A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1944, yayin da yaƙin ya kusa ƙarewa, an tura Lancaster zuwa Girka a matsayin wakilin manema labarai na 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 harbe wani
zanga-zangar farar hula a gaban idon 'yan jaridar duniya, goyon bayan Burtaniya 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.