4. Many of the leaders are untrustworthy, ambitious and ruthless men of the brigand type who desire above all else to seize power and the national revenues directly Greece is freed from the Germans. Their aim will therefore be to set themselves up as the legal government before the early arrival of the British in order to face them with a fait accompli. Situation in Greece after the German Withdrawal. 5. We think it most unlikely that E.A.M. would in any circumstances actively challenge our position in Athens and Salonika, as the bulk of their following would not be prepared to indulge in any such course of action.