[MGSA-L] Fw: Statement of Protest (and the facts)

[Spiros Moschonas]

concerning the "facts": 
first, I think nobody asked anybody to sign the letter of protest; it is signed as it issecond, it was not claimed that Kotzias studied "with Honecker's money"; it was claimed that Kotzias studied with the party's money in Honecker's Germany; and no insinuation was made that Kotzias was a Stasi agent; it was claimed instead that he participated in a book edited by Manfred Buhr, "επικεφαλής του Ιδεολογικού Αγώνα του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος της Ανατολικής Γερμανίας (και πράκτορα της Στάζι με το ψευδώνυμο Ελαφοπόδαρος"; all in support of the major claim that he was a stalinist, which Kotzias has not rejected
and, last but not least, keep in mind that most of these were claims in a letter to the editor of the ARB, not in an "ARB story"; an answer to the letter would have been sufficientS.



      From: "akis at sfr.be" <akis at sfr.be>
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Thefacts of the case against the ARB may be "well known", but not all of them are mentioned in this letter of protest. So in order for anybody wishing to sign to be able to ponder all the pros and cons, I think it would be useful to mention some additional facts.The object of the trial was not the cold war, nor the content of the convictions held by Kotzias -or anybody else- 30 years ago, or now. It was the statements of facts, contained in the ARB story, that Kotzias was a "Gauleiter" [term designing a Nazi official] and that he had studied in East Germany "with Honecker's money". Insinuations were also made that he was a Stasi agent.These claims were found inaccurate and libelling by the Greek court. This may or may not be sufficient justification for the decision. But I don't think it is useful to politicize the issue in such an explicit manner. Political views can be credited or discredited according to history's ups and downs. The persons who hold them, or held them in the past, must have the right to a fair trial, and to object any non true statements made against them.


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Date : 09/08/2017 20:46:40 CEST



   On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 10:55 AM, John O. Iatrides <joiatrides at earthlink.net> wrote:
 


 I would appreciate it very much if you could post the attached statement on the MGSA List. 

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