Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Disamba na 1944, yakin da ke gabatowa, an tura Lancaster zuwa Girka a matsayin dan jarida a ofishin jakadancin Birtaniya a Athens. Bayan da 'yan Jamus suka janye, ƙungiyoyi da suke gāba da juna suka kai ƙasar bakin yaƙin basasa. Tsoron karɓar ikon kwaminisanci, gwamnatin Biritaniya ta goyi bayan Georgios Papandreou, firaministan tsohuwar gwamnatin da ke gudun hijira, yanzu yana da iko a Athens, tare da goyon bayan sojojin Biritaniya. Lokacin da 'yan sandan Papandreou suka yi harbi a kan zanga-zangar farar hula
A gaban 'yan jarida na duniya, goyon bayan Birtaniya a gare shi ya zo ne a karkashin matsin lamba na kasa da kasa. Ofishin jakadancin Burtaniya, wanda Lancaster ya isa a ranar 12 ga Disamba, ya kasance makasudin harbe-harbe daga kungiyoyi daban-daban masu adawa da gwamnati, kuma ya shiga jakadan (Reginald Leeper), Ministan Burtaniya da ke zaune a Bahar Rum (Harold Macmillan) da kuma ma'aikatan da ke kewaye.