Items-In-Cyprus - Chronological Files

UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 115 Date 15/06/2006 Time 9:27:40 AM

S-0903-0006-08-00001

Expanded Number S-0903-0006-08-00001

items-in-Cyprus - chronological files

Date Created 05/01/1977

Record Type Archival Item

Container s-0903-0006: Peackeeping - Cyprus 1971-1981

Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit cc:/Off. Of SG

13 £©c 77 HBBuffwss/>i?/ljs3 3862 5071

HIS JOHH CHKISTOPBIBES MISISTBE FOR FORSIOf AFFMRS OF C5TPSUS NICOSIA (CYPRUS)

DB&H MR. FOKBK^ MINISTER* ACKNOWLEDGE I HA.VB "EiiB HQSFOUH TO 3£S^g2^l5 YOUR TBLE^Ml OH THB OCCASIOS OF

THE 29TH aiSSIIVERSAISf OF THE ?M2VBBSM. DECLaEl^riG^ OF

RICUTS AND ^O JOIH YOU ^25D rrHS PEOPLE OF C¥£KU8 IB

THE P&H3CIPLES EJ4BODIED 1H THftT DECLMUVf XC^t.

Willieaa B. Buffum Under-Sscretarv-Gsaeral -

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS O TO THE UNITED NATIONS

82O SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17

Ref: 74/71 21 November 1977

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to a letter to Your Excellency by the Representative of Turkey of 9 November 1977, requesting circulation as an annex of a document signed "Vedat Celik, Defence and Foreign Minister of Turkish Fede- rated State of Cyprus". This document purports to be a reply to my letter of 1st November 1977, but does not even attempt to contradict any of the indisputable facts stated therein. They establish beyond question the illegality and general non-recognition of such fictitious state,made up of multiple international crimes against the indigenous people of Cyprus, who were genocidally expelled to a figure of over 200,000 refugees — and are currently being supplanted in their usurped homes by Anatolian population massively transported from Turkey. Turkey cannot whitewash these stark realities by setting up a fictitious Turkish Cypriot State or by making it the blind instrument of her continuing aggressive occupation of the territory of Cyprus, and even to answer for her illegal activities in the Island. Turkey would seem to expect that she could thus efface herself from the scene of the Cyprus tragedy like an ostrich. She cannot evade the heavy responsibility falling upon her from these international crimes. No artifice can make citizens of Cyprus, Turkish or otherwise, answer for the acts of the aggressor's occupation forces. They are and remain an issue between two member states: Turkey the invader and Cyprus the victim of invasion. The emptiness of Mr. Celik's reply to counter concrete charges appears from the vague way he tries to dispose of them by just branding them "preposterous and unfounded" and "as recorded in official documents of the United Nations" without . . . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 • --••-••• • _• -•»»« - •••;•/ - .• ' %?^?;*V~^ '-C^--v" " - 2 -

any giving proof or/reference to such "official documents". A further statement in his reply to the effect that an agreement on exchange of population was reached in the third round of the Vienna talks is false and flatly contra- dicted by the official record of the Secretary-General's Report, shown by the relevant quotations herebelow:- "1. The Turkish Cypriots at present in the south of the Island will be allowed, if they want to do so, to proceed north. 2. Mr. Denktash reaffirmed, and it was agreed, that the Greek Cypriots at present in the north of the Island are free to stay and that they will be given every help to lead a normal life, including facilities for educa- tion and for the practice of their religion, as well as medical care by their own doctors and freedom of move- ment in the north". This agreement was irresponsibly breached by the Turkish side, who failed to comply with any of their stipulated obliga- tions for ensuring normality of life in the north. Worse still, no sooner had the 8,000 Turkish Cypriots gone to the north, than the Turkish occupation forces grossly violated the said agreement by the systematic expulsion of the remaining Greek Cypriots in the north (15,000) through cruel methods of harrassment and terrorism.

