O P E N
L E T T E R
To His Excellency The President of the United
States Mr.Obarak Obama
BY a] THE
INSTITUTE OF INTER-BALKAN
RELATIONS
Special Counsellor
to ECOSOC of United
Nations
b] THE
PAN- MACEDONIAN FEDERATION
And
To the
Public Opinion of Mankind
and every Man of
Good Will
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This letter aims to bring to light the big fake, falsify and
theft of the Greek history and civilization, by the communist Slavs and in succession
by the pseudo -state of
the Slavs of Skopje, who demonstrate there
state as Democracy of Macedonian.......
As it is
well know to every educated Man
the Macedonians were Greeks
The unexpected decision of George Bush to recognise
Vardaska (FYROM) as the Republic of Macedonia, thus accepting a falsification
of history and the misappropriation of the name of the Greeks of Macedonia, has
violated the international legality and morality and has grately disappointed
the Executive BoardS of the Institute of Inter-Balkan Relations, the Pan-
Macedonian Federation and its members.
For Greeks, the name Macedonia constitutes a precious part of our cultural
heritage and is a vehicle of three millennia of Greek history.
Those of us who feel that the USA is our big friend felt it
incumbent on us to express our outrage at the insult against our homeland which
was a faithfull ally of the United States in the First and Second World Wars
and throughout the Cold War period.
Dardania or Vardaska that is Skopje, [FYROM] which U.S.A arbitarily and contrary to the law have
recognised as the “Republic of Macedonia” has a population of approximately
2,000,000 people an comprises over ten minorities amongst which are : a) Albanians
(800,000), Bulgarian Slavs (600,000), c) Greeks (Vlachs and Sarakatsanoi
200,000), d) Turks (200,000) and Serbs, Gypsies, Torlacs and other smaller
minorities. In the 24 September 1991 referendum on the fate of their country,
when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was under dissolution, 17%
voted for unification with Serbia, 8% voted for unification with Albania, 8%
for unification with Bulgaria, 11% for unification with Greece, while the
remaining 56% comprising other minorities did not vote.
Despite
this, the European Union intervened, indeed without having jurisdiction in
these matters, according to the Treaty of Rome, and with the support of the United States
recognised Dardania or Vardasca as an
independent state, although it lacked the legal qualifications according to the
international law ,necessary for the establishment of a state.
Later on
the new state was admitted into the
United Nations with the name [ Fyrom] and recognised by the United States not as FYROM but with its constitutional name as Republic of Macedonia.
According to the international common law (as
codified in the UN Charter), the internal law (constitution) of a State is
invalid for the international community when it infringes upon the legal rights
of another country, in this case Greece. [see the international court cases, zones, Greco-Bulgaria Community, Alabama claim,Polis
National,Massey etc.] For the eighteen million Greeks who live all
over the world and chiefly for the 2,500,000 Greeks who live in Greek
Macedonia, the name is Greek. The Greeks
of Macedonia live in an area that borders on the multiethnic state of Skopje [FYROM] , whose
history was faksified by a clique of communist Slavs representing not even one hundred thousand
people. Aided by Greece’s enemies, they used deceit and propaganda and now
demand the name “Macedonia”. If the international community accedes to this, a
powder keg will have been placed in the Balkans which will become a permanent
source of turbulence in the area, instead of fostering the peace and security
which should prevail in this sensitive region.
Finally, our country, Greece, was established by Ionians,
Achaeans, Actolians, Dorians, Macedonians, Thessalians,Cretans and others. The
name “Macedonia” has been in use for three thousand years and it belongs to
Greece. It constitutes a legal heritage and the vehicle of an exclusively Greek
civilisation. It was usurped by the Slavs of Skopje who appeared in this region
in about 600 A.D. and it must be protected by Greece and the International
Community which maintains that relations
between states must be guided by International Legality. As such, it is
imperative that the International Community and, indeed, the United States
(which is the leading nation in upholding international legality and the
principles of possessio longio temporis and ex turpi causa non oritur action)
uphold this principle. If it is not upheld, our country will be forced to turn
to the International Court of Justice in the
Hague as legality is on our side, in order to decide
to whom belongs the name Macedonian. Skopje base their demands on deceit and
propaganda which are condemned by the International Common Law, the general
principles of law [ article 38 of the
International Coutr of Justice] , the
provisions of the Vienna Convention of 1969 and the treaty of
1970 among UNESCO and United Nations.
Tito, under the guidance of Stalin and with clear
expansionist aims, named southern Yugoslavia ‘Macedonia’ which until that time
had been called “Vardaska”. This was confirmed by Edward R. Stettinius, the US
Secretary of State, in his memorandum to US embassies in 1944 in which he
stated that the State Department noted with particular concern the propaganda
and the statements regarding an independent Macedonia coming from Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia (Tito), which aimed to threaten Greek territories. The government of
the United States, he stated, regarded the possibility of the creation of a
Macedonian nation or country as unjustified demagoguery as it did not represent
either a national or political reality, but only aimed to revive aggression
against Greece.
In conclusion, we regard the decision of George Bush, the
product of poor advice as it is unreasonable, illegal, insulting toward Greece,
and a factor which will disturb relations in the Balkans. As such, we, the
Executive Board of the Institute of Inter-Balkan Relations, which is recognised
by the United Nations as a Special Councellor of ECOSOC, the Pan- Macedonian
Federation and its thousands of members
from all over the Balkan countries, having bonds to the United States, request
that you can chance this decision and
support the legal and historical truth Greek position or, with all candour, the
eighteen million Greeks around the world will be most grievously disappointed
and in this world where chaos and terrorism are tending to prevail, it will
most seriously harm relations between our two countries.
Yours Sincerely,
a] The President of the Executive
Board
Dr. Thalis Mylonas
b] The President
of the Pan-Macedonian Federation
Dr. John Athanasiadis
