Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, a former British ambassador to Greece and a scholar of modern Greek history, gave a lecture on June 30, organized by the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute of Democracy in Athens.

The speaker referred specifically to "political leadership in Greece in times of crisis," focusing on three prominent statesmen of 20th century Greece: Harilaos Trikoupis, Eleftherios Venizelos and Konstantinos Karamanlis.

The British scholar stressed that all three had a vision, a specific plan, determination and all three ".. had lived in France," as he put it. Referring to the current crisis in Greece, Llewellyn-Smith noted that "the process of transition to a new reality is a tough, laborious, continuous and systematic job." [Photo: Michael Llewellyn-Smith, The Great Island: A Study of Crete, Longmans, 1965]