A known characteristic of policies .of aggression is the lavish and repeated use of untrue statements in full knowledge of their falsity, as demonstrated in the aggression against Cyprus. In their aim to create confusion they reveal a disquieting degree of irresponsibility and indifference to truth or rationality, turning discussion into an empty exercise. They dangerously tend to erode the very fabric of human communication. It has by now become all too obvious that any intercommunal negotiation through talks, to be at all meaningful, should be conducted "freely", as expressly stipulated in General Assembly Resolution 32/15 (XXXII). Talks and negotiations concurrently with oppressive activities and illegal faits accpmplis by Turkey's occupation forces, calculated to negate the very purport of negotiation ,are inconceivable. The meaninglessness of the negotiations conducted for over two years now speaks for itself.

I would be grateful if this letter would be circulated as a document of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances offnr£> highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE. UNITED NATIONS

820 SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK. N. Y. IOOI7

Ref: 74/71 31 October 1977

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to a letter addressed to Your Excellency on 29th September 1977, and signed "Rauf Denktash, President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus", as annex to your Report of 25 October 1977 (A/32/282). As already made clear in my previous letters S/11091 of 15 May 1977 and S/11719 of 10 June 1977, there is in existence no federated state in Cyprus. The basic structure of the 1960 Constitution still in force, is that of one integral and undivided state. Any unilateral declaration of a -state within a state in Cyprus violates that basic constitutional structure and as such is void ab initio in international law. The word "federated" pre-supposes a corresponding state in federation, whereas none exists. The very name, therefore, "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" is tainted by misrepresentation and falsity. The purported setting up by Ankara through its Turkish Cypriot instruments of such fictitious state on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, now under Turkey's military rule, is one of a series of illegal faits accomplis aiming at partition . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 - 2 - and annexation. As is natural, this set up has been rejected outright by the international community of the United Nations and has been emphatically disapproved by the relevant United Nations Resolutions. It would seem in this respect pertinent to inquire what the alleged territory and which the population of this bogus state. Territory — presumably is none else than the invaded region of the Republic of Cyprus, i.e. the 40 per cent of the Island's territory now under the occupation of the invader's army. The international legal status of the territory in question, therefore, continues to be that of an inseparable part of the territory of the Republic, over which the Government of Cyprus has full de jure control. Acts of aggression in that territory can hardly diminish but rather enhance the de jure control of the Government of Cyprus over it. As to~~population — pretendedly it is the 18 per cent Turkish Cypriot community to be housed in the said 40 per cent of the territory of the Republic in an arrogant stretch of illegality to the point of irrationality. As well known, the majority indigenous people of the territory in question (82%) have been the victims of a systematic expulsion and terror by the forces of occupation, while in their usurped homes and properties Anatolian population is being massively implanted, in an ongoing colonizing process. In consequence, 200,000 Greek Cypriots, namely one third of the total island population, have been rendered

. . . 3/ - 3 - destitute refugees in a most abhorrent practice of racial discri- mination. All this upon a pre-planned design to change the demographic structure of Cyprus in pursuance of Turkey's expansionist and annexationist policy over the Island. The outcome of such series of international crimes and terrorism, unprecedented in the annals of the United Nations, makes up what is brazenly put forward by Turkey as the so-called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus". At the head of this amalgam Ankara placed its own instruments in the occupied area, while the relevant elections, supposedly by Turkish Cypriots, were markedly adultereated by the massive participation in the voting of Anato- lian settlers and members of the army of occupation. By such manipulations, Turkey seeks to create confusion and eclipse herself from the scene of the drama, in an attempt to escape from her heavy responsibility for the armed invasion and her accountability for violating the United Nations Resolutions. Thus, the oppressive presence of Turkey's army continues in the whole occupied area while none of the refugees have been allowed to return to their homes. The dire consequence of this lack of implementation of United Nations Resolutions for three years now is reflected, among others, in the total absence of any progress towards a just and workable solution of the problem. In consequence, all relevant negotiations, not having been freely conducted but from a position of force and dictation, yielded no results and served only as a cover up of Turkey's illegal acts and faits accomplis, calculated . . . 4/ - 4 - to undermine the very purport of the negotiations. The tragedy of Cyprus constitutes a signal example of provocative continuance in acts of aggression against the independence and territorial integrity of a small non-aligned member state of the United Nations in direct contravention of international law, the United Nations Charter, and the Fourth Geneva Convention 1949 of which Turkey is a signatory, and in flagrant violation of General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX) mandatorily endorsed by Security Council decision 365 (1974) and re-affirmed by subsequent General Assembly Resolutions. These resolutions remain to this day wholly unimplemented and inoperative. All this while the occupying forces continue unrestrained their terrorist activities in the invaded area trampling underfoot all notions of order and human rights and even any sense of elementary decency in a civilized world society •< of the United Nations era. This is a matter of serious concern to all small countries and more widely to the whole membership of the United Nations for the maintenance of international security and peace, which is the very raison d'etre of the Organization. The troubling implications of present day insecurity and near-anarchy in the international field inevitably spill over into the domestic premise as emerges from the growing acts of individual or group terrorism in many countries. It is becoming all too obvious that a technologically advanced era calls for comparable progress in political values . . . 5/ - 5 - and moral principles as the true realism of our times. I should be grateful if this letter would be circulated as a document of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon teossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations 15 Sept. 1977 H. Glaissner 3519 5258

