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who     was    the   vicar   of  the   little  chapel    attached    to  the   Evangelismos 

Hospital�察�an impressive tall figure of a man sporting a large black beard。 

Although he had been ordained as a priest of the Greek´Orthodox Church 

he was a British national and it was widely rumoured that he was an agent 

of British Intelligence。 His official title was 'Father Dimitrios'。 He was also 

the   spiritual   father   of   the   Greek   Royal   family。   I   refer   to   David   Balfour 

because   recently   the   'ATHENIAN'   which   is   the   only   English   language 

magazine in Athens�察�in its issue dated January 1988�察�published a feature 

article about him�察�saying that even before the Germans had entered Athens 

he had shaved off his beard and divested himself of his clerical robes。 

       ;I   can   say   quite   categorically     that   this  was    not   true。   When     the 

'Corinthia' sailed he was still 'Father Dimitrios' and in fact he officiated at 

a Resurrection service while we were still at sea。 On the voyage we carried 

out   lifeboat   drill   on   two   occasions�察  �once  when   it   was   thought   that   there 

was   a   U´boat   in   the   vicinity�察  �and   another   time   when   an   aircraft   flew 

overhead which turned out to be friendly。 I shall never forget how I was 

moved with emotion when I saw the women getting into the boats�察�most of 

them carrying babies or children in their arms�察�calmly singing hymns   in 

low voices。 

       ;Some time later I met David Balfour again in Cairo�察�and this time he 

HAD shaved off his beard�察�and he was wearing the uniform of a Major in 

the Intelligence Corps which is a regular unit of the British army。; 



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       Eliascos said he would like to quote a little more from the sensational 

article written by J。M。 Thursby in the 'ATHENIAN'。 

       ;Several years   before   war   was even   declared�察  �the Abwehr   ��German 

military   intelligence���察    �along    with   the  Nazi    civilian  secret   service�察  �had 

highly trained undercover agents operating in Greece。 With   consummate 

skill they had catalogued all military and civil information that could be 

useful to the Third Reich�察�and organised spy rings throughout the country。 

As   war   became   more   and   more   inevitable�察  �it   also   became   increasingly 

imperative that Britain and other anti´fascist countries should gain specific 

and accurate knowledge of these operations。 

       ;During this period a monk�察�who had embraced the Orthodox faith in 

Warsaw�察�arrived from Poland via Mount Athos�察�to join the monastery of 

Pendeli�察�just outside Athens。 According to his biographer John Freeman�察�

his registration at Pendeli reads�察�

       Cell 102 Serial number 75 Secular name David Balfour Ecclesiastic 

name     Dimitri    Place    of  birth  England     Age    35   Inscribed    order   of   His 

Holiness   the   Archbishop   of   Athens。   Coming   from   the   Russian   Church。 

Archbishopric ordinance number 3197 of 9 May 1936。; 

       ;Father   Dimitri   was   obviously   a   well´educated   and   very   courteous 

person。   He     had   studied   in  various   parts    of  Europe    and   spoke    several 

languages fluently。 These included ancient�察�Byzantine and modern Greek�察�

not to mention colloquial 'mangika' ��slang��。 When a vacancy arose for a 

priest to serve the chapel at Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens�察�who 

should      be   more    suitable    for   this   post   in   the   heart   of   the   select 

neighbourhood   of   Kolonaki   than   the   well´educated�察  �well´bred�察  �charming 

and conscientious Father Dimitri。; 

       ��David Balfour died aged 86 on the 11th of October 1989。�� 

       ;Anyway�察�let   me continue my story of the 'Corinthia trip;�察�Eliascos 

went     on。   ;We    celebrated     Easter   on   board    and    when    we    arrived    at 

Alexandria some of us were sent on to Cairo and others went to India。 My 

brother and I presented ourselves at the offices of the Press Department of 

the   British   Embassy  in   the   Garden   City。   We   were   received   by  the   well´ 

known   Byzantine   scholar   Stephen   Runciman   who   was   in   charge   of   all 

foreign     language     broadcasts    directed    to  Europe�察    �that  is�察 �the  Balkans�察�



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Yugoslavia�察�Romania�察�Bulgaria�察�Albania�察�Poland and several others。  One 

of   our   colleagues   was   Lawrence   Durrell   who   later   became   the   famous 

author   of   many   successful   books   like   the   banned   'Black   Book'�察  �'Bitter 

Lemons'�察�'The Alexandria Quartet'�察�'Prospero's Cell' and others。 But at that 

time�察  �he   used   to   entertain   us   daily   with   a   fresh   episode   about   his Aunt 

Agatha with the wooden leg。; 

