Yesterday's statement by Mr. George Papandreou on a Turkish minority were extremely pointless. ิhere could not be even one Greek citizen, however conciliatory, ready to even discuss the presence or racial [sic] minorities. The Greek people is one and indivisible. With various religious beliefs that do not however affect the unity of the total population.

The government should immediately rectify a lapse, even involuntary, that gestates obvious and less obvious dangers.