In 1965 Colonel Giorgios Papadopoulos arranged for the tanks of the army at Evros on the north eastern frontier to be sabotaged, and used this as an excuse for the immediate arrest, without any formal process, of a number of soldiers and civilians through the country.
In 1965 Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos arranged for the tanks of an army unit on the country's north-eastern frontier to be sabotaged, and announced this as Communist sabotage. This was used as a pretext for the immediate arrest, without any formal process, of a number of soldiers and civilians throughout the country.