economic Advisory Committee (EAC) EAPPE See Economic Analysis of UNRRA, a Committee on the Valorization of Greek Productive Resources (EAPPE) Ebasco Services, 186, 187, 199, 244 ECA See Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) ECA program, 229–31 Economic Advisory Committee (EAC), 86 Economic Analysis of UNRRA, a Committee on the Valorization 281 of Greek Productive Resources (EAPPE), 184–7, 189, 191, 197–9 Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), 190, 239, 241, 244 Economic Department of the State Department, 74 economic liberalism, 257 economic outlook, characteristics, 238 economic planning, state attempts reconstruction agency and Committee for Marshall Plan, 192–3 transition from Marshall Plan Committee to Higher Reconstruction Council, 193–6 economic policy (1945), 68–73 economic self-reliance, 12 EcoSoC Committee on war-devastated areas, 188 Electric Bond and Share Company, 186 emigration, ERP See European Recovery Program (ERP) European Community (EC), European Recovery Program (ERP), 3, 178, 179, 190, 192–4, 196–9, 202, 203, 206, 207, 209–11, 222, 224, 236, 261, 265 Evelpidis, C., 218n85 exchange rate, 48–51 Varvaressos approach, 49 Zolotas plan, 50–1 Export–Import (E–I) Bank, 74, 181, 188 loan issue, 103–5 export policy, 126 exports, 125–6 external economic policy, during war, 39–47 Extraordinary Contribution upon Industry and Commerce, 79, 80 282   INDEX F FAO See Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) FDI See foreign direct investment (FDI) FEA See Foreign Economic Administration (FEA) Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), 114, 176, 177 financial development development, 124 financial stabilization, 73–5 Finland, 190 First World War, 12 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 183–5, 189, 201 foreign debt, 13 foreign direct investment (FDI), 15 Foreign Economic Administration (FEA), 41, 74 foreign exchange crisis (in autumn of 1946), 135–8 foreign exchange earning, 242 foreign exchange mismanagement, consequences of, 136–40 foreign exchange policy, 133 foreign exchange receipts, 152 foreign investors, Foreign Relief, 42 foreign trade percentage composition of, 23 Foreign Trade Administration (FTA), 150, 151, 160, 162 foreign trade policy, 125–33 France, 126 FRBNY See Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) FTA See Foreign Trade Administration (FTA) G GAF, 168, 178, 224, 225, 227 GDP See gross domestic product (GDP) Germany, 16, 31, 33, 76, 179, 190 Gianitsis, A., 215n41 GLTP, 193, 203, 205, 206, 215n41 GNA See Greek National Army (GNA) GNP See Greek National Product (GNP) Gounarakis, A., 193, 195, 197–9, 206, 208, 211, 215n31 Gouras, P., 105, 153, 214n28 Government Economic Council, 146n30 Government of National Unity, 38, 46, 47 Grady, H., 263 Greece conflict, 167 1922 course of economy, 12–15 balance of payments, 21–3, 108, 151, 246–251 crisis of 1930s, 15–21 Ministry of National Economy, 33 post-war economic development and external economic relations, 11–22 public expenditure, 37 Greece’s Capacity to Pay, 44 Greek Agency for the Coordination of Reconstruction (ΥΣΕΣΑ), 262 Greek approaches, to U. S A., 108–16 Greek Civil War, 2, 3, Greek economic policy, aftermath of London Agreement, 122 Greek entrepreneurs, 262 Greek foreign trade, 169, 247  INDEX     Greek Long-Term Industrialization Program, 207 Greek military establishment, 225 Greek National Army (GNA), 158, 159, 163, 168, 226, 227, 229 Greek National Product (GNP), 34 Greek reconstruction program, 222 Greek tobacco, 260 Gregory, Th., 135 Grigoriou, S., 205 Griswold, D. P., 157, 158, 163, 164, 176, 177 gross domestic product (GDP), 62n20, 122 Grove, E., 100 guerilla resistance, cessation of, 228 Guttman, W., 268n7 H Hadjivasileiou, N.I., 18, 20, 26n11, 27n40, 27n43, 28n49, 28n50, 29n67 Halikias, D., 29n64 Hall-Patch, E., 207 Havana, 27n41 Heavy Industry in Greece, 187 Helmis, D., 106, 134, 147n63, 166, 181, 196 Henderson, L., 98 Highest Reconstruction Council (ASA), 193–206 Hill, H.A., 