O59

(SEE LIST

1 H&VE THS HOSOUR TO TSMJSMIT TO YOXJ HEESMI1H,

FOR THE KXTBEPEZCOX OF YOUR EXCELISNCY'S GOVERHM^IT,

OF HESOLOTIOH 414 (1977) aJDOSTED BY THE SECURITY COUHCIL AT

ITS 2032JID 23EETXKG CW IS SEPTEJ-SER 1977*

QUOTE ^TTACHBI} TESCT/ UKQXKXTE

COKSIBESATIOSf

KUHT

H. Gleissner, Officer-in-charge » of Political and Security Council Affair Separate telegrams, please, one address per telegram

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JOHN CL. CHRISTOPHIDES MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NICOSIA (CYPRUS)

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JOHN CL. CHRISTOPHIDES MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS C/0 THE PERMANENT MISSION OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 82O SECOND AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. IHSAN S. CAGLAYANGIL MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANKARA (TURKEY)

HIS EXCELLENCY MR. DIMITRI S. BITSIOS MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ATHENS (GREECE) Distr. GENERAL

B/SBBSfalk (1977) 15 September 1977

"RESOLUTION UlA (197?) AdopteiT'by the Security Council at its 2052ncKmeeting on 15 September 1977 .^"~' "

The Security Council,

Having considered the situation in Cyprus in response to the letter dated 26 August 1977 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations (S/12387),

Mindful of the urgency of making progress in the solution of the Cyprus problem.,

Recalling its previous resolutions, in particular resolutions 365 (197*0 and 367 (1975),

Taking note of the statements made to the Council regarding recent developments in the new Famugusta area to the effect that there is no settlement in progress in the area,

Taking note also of the statements made by the parties concerned as veil as by the Secretary-General with regard to these developments,

1. Expresses concern at the situation caused by recent developments;

2. Calls upon the parties concerned to refrain therefore from all unilateral actions anywhere in Cyprus that may affect adversely the prospects for a just and peaceful solution of the Cyprus problem and urges them to continue and accelerate determined co-operative efforts to achieve the objectives of the Security Council;

3. Reaffirms once again its resolution 365 (197*0 of 13 December 197*S by which it endorsed General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) adopted unanimously on 1 Kovember 197**5 and calls once again for their urgent and effective implementation and that of its resolution 367 (1975) of 12 March 1975;

*t. Expresses concern at the lack of progress at the intercommunal talks:.

5- 'Calls 'on the representatives of the two communities, under the auspices of the Secretary-General, to resume negotiations as soon as possible meaningfully and constructively on the basis of comprehensive and concrete proposals:

6. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Council informed of developments that nay adversely affect the implementation of the present resolution.

-7-7-17027. (986-3361

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

TO THE UNITED NATIONS

82O SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK. N. Y. 10017

Ref: 99/75 26 August 1977

Excellency,

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of the message dated 28th July 1977, addressed by His Beatitude, the late President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, to His Excellency Mr. Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of the Republic of Djibouti, on the

occasion of the proclamation of the independence of the latter's country. I should be grateful if the text of the message is

circulated as a document of the United Nations.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my

highest consideration.

