 The posting was a sensitive one partly because the Civil War had ended in 1949 with Greece on the frontline in a politically divided Europe and because of raw memories dating back two decades to the German occupation of Greece.On 18 April 1966 Schlitter signed a double taxation treaty with the Greek government.Schlitter was still in office as ambassador on 21 April 1967 when democracy in Greece formally ended, supplanted by dictatorship.