Yugoslav aircraft for Greece 1935

[Idomeneas]

Ii is known that on March 1935 after a military coup in Greece, the greek government asked help from UK, and more specifically the urgent sale of military aircraft, in order to fight the revolutioners.
After the negative answer by Britain, the greek side turned on Yugoslavia and finally 5 Avia BH-33 were sent, along with 10 Bre XIV.
According to the sources, the 10 Bre XIX were returned back, while 1 out of the 5 Avia was active in yugoslav service after a while.
Does anybody have more info about the british and yugoslav involvement in this case?

Idomeneas

[Peter H]

Aerial attacks against the "rebels" in Macedonia are mentioned here:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fe ... onia&hl=en

Also: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 34,00.html

What kept the balance for the Government were airplanes, but they were mostly light pursuit planes, good for strafing troops but unable to carry big enough bombs to hurt the Aver off much....

The British Military Attache in Athens,one Major Sampson,is mentioned as being at Seres also here,observing the fighting:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article ... rchLimits=

[Idomeneas]

Thanks for your reply Peter H.
It would be interesting to knew the diplomatic background. Why Britain refused providing airplanes, while the yugoslav reaction seems more complicate (some airplanes remained in greek service).

Idomeneas

[phylo_roadking]

Ii is known that on March 1935 after a military coup in Greece, the greek government asked help from UK, and more specifically the urgent sale of military aircraft, in order to fight the revolutioners.

High unemployment and consequent social unrest resulted, and the Communist Party of Greece made rapid advances. Venizelos was forced to default on Greece's national debt in 1932, and he fell from office after the 1932 elections, being succeeded by a monarchist coalition government led by Panagis Tsaldaris of the People's Party. Two failed Venizelist military coups followed in an effort to preserve the Republic in 1933 and 1935, but they had the opposite effect. On 10 October 1935, a few months after he suppressed the second attempt in March 1935, Georgios Kondylis, the former Venizelist stalwart, abolished the Republic in another coup, and declared the monarchy restored.

Is this the coup in question, Plastiras' coup - the one General Kondylis crushed?

[Idomeneas]

Both coups exploded on March 1933 and on March 1935. At the first one General Plastiras was the leader, while in the second one Plastiras was abroad (France). The second coup was crushed after dynamic action by Kondylis.

Idomeneas

[Graham Clayton]

The British Military Attache in Athens,one Major Sampson,is mentioned as being at Seres also here,observing the fighting:

Peter H,

Major Rhys Samson was actually a British agent, who was sent to Athens in February 1915 to set up a joint espionage and counter-espionage operation covering both Greece and Turkey. His "cover" was as assistant military attache.