Who Was the Victim?
Martin Shackelford
trip.
He was criticized by the Right for his efforts at nuclear disarmament.
He has a beautiful, dark-haired widow who, it is later learned, was very
much aware that he was having affairs with numerous other women.
Elements of the Far Right, the local police, and the Federal government
are implicated in the assassination.
Efforts to determine the truth about what happened are squelched by an
official cover-up, orchestrated at the highest levels of government.
Who was the victim, and where did the assassination take place?
Martin
Vince and Lisa
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The victim was taken to the hospital, but not by ambulance, and doctors
worked to save his life, but were unsuccessful.
The fatal wound was a head wound, the effect described as an explosion
inside the head.
The assassination occurred in view of spectators, on a public street, on
the 22nd of the month.
His death was considered related to Cold War conflicts.
The assassination occured in a major city, but not the capitol.
The original clues:
He was assassinated in 1963 during an out-of-town trip.
He was a charismatic liberal politician.
He was criticized by the Far Right for his efforts at nuclear disarmament.
His dark-haired widow, it was later learned, knew of his many affairs
with other women.
Elements of the Far Right, the local police and the Federal government
were implicated in the assassination.
Efforts to discover the truth about the assassination were squelched by
an official cover-up.
A controversial film was made about the assassination.
Who was the victim, and where did the assassination occur?
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Bill Cleere
Grigoris Lambrakis, the Greek Parliamentary deputy run down
in the streets of Thessalonika on May 22, 1963. The film was
Costa-Gavras's "Z".
A few days after the assassination, Mikis Theodorakis wrote:
"It's a law that assassins drown in the blood of their victims.
The Mafia who are behind this syndicate of crime and who are
drinking the blood of our people have made a fatal mistake.
By picking on Lambrakis as their victim they have chosen their
judge and their avenger. A single Lambrakis is more than enough
to send them all to their graves. Lambrakis is lost but thousands
of Lambrakides have been won--thousands of suns which will keep him
alive and illuminate his memory."
-- Bill Cleere
Martin Shackelford
The Lambrakis assassination took place on my birthday in 1963, so the
date has always stuck in my mind--and it was also exactly six months to
the day before the JFK assassination.
As for Theodorakis, he offered Costa-Gavras his music to use for free in
the movie "Z."
There is some fascinating background information about the film on the
DVD, which includes a beautifully crisp restoration of the film.
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Martin Shackelford
Bill Cleere
> Congratulations, Bill--you nailed it!!
Thank you for coming up with such an excellent poser.
I could not get it until I figured out the search terms:
+assassination +1963 +22, -JFK -Kennedy
> The Lambrakis assassination took place on my birthday in 1963, so the
> date has always stuck in my mind--and it was also exactly six months to
> the day before the JFK assassination.
> As for Theodorakis, he offered Costa-Gavras his music to use for free in
> the movie "Z."
> There is some fascinating background information about the film on the
> DVD, which includes a beautifully crisp restoration of the film.
I'll have to get that. When I've seen the film on
TV it has always looked and sounded very beat-up.
It reminds me of being in Greece in 1968, when the
generals had consolidated their power. There was
such a pall over the country. The rest of Europe
was erupting in various ways but the Greeks, who
are among the most ungovernable people anywhere,
had been beaten into docility -- for a while.
-- Bill Cleere