Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i ngā kaupapa o te whakaekenga ākonga o te 17 o Whiringa-ā-rangi i te National Technical University o Athens (tirohia te Athens Polytechnic uprising
), i whakahekea te mana whakahaere i te 25 o Noema 1973 e nga waahanga pakeke i roto i te ope taua. Ko te riri mo te whakawhirinaki nui o Papadopoulos ki te ope taua ki te patu i te whakaoho a nga akonga i hoatu ki a Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannidis he take hei peia ia me te whakakapi ia ia hei tangata kaha hou o te kawanatanga. I herea a Papadopoulos ki tana whare, i te wa i hoki mai ai a Kariki ki tetahi kawanatanga hoia "orthodox".