89n14 Hill, Sir Q., 86 Hoffmann, P. G., 190, 202 Howard, John B., 166 Hull, C., 39 Hungary, 26n18 hyperinflation, during occupation, 36 283 I Iatrides, J. O., 62n19, 89n1, 89n7, 89n9, 91n58, 214n27 IBPR See Interallied Bureau of Postwar Requirements (IBPR) individual liberties, in Greece, Industrial Rehabilitation, 34 industrialization, 20, 182–9, 191–3, 196, 197, 204–9, 215n41, 217n66 INSEE See Institut National de la Statistique et des Sciences Economiques (INSEE) Institut National de la Statistique et des Sciences Economiques (INSEE), 28n51 institutions of post-war relief, participation in, 40–7 Interallied Bureau of Postwar Requirements (IBPR), 40 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 184 international economic relations changes impact, on Greece, 189–92 International Red Cross, 33, 46, 65n73 invisibles, 126–7 Italy, 31–3, 76, 189 J Jackson, R., 94, 95, 116n7, 116n11 Joint United States Military, Advisory and Planning Group (JUSMAPG), 178, 225, 226 JUSMAPG See Joint United States Military, Advisory and Planning Group (JUSMAPG) 284   INDEX K Kanellopoulos, P., 89n2, 96, 97, 99, 100, 117n32, 128–30, 181 Kantzias, P., 147n63 Karamanlis, K., 108, 265 Kartalis, G., 101, 105, 136, 233, 234, 236, 239 Kassimatis, G., 96, 97, 117n25 Kegel, K., 217n73 Keynes, J. M., 99, 117n30 Koliopoulos, J.S., 27n36 Korea economic implications of, 238–40 political implications of, 236–8 war, Greek reconstruction impact, 236–48 Korean War, 61n11, 241 Koumoulos, G., 215n39 L laissez faire, 230 Lambrakis, D., 245 land lease, 39–40 land redistribution, 28n57 land reform, 25 League of Nations, 14, 26n18 Leeper, R., 96 Lehman, H., 43, 94, 95 Leith–Ross Committee, 42 Liberal party, 181, 183 Liberation Government, 54, 76 Lignadis, T., 27n37 liquidity, 136 London Agreement, 124, 129 Greek economic policy aftermath of, 121–2 Lyttelton, O., 76 M Maben, B. F., 90n26, 93, 118n57 MacVeagh, L., 40, 48, 62n34, 64–7n55, 72, 73, 89n16, 157 See also Varvaresso, resignation of Maier, C. S., 268n8 Manzavinos, G., 134, 135, 211, 220n114 market economy, 139 Marshall Plan, 3, 6, 7, 158, 178, 192, 193, 209, 230, 233, 241, 247, 250, 261, 265, 267 Marshall, George, 263 Mathiopoulos, V., 27n36 Maximos, D., 150 Maximos, S., 87 Mazower, M., 26n19, 27n44 McNeill, W. H., 96, 140, 157, 171n41, 216n46 McNeill Mission and London Agreement, 96–103 Melas, G., 228 Metaxas, I., 31, 85 Mikoyan, A., 76 Military Assistance Program (MAP), 154, 237 military currency, 47 military expenditures, 223, 233 Milward, A. S., 36, 62n23, 214n16, 216n47 Ministry of National Economy (Greece), 33, 129 Ministry of Supply, 77 Modern Capitalism, Momtchiloff, N., 27n37, 27n44 monetary development, 124 monetary reform instruments for, 54–5 resulting problems, 55–9 monetary reform, preconditions right for, 51–4 monetary stabilization, 46, 69, 81 money issue, 71 Monnet Plan, 267 Morgan, General, 99  INDEX     285 O occupation, 31–8 hyperinflation during, 35–7 impact on real economy, 31–4 OEEC (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), 190, 195, 197, 200, 207–9 Ottoman rule, 11 Oxfam, 61n7 per capita income, 1, Pesmatzoglou, I., 92n65, 92n80 Philaretos, D., 204, 206, 211 Pindos, I., 80 Pipinelis, P., 27n28, 27n31 Plastiras, N., 69, 70, 76, 89n2, 229, 232, 236 policy on imports, after Varvaressos, 128–33 political and economic developments, at 1948 fall, 209–13 Political Committee for National Liberation (PEEA), 62n22 Populist Government, 184 Populist party, 181, 183 Porter, P.R., Head of ECA mission, 224, 230, 232, 241, 242, 244, 252n12 Porter Mission, 149–74, 191, 192 post-election Greek external economic policy, 105–8 post-war reconstruction, 40 poverty status, “Preliminary Report on Greece” (World Bank), 181 private income, 233 profits, 80 Psalidopoulos, M., 216n48, 216n61 Ptolemais, 185, 198 public debt, 13, 14 public power corporation, 245, 250 public spending, 250 P Papagos, A., 226, 238, 251, 265 Papandreou, G., 38, 46, 48, 52, 55, 67, 71 Patterson, G., 77, 89n14, 90n39, 113, 135 Paul A