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DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990                   TAG: 9007240455
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: ATHENS, GREECE                                LENGTH: Short

BASES PACT RATIFIED BY GREECE

By the narrowest of margins, Parliament today ratified a defense treaty with the United States that will allow two American bases to remain on Crete for at least eight more years.

The treaty, which guarantees U.S. help if Greece is attacked, has been a divisive issue in Greek politics and hundreds of anti-base demonstrators clashed with police on Monday near the city of Khania on Crete. Three policemen were reported slightly injured after being shot by demonstrators.

The previous treaty expired in December 1988 but was extended as negotiations continued through several changes of government in Greece.

-Associated Press 


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