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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 13:08:36 CDT
Reply-To:     Cris Koutsougeras <ck@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU>
From:         Cris Koutsougeras <ck@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU>
Subject:      GREEKS : THE TIME TO ORGANIZE YOUR PR IS NOW ! (fwd)
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Tha eidate favtazomai to prongoumevo arthro peri Macedonian liaison...
Isws prepei va riskoume eva surma stis presbeies mas gia va katalabouv
pws prepei va kavouv kai autoi kati...

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> Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.yugoslavia,soc.culture.europe
> Path: tulane!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!pavlovic-milan
> From: pavlovic-milan@CS.YALE.EDU (Milan Pavlovic)
> Subject: GREEKS : THE TIME TO ORGANIZE YOUR PR IS NOW !
> Message-ID: <1992Sep24.202312.218@cs.yale.edu>
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> Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
> References: <1992Sep24.165423.5261@sunbim.be>
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 20:23:12 GMT
> Lines: 61
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> In article <1992Sep24.165423.5261@sunbim.be> sk@sunbim.be () writes:
> >M. I. L. S.
> >
> >MACEDONIAN INFORMATION AND LIAISON SERVICE
> >
> >ESTABLISHED!
> >
> > - wide distribution of Macedonian "news" in a number of
> >fields through an international media network, including
> >electronic media.
> >
> > - liaison with the lobbying of important government
> >representatives, diplomats, organisations and
> >individuals, in relation to vital Macedonian issues and
> >interests.
> >
> > - providing a resource of information materials for
> >distribution to interested parties.
>
>  This is an open letter to all of my Greek Orthodox brothers and sisters
 around
> the world.
>
>   As you can see by the above text, the Skopjans have created a professional
> propaganda group which will disseminate Skopjan propaganda all over the world.
> Greeks ! Don't let this go unchallenged!
>
>   Just look at what happened with us Serbs. We didn't get organized in time.
 We
> had no PR.  The Croats, on the other hand, have invested well over $17 million
> in their propaganda. They sent a group of 200 young Canadian and U.S. born
> Croatian media aides to Zagreb in the spring of 1991. This group was armed
 with
> fax machines and photocopiers, and they alone influenced the reporting of the
> Western media regarding the happenings in Yugoslavia.
>
>   As a result, Croatia got recognized and the entire Serbian nation has been
> villified.  We Serbs have only begun to get organized recently on the serious
> PR stuff, with the creation of SerbNet.  However, we have payed dearly for not
> getting organized sooner. It is very hard now to change our current image of
> "war mongerers" in the Western media.
>
>   My Greek friends! I don't want to see you get into the same trouble. Don't
> let the Skopjans spread their propaganda all over the world. You too must
> set up information centers which will disseminate the truth about the
> happenings regarding the Skopjan Republic. Don't let yourselves be pushed into
> the defensive corner, like Serbia has been pushed.
>
>   You must spread your side of the story before it is too late.  You can't let
> the Skopjans and Tukrs get an upper hand on you.  Write to the major
> newspapers; organize rallies; let the West know the truth about Hellenic
> Macedonia.
>
>   The later you do this, the harder it will be for you.  If a politically
> correct view that "vicious Greeks are obstructing innocent Skopjans" gets
> entrenched, then it will be very hard for you to change this view. That is
> why you must prevent this from happening.  Set up media centers and start
> faxing away.
>
> Regards,
> Milan
>
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