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                  #680, Nineteenth, from London             
 
                                                            
 
 
We have been challenged as to the course of events (shakey) 
      which brought about the evoke up of the government. The Honorable 
      Gentleman the Member for Barnstable (Sir R. Aeland) the Honorable 
      Member for Broxtowe (Mr. Cocks) and the Honorable Member for 
      Elbow Vale (Mr. Bevan) referred to that in the course of their 
      speeches, I will again tell the committee briefly the events 
      so far as we know them. It has been suggested that the arrival 
      of the Greek brigade the Rimini Brigadz was the cause of th5 
      trouble . So far as I can test the evidence there is not a shadow 
      of justification for that statement and I will show why. The 
      Greek brigade arrived in Athens on 9th November not 19th November 
s the Honorable Member for Broxtowe stated in the debate yes
 
                                                            
 
 
Mr. Cocks: The Right Honorable Gentleman himself earlier said 
                          17th November.                    
 
      Mr. Eden: No 9th November is the right date. Its arrival was 
      universally applauded by all sections of the Greek population. 
      I know that because we were told in Athens that they were the 
      only people who had a bigger reception than the British troops 
      did when they arrived in Athens. After the arrival of this brigade 
      the Greek EAM Ministers in the Greek Government could have objected 
      if they had wished. Nothing would have been easier but no objection 
      was made. On the contrary eight days afterwards