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"Also, in 1989, under the government of Zolotas, the General Staff was in a hurry to sign a contract for the upgrade of the M48 weapons, which were American, with German technology. At the time, Efstathiou had given me 1 million euro at the current exchange rate. The other 2 million euro came in small amounts from Liakounakos..."
After that Kantas explained that bribes left Greece via intermediaries with suitcases, as well as that he invested in euro and that his intermediary Spyros Metaxas knew that the money came from illegal activity...
Party interweaving
"I want to add that party interweaving is obvious from the fact that upon the delivery of the aircraft to the parliamentary committee, which I attended, Mitsotakis provided detailed arguments in favour of the delivery of F-16 and Evert - of F-15. This surprised me, because they were of one party. Tsochatzopoulos supported Evert. When they chose F-16, a phrase circulated in the corridors of the Ministry of Defence - that Mitsotakis beat the Minister," added Kantas. He also stated that he was sorry and that he would return all the money.