Zenon Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017

Attached: a/s "28th July 1977

His Excellency Mr. Hassan Gouled Aptidon President of the Republic of Djibouti

On the happy occasion of the proclamation of the independence of your country, I convey on behalf of the people of Cyprus, my Government and myself, heartiest congratulations and warmest wishes for your personal happiness and the progress and prosperity of the people of Djibouti.

Archbishop Makarios President of the Republic of Cyprus" 134 CODE 212 (936-3351 c. r

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

TO THE UNITED NATIONS aao SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK. N. Y. 10017

4 -v. ; -?.<-t./,.:_.,

Ref: 73/71 ' ' ! ' •• •••"*!' ' '•' ' . '.-^ ,' 256/71 26 August 1977 '

Excellency, I have the honour to attach hereto a statement by the Foreign Minister of Cyprus,

H.E. Mr. J. Cl. Christophides, on the colonization

of Arab territories occupied by Israel and would be grateful if it were circulated as an official document of the General Assembly and the Security Council under items 28, 30, 31, and 57 of the provisional agenda of the thirty-second regular session of the General Assembly. Please, accept Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zepon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative Kis Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR. J. CL. CHRISTOPHIDES, ON THE COLONIZATION OF ARAB TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL

The new arbitrary and unlawful act of Israel on the Western Bank of the Jordan River cannot but find fully opposed the Cyprus Government. The policy of creating faits accomplis through the establishment of Israeli settlements and the alteration, in this way, of the population composition of the area violates accepted principles and fundamental norms of justice and runs counter to the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the Middle East problem.

Such acts, far from helping the finding of a peaceful solution to the problem through negotiations, cause more tension, complicate the situation still further and destroy even the fundamental prerequisites to an approach between the interested

i parties and to fruitful negotiation. The Cyprus Government condemns the decision for colonization of the occupied Arab territories and declares that it does not recognize the unlawful regime for which efforts are

being made to be created on the occupied western bank of the Jordan River. The Cyprus Government believes that reversal of the relevant decision would positively contribute to the creation of the proper climate for negotiations between all interested

. . . /2 parties for the finding of a just solution to the Middle East problem.

This condemnable situation is a parallel to what is happening in my country where Turkey, through its army of occupation, is engaged in systematically colonizing the occupied area by massive settlements from Turkey, after having forcibly expelled the majority indigenous Greek Cypriot inhabitants therefrom, namely 1/3 of the Island's total population.

It is, to say the least, strange that the Turkish

Foreign Minister found it possible to voice disapproval of the very acts his Government is so relentlessly perpetrating in Cyprus in an attempt to change the demographic structure of the Island. RECEIVED pe 212f 980-3360 iJUL22j977

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

S2O SECOND AVENUE C. C

NEW YORK, N. Y. IOOI7

Ref: 74/71 22 July 1977

Excellency, Upon instructions from ray Government/ I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention and that of the members of the Security Council to a grave unilateral action, regarding the situation in Cyprus, taken by the caretaker Government of Mr. Ecevit, in a manner calculated deliberately to undermine any progress towards a peaceful solution of the present problem of Cyprus and further to aggravate an already explosive situation. According to Reuter's press report from Ankara of July 20, 1977, the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr. Bulent Ecevit, after a cabinet meeting on the same day,j said that his "caretaker Government was starting preparations to revive the modern section of the Cypriot port city of Famagusta, which has been closed off since the Turkish intervention of 1974". He re- portedly also said that "because the area was kept closed the impression was given that Turkey had put it in display window as a concession for settlement of the Cyprus problem, " adding that his government ^'had started work to erase this impression** and that he ''asked Deputy Premier Turan Gunes, now visiting Cyprus, 'to tour the region and start the process of reactivating it." ~~~ •* This arbitrary statement constitutes a deliberate reversal of the generally accepted international understanding as to the established situation in the new Famagusta area after the cease fire. Under that understanding, the said area would remain a closed city^ ready to be opened for the return of the refugees to their homes at the earliest opportunity. As Your Excellency is well aware, it has been the general expectation in the United Nations that this development would take place as Ankara's first positive step at the start of the intercommunal talks in 1975.

