ABSTRACT
Greece had not re-established diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and Albania; many Greek soldiers who had been taken prisoners during the civil war were held in Eastern Europe (Athens estimated them at about 4,000).2 Last but not least, there was the very delicate problem of the children who had been taken by the Communist DSE army during the civil war and moved to the Communist states. Initially Athens had insisted on their return, but from 1950-51 the Greek authorities changed their attitude, estimating that the children had already been indoctrinated. Many children held in Yugoslavia were returned in 1950-52, during the full normalization of bilateral relations.3
