and cultural ties with Greece. There are several political advocacy groups founded by Greek-Americans that seek to bring awareness of ongoing public and economic issues occurring in Greece. The American Hellenic Council has been in service since 1974. The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York has been in service even longer, since 1938, and likewise seeks to strengthen the Greek-American community in New York by being a voice to the Greek people. Greek lobby in the United States A group of Greek American lawyers, lobbyists, public relations firms are working under the American Hellenic Institute to promote the national interests of Greece in the U.S. Congress in cooperation with other national lobbies in the United States, with most important being the Israeli lobby and to a lesser extent the Armenian lobby. Heads of Governments visits Embassies The Embassy of the United States is located in Athens, Greece The Embassy of Greece is located in Washington, D.C. See also Foreign relations of Greece Foreign relations of the United States Greek Americans Greece lobby in the United States US–EU relations Footnotes Further reading Amen, Michael Mark. American Foreign Policy in Greece 1944/1949 (P. Lang, 1978) Coufoudakis, Van. “The United States, the United Nations, and the Greek Question, 1946–1952.” In Greece in the 1940s, edited by John Iatrides, (University Press of New England, 1981) pp 275–97. Couloumbis, Theodore A. Greek political reaction to American and NATO influences (Yale University Press, 1966) Couloumbis, Theodore A., and John O. Iatrides, eds. Greek-American relations: a critical review (Pella Publishing Company, 1980) Fatouros, A. A. “Building Formal Structures of Penetration: The United States in Greece, 1947–48.” In Greece in the 1940s, edited by John Iatrides, (University Press of New England, 1981) pp 239–58. Fields, James. America and the Mediterranean World (Princeton University Press, 1969). Georgiou, Leonidas V., Conversations with F.D.R. at his AHEPA Initiation: Frigates, Battleships, Espionage, and a Sentimental Bond with Greece (New York: Knollwood Press, 2019). online Goldbloom, Maurice. “United States Policy in Post-War Greece.” In Greece under Military Rule, edited by Richard Clogg and G. Yannopoulos, (1972) pp 228–54. Harris Jr, William D. "Instilling Aggressiveness: US Advisors and Greek Combat Leadership in the Greek Civil War, 1947-1949." Thesis, Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth Kansas, 2012). online Iatrides, John. “The United States and Greece in the Twentieth Century.” In Greece in the Twentieth Century, edited by Theodore Kariotis and Fotini