 King Paul met with the leaders of the three largest parties - Papagos, Plastiras and Venizelos - to discuss the formation of a government.Papagos, as leader of the largest party, was called on first, but he declined on the grounds that his party would not collaborate with the' old order'.Then Plastiras and Venizelos agreed to form a coalition government, between the two parties, they had 131 out of 258 seats in the chamber, which was just enough for a majority.