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 V

The present purported action by Mr. Ecevit involves a deliberate design to reverse that understanding,in a manner calculated to deprive the many thousands of Greek Cypriot refugees of their inalienable right to return to their homes and properties in the Famagusta area. This proves Turkey's bad faith in her assurances to the Secretary-General and other Governments in the effort to jnjslead world opinion, rendering thus manifest Ankara's intent to proceed further with the illegal transplanting of population from Turkey,as a means of changing the demographic structure of the Island. The strange and unusual character of Mr. Ecevit"s statement, emanating, as it does, from a caretaker Government and on the very day of its relinquishing office, should not be overlooked in its significance and grave implications of expansionist policy. On behalf of my Government and on its instructions, I have the honour to denounce in the most emphatic terms this irresponsible conduct by the caretaker Government of Turkey, in further violation of international law, the United Nations Resolutions on Cyprus, the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights and the relevant European Convention as well as the Geneva Convention 1949, and the Final Act of the Helsinki Declaration. In drawing Your Excellency's attention to the aforesaid provocative declaration, I wish to underline that, if it were in any way to be proceeded withrall prospects of peaceful solutibn through negotiation will be totally negated,. It is,therefore,earnestly to be hoped that in the vital interests of international peace and security the new Turkish Government.which has now taken office, will refrain from endorsing such irresponsible action bound to have the gravest repercussions. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my consideration.

Zenon Ross^-des Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations fr, '-j. Mr. 6 <• <* r in s\

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBUIC OF CYPRUS cc . TO THE UNITED NATIONS

020 SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. V. IOO17 Ref: 127/74 5 January 1977

Excellency, I have*the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the accelerating pace of forcible expulsions of indigenous Greek Cypriot inhabitants from the areas of the Republic under Turkish military occupation and the recently intensified tactics of harassment and oppression practised by the Turkish military against these unfortunate people. Details of these despicable acts which are in flagrant violation of repeated General Assembly resolutions and Security Council decisions on Cyprus, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and every basic norm of International Humanitarian Law, are given in the annexes attached hereto. •* It is saddening that in the absence of a more determined action by the Security Council, as warranted by the constantly deteriorating situation, Ankara and its instruments, the so-called Turkish Cypriot leadership, seem to be emboldened in ruthlessly proceeding with their partitionist and annexationist designs . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 I ' - 2 -

against the Republic of Cyprus.

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated

as a document of both the General Assembly and the Security

Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

Enclosures A N N E X I

Forcible Expulsions - Tactics of Oppression, Harassment and Brute Force

Despite the commitments it has undertaken under the

agreements reached during the Vienna talks, the Turkish side is continuing the daily expulsion of indigenous Greek Cypriots from

the occupied areas. • Cross-checked information shows beyond any doubt that the occupation Turkish forces of/ have decided on and are now openly implementing

a plan for the expulsion of all Greek Cypriots from the occupied

area. Pressure of all kinds is being exerted on these unfortunate

people to force them to leave, so as to Turkify completely the occupied area, change its demographic composition through the impor- tation and settlement of Turks from Turkey and consolidate the accomplis. In their organized reign of terrorist oppression and harassment, the Turkish occupation forces have unscrupulously been dis- regarding every fundamental human right and have been grossly 'trampling upon international agreements and repeated Security Council decisions and General Assembly resolutions. The expulsion of enclaved Greek Cypriots is continuing at

the rate of 40-45 persons daily and according to recent information, there are plans for the expulsion of all Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Yialousa village followed by the expulsion of enclaved Greek Cypriots from Ayia Trias, Leonarisso, Ayios An- dronicos and Rizokarpasso villages.

. . . 2/ — 2 ••

The following events show clearly the intentions of Ankara as regards enclaved Greek Cypriots. a) On 28 and 29 October 1976,"Turkish Police*';Sergeants went round the villages of Vassili, Lythrangomi, Komi Kebir, Koma- tou-Yialou and Leonarisso and, after summoning Greek Cypriot inhabitants to the ooffee-shops, told thorn that they should submit applications to go south, otherwise they would be moved to the purely Turkish villages of Galatia and Galinoporni, but as they were told, their safety could not be guaranteed even there. b) On 13 November 1976, in the afternoon, the'Officer-in- // Charge of Yialousa Police Station, Sgt. Dervish, summoned to the Police Station the Greek community leader and those in charge of the distribution of food supplies, and told them that they had to submit applications to leave by 31 December 1976, as no one could guarantee their safety after that date. c) On 15 November 1976, Sgt. Dervish went to Ayios Andro- •* nikos village and told the remaining Greek Cypriot inhabitants that he had instructions from his superiors to inform them that they should submit applications to go South, threatening that those who might refuse would be moved to the purely Turkish village of Galatia. d) On 16 November 1976, in the morning, the Officer-in- // Charge of Rizokarpasso Police Station, Sgt. Erol summoned to the Police Station some fifteen Greek Cypriot community leaders and told them that they should, within a forthnight, submit applications