Porter, Ambassador, 114, 149–153, 169n5, 190–191 Report of the Porter Mission, 191–192, 216n48 R Rankin, K., 27n23, 97, 106, 107, 117n25 reconstruction agency and Committee for Marshall Plan, 192 reconstruction expenditure, 222 reconstruction policy, 179–89 reconstruction program, 223 relief operations, 40 Richter, H., 117n31 Moschopoulos, D., 89n4 Mutual Security Agency (MSA), 236 Mylonas, A., 100, 101 N National Bank of Greece (NBG), 14, 202, 203 National Defense Corps (NDC), 159, 168 National Liberation Front, 38 National Unity Government, 67 NBG See National Bank of Greece (NBG) NDC See National Defense Corps (NDC) Nelson, D., 76 Netherlands, 21 New Industrialized Countries (NIC), Nicolaides, 207, 208, 217n66 Nixon, J., 135 286   INDEX Romania, 38, 118n42 Roosevelt, F.D., 33, 46, 76 royalists, 68, 84 Russia, 187 S Sacig, 32 Saka, Hasan, 154 Sbarounis, A., 35, 63–6n43, 73, 90n21 Scobie, R., 46, 48 Seferis, G., 92n74, 116n7, 147n56 Shonfield, A., Sideris, I., 69–71, 73 Singler, 198 Skouras, S., 61n8 Sofoulis, T., 89n2, 99, 129, 140, 159, 176, 177, 211 Sofoulis Government, 181 South African Central Bank, 43 Soviet Union, 38, 118n42 Spencer, F.D., 89n8 stabilization package, 57 Stalin, J., 38, 46 Stavrianos, L.S., 90n34, 171n41 Stephanopoulos, S., 119n60, 134, 181–3, 195, 199, 216n48 Stockman, D., 96 Strange, S., Stranger, Roland, 160 Svolos, A., 55 Svoronos, N., 7, 26n5, 27n37, 28n56, 28n57 Sweden, 21 Sweet-Escott, B., 29n60, 29n63 T tax system, 243 Taylor, W.H., 74 Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), 19 A Temporary Long Term Plan for the Economic Recovery of Greece, (1948–1952), 200 Theotokis, J., 227 trade deficit, 161 Trade Unions, 79 Truman Doctrine, 2, 6, 111, 112, 260 Truman, Harry S., 109, 190 Tsakonas, A., 215n42 Tsaldaris, C., 106–8, 112, 114, 115, 117n27, 132, 140, 148n82, 154, 176, 188, 191 Tsouderos, E., 31, 38, 39, 41, 96, 99–102, 105, 117n17, 117n32, 136, 180, 183, 184, 232 Tsouderos–Bevin Agreement, 121 Turkey, 110, 125 U UK See Britain unemployment fund, 64n67 Unger, L., 107 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA), 34, 37, 41, 43–7, 57, 63n45, 64n66, 70, 72–4, 77–80, 83, 85–7, 91n56, 93–6, 98, 103, 104, 107, 110, 111, 119n57, 123, 124, 126, 128, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 184, 186, 187, 258–61 Council, 44, 45 Greece Mission, 131 UNRRA See United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) USA, 15, 22, 23, 34, 39–41, 48, 134 V Van Fleet, J. A., 178, 225, 226 Varkiza agreement, 89n9 Varvaressos, K., 8, 29n60, 40–5, 48–51, 57, 63, 63n38, 63n42, 121, 122, 124, 125, 136, 138,  INDEX     177, 180, 181, 183, 185, 189, 195, 203, 205, 209, 257, 258, 260, 264 approach to exchange rate, 49 clothing policy, 83–4 experiment, 88 policy on imports after, 133 reform, economic polocy of, 87–8 reform, implementation of, 78–84 resignation of, 93–116 resignation of, 84–7 Varvaressos report, 214n20 Varvaressos stabilization, 75 Varvaressos’ financial orthodoxy, 162 Varvoutis, G., 150 Venizelos, E., 19, 20, 29n49, 112 Venizelos, S., 107–10, 113 Venizelos incident, 229 Vergopoulos, K., 28n55, 28n57, 28n58 volume of relief supplies with allies, negotiations on, 45–7 Voulgaris, P., 89n2, 93, 94, 96 premiership of, 75–7 W wages, 78–80 Waley, D., 47 war on economy, 37–8 wealth status, Wittner, L. S., 120n103, 214n14 287 Woodhouse, C.M., 26n3, 26n5, 27n24, 27n29, 27n34, 28n57, 29n66 World Bank, 102, 181, 185, 188 X Xydis, S., 40, 62–3n31 Y YSESA program, 223, 235, 245, 250 Yugoslavia, 31, 38 Z Zachariadis, N., 90n33, 187 Zafiriou, R., 120n88 Zighdis, I., 8, 184, 185, 187, 188, 191, 195–7, 202, 204, 205, 215n39, 216n48, 217n66, 218n86 Zolotas, X., 8, 19, 26n5, 26n9, 26n13, 26n20, 27n25, 27n26, 28n52, 29n61, 29n63, 29n68, 29n69, 49, 52, 56–8, 62n21, 64n62, 64n63, 64–5n69, 65n72, 65–6n74, 65n78, 65n79, 65n81, 69–71, 75, 88, 92n65, 92n78, 145n6, 180, 186, 188, 194–6, 198, 202, 203, 214n18, 216n50, 216n60, 217n66, 257 exchange rate plan, 51 ... 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