PETITION
REGARDING THE FYROM's PERMANENT NAME
There is an ongoing effort emanating from the FYROM (Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia), to falsely link the present day Slavic
inhabitants of that Republic with the ancient Macedonians who
were indisputably Hellenic. With this falsification of history,
the FYROM is attempting to establish a claim on Hellenic territory.
The original Macedonians, descendants of the Heracleides, occupied
the region in 2000 BC. The ancient Macedonians were part of a
large group, which reached the area of present day Kastoria (Orestis)
along with the Dorians, Acarnanians and Aetolians. According to
Herodotus, the Father of History, after the group split into smaller
ones, one of the groups established the Kingdom of Macedonia around
2000 BC.
The
Slavs did not arrive in the region until the sixth century AD.
Until 1944, the area that is now legally referred to as the FYROM
was called "Vardarska Banovina". The Hellenic name of
Macedonia was usurped by Yugoslavia's Communist dictator Marshall
Broz Tito when he sought to gain access to the Aegean Sea by attempting
to annex the province of Macedonia from neighboring Greece. The
hostile, false, and hate - filled propaganda directed at Greece
today from FYROM and its diaspora was originated by the tyrannical
Yugoslav dictator Marshall Broz Tito.
We the Hellenes throughout the world, who reside in
Greece and throughout the Diaspora, the philhellenes and those
who believe in historical facts and in international regulations,
that are respected by all civilized people, would like to present
this petition to American President George W. Bush, the United
States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, the
European Union, the United Nations, to the Prime Minister of Hellas,
Mr. Simitis and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Papandreou.
We urge all Hellenes to help resist the theft of Hellenic history
and culture by the FYROM. This petition declares that the name,
history, and culture of Macedonia are unquestionably Hellenic
and that a final settlement with the FYROM must not permit them
the use of the name Macedonia.
A written version of the petition is available
at http://www.greece.org/themis/macedonia/pappet.htm
for obtaining signatures from those individuals who do not have
access to the Internet.
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