. . . 3/ to go South, otherwise they would be expelled by force. i' U e) On 19 November 1976, Sgt. Dervish, Of f icer-in-Charge of Yialousa Police Station, went to Ayia Trias village and asked the village inhabitants to submit applications by the end of December 1976, pack up their belongings and be ready to move South, otherwise "he W9uld send them to Galatia village and beyond". He further summoned the community leader and showed him how to draft and submit the necessary applications. f) Similar moves were made in Kyrenia District. On 28 and 29 October 1976, Costas Chrysostomou, whose family continues to stay at Karakoumi village, was summoned to Kyrenia Police Station and after a lot of pressure and intimidation by Turkish Police • :v!-^~ "" Inspector Hussein, ("if you don't sign we'll arrest you for being an agent", "some car will knock you down as you come to Kyrenia", etc.), he was made to sign an application for his transfer to the Government controlled areas. Moreover, on 26 November 1976, the remaining five Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Ayia Irini village , in the Kyrenia District, i1 '' were transferred by the Turkish Police and were resettled at Rizo- karpasso against their will because, as they were told, their further stay at Ayia Irini was prohibited for military reasons.

To the pressure and blackmail and all kinds of other inhuman methods used to compel enclaved Greek Cypriots to submit "voluntary" applications to leave for the South, there has now »' // been added the open threat by the Turkish Police that "either you

. . . 4/ sign or you will be moved to the purely Turkish villages of Galatia or Galinoporni". The fact that these threats have been made by "Turkish Police Officers" to enclaved Greek Cypriots in all villages from the Karpass to Kyrenia and Ayia Irini, shows that this is a well organized move encouraged from above and is calculated to speed up the uprooting of all the remaining in the

North Greek Cypriot inhabitants. Parallel to the above, there has started an orgy of burglaries, looting and threats with a view to terrorising and forcing enclaved Greek Cypriots to submit applications to move South as soon as possible,- A N N E X II

Index of Forcible Expulsions of Indigenous Greek Cypriots From their Ancestral Homes from 1 Nov. 1976 to January 4,1977 inclusive

DATE NUMBER OF EXPELLED GREEK CYPRIOTS 1/11/76 . 14 3/11/76 29 5/11/76 33 6/11/76 31 8/11/76 33 9/11/76 30 10/11/76 30 •11/11/76 34 12/11/76 40 13/11/76 29 15/11/76 9 16/11/76 19 17/11/76 24 19/11/76 22 20/11/76 22 22/11/76 37 23/11/76 36 24/11/76 43 25/11/76 41 26/11/76 44 27/11/76 33 29/11/76 48 30/11/76 41 722 - 2 -

DATE NUMBER OF EXPELLED GREEK CYPRIOTS

1/12/76 47 2/12/76 41 3/12/76 38 4/12/76* 45 6/12/76 47 7/12/76 -.-***• 51 8/12/76 38 9/12/76 .43 10/12/76 ' 24 11/12/76 23 12/12/76 3 13/12/76 31 14/12/76 25 15/12/76 - 28 16/12/76 . 24 17/12/76 25 18/12/76 27 22/12/76 -,, 37 23/12/76 41 27/12/76 57 28/12/76 75 29/12/76 ' 59

30/12/76 42 31/12/76 47 - 3 -

D ATE NUMBER OF EXPELLED GREEK CYPRIOTS

3/1/77 44

4/1/77 38 1,000

Total 1,722 The last occupants, 3 elderly monks of the historic St.'Barnabas Monastery, were forcibly expelled on 20 December 1976,