       Eliascos   continued�此   �My   brother   Patroclos   and   I   were   told   that   we 

would      be  attached     to  the  section    producing     the   broadcasts     in  Greek 

directed     towards     occupied     Greece�察    �acting    as  translators�察   �editors   and 

newsreaders。   The   Head   of   this   section   was   George   Haniotis   the   sports 

editor   of   the   Athens   newspaper   'Elefthero   Vima'   who   used   to   sign   his 

sporting articles 'GEO'。 Under him was the well´known literary figure of 

Dimitri Fotiadis�察�who died in October 1988。 

       ;When the broadcasts began early in May 1941 I was the principal 

newsreader。   Later   when   Haniotis   was   posted   to   the   Greek   Embassy   in 

Washington   D。C。   as   Press   Attache�察  �my   brother   was   appointed           Section 

Head。 At that time the Prime Minister of the Greek government in exile 

was Emmanouil Tsouderos�察�a former Director of the Bank of Greece。 The 

foreign   language   broadcasts   from   Radio   Cairo   were   under   the   over´all 

control of the Political Warfare Executive ��P。W。E。�� of the British Ministry 

of Information。 Later�察�in conjunction with the Americans�察�the title of the 

unit was changed to Psychological Warfare Branch ��P。W。B。�� 

       ;Every evening we had two broadcasts�察�at 7。30 and 10。30 pm�察�which 

went out on the   medium wave transmitter of   Radio Cairo at Abu   Zabal�察�

run   by   the   E。S。B。   ��Egyptian   State   Broadcasting��。   The   transmissions   in 

eleven      foreign    languages      were     also   relayed     by   three    short   wave 

transmitters�察  �two   belonging   to   the   telegraph   company   Cable   &   Wireless 

��callsigns SUV & SUW���察�and an experimental transmitter of 7。5 kilowatts 

belonging   to   a   British   army   signals   unit�察  �with   the   odd   callsign    JCJC�察�

operated by young corporal Rowley Shears G8KW�察�a radio amateur friend 

of Norman Joly。 

       ;The Greek broadcasts began in May 1941 and went on to the end of 

January 1945。 

       ;During     this  period    many     important     personalities    broadcast     from 



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Studio 3�察�which was also used by well´known war correspondents of the 

B。B。C。�察  �the   N。B。C。   and   many   other   news   organisations。   The   people   of 

occupied Greece were addressed by Mr Tsouderos�察�Crown Prince Paul of 

Greece�察�Sofoclis Venizelos�察�son of the famous Cretan politician Eleftherios 

Venizelos      who    had   played    a  leading    role   in  the  political   fortunes    of 

modern Greece�察�and Panayiotis Kanellopoulos Minister for War。 After the 

naval   mutiny   in   the   port   of   Alexandria   Admiral   Voulgaris   spoke   to   the 

officers and naval ratings of the Greek Royal Navy。; 

       Eliascos     described     in   detail    the   negotiations      of   the   Lebanon 

Conference       which     resulted   in  the   appointment      of  George     Papandreou 

��father of Andreas Papandreou who was recently Prime Minister���察�as the 

new Prime Minister of the Coalition government in exile。 He can be seen 

at   the   famous   R。C。A   velocity   microphone   type   44BX   which   was   used 

throughout       World     War    II  and    many     years    after。  This    ribbon     type 

microphone   had   a   very  large   and   heavy  permanent   magnet   embodied   in 

the design and must have weighed about 1��000 times more than a modern 

electret lapel microphone。 

       ;I must explain that these war´time broadcasts were carried out in the 

presence of a Switch Censor who sat on the other side of the news reader's 

desk and was able to turn off the microphone in a split second if it ever 

became necessary。 During the three and a half years of the broadcasts this 

was   done   only   on   one   special   occasion   and   certainly   not   because   the 

newsreader   had   gone   berserk   or   something   like   that。   The   Chief   Censor 

was Professor Eric Sloman who had been the first Director of the Police 

Academy   in   Kerkyra   ��Corfu��。   Then   there   were   censors   for   the   eleven 

languages used in these broadcasts。 The censor for the Polish broadcasts 

was   the   Countess   Walevska�察  �grand´daughter   of   Napoleon's   lady   friend。 

The Countess was a rather large lumbering woman who always came into 

the studio carrying lots of parcels。 One evening she came in and sat in an 

armchair   on   the   other   side   of   the   studio   to   wait   her   turn   for   the   Polish 

broadcast which followed the Greek。 As I was reading the news bulletin I 

suddenly became conscious of a regular ticking noise in the headphones I 

was wearing。 I made a sign to Mr Joly who was actin
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