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• July 22 10:00 am In fighting July 22M prior to implementation of a cease-fire called for .m. by the UN Secutity Council, -..a IUrke~hand Greek reinforcements were reported landing at KYrenia and Nicosia. The formulation and acceptence of the cease fire was the result of intensitve negotiasitons spearheaded by the u.s. and ~ritain. - In London, British Foreign Secretary Callaghan announced that Tt•key and Greece ami had agreed to begin talks with Britain on the Cyprus crisis in Geneva later in the week.
- A Turkish radio broadcast MMpmme stated that the commander of
~ the 3rd Army Corps in northern Greece 1 Lt. General Davos, had staged a coup. Though strongly denied in Athens, the report was given wide credence in Greece. Subsequent reports suggested that Davos had threatened to mount a coup unless the junta truned power over to the politicians.
- Turkish Premier Ecevit stated in a press conference that "the Turkish presence on the island is now irrevocably establihsed." He stated that the 10 mile corridor held by the Turkish forces from the beachhead west of Kyreneia to Nicosia "will be a permanent u base of strength milm for the Turkish people on the island." and that Kyrenia would be Dbmlna "forever Turkish." He asserted thst Tu5key had achieved its military objectives.
In Washington Archbishop Makarios met with Secretary Kissinger. !efore the meeting Kissinger stated that a reuurn tmm by Makarios to power "is certainly not exculuded."
- At a Washington ~ress conference Secretary Kissinger expressed the belief that " a rather complicated crisis which had dangers of internationalization had been overcome" by Greece's and Turkey's acceptance of the cease fire. He stated that he had been in touch with Soviet leaders throughout the crisis and .._ "these exchanges have been construct!ve." He stated thata there was " a total unanimity of views between Erurope and the U.S. on the Cyprus situationL" He stated that the U.S. opposed the idea of partitioning the island between Greece and Turkey. He stated that he had proposed the preYious day that .m. a cease fire start at 10;00 am tolay and that negotiations begin 111r111m almost immediately after. He had cleared the proposal by phone with Eritish Foreign Secretary Calllaghan and French Foreign Minister lia"MI! Sauvagnargues, before relaying it by phone to Turkish Premier Ecevit and then to Greek Premier a Androutsopoulos. Turkey had accepted first, then, tao hours later Greece, and finally, the Sampson government in Cyprus.
- At the UN, amid reports of continued fighting, SYG Waldheim, asked the council to increase the size of UNFICYP from 2,300 to 5,000 troops. In response, Great Britain offered to transfer additional men and equipment to the unit from British bases on Cyprus. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet
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6~ t UNOERST4NO THAT FRENCH WllL ALSO DELIVER A.MESSAGE IN ATHENS AND ANK4RA ON BEHALF OF AlL EC MEMBERS. text WILL 8E ALONG ttNES 0~ NOTE A~RE~OY SENT TO UK EMBASSIES. 7. JF WASHINGTON WANTS NAC TO ORGANIZE FURTHER tNDJVIDYAL _ DEMARCHES BY EACH ALLY IN ATHENS AND ANKARA, A 9fOO AM MEETING CAN SE ARRANGEO IF I HAVE REEN INSTRUCTED BY 07QO· AM LOCAl . TIME. HOWEVER, I WOULO APPRECIATE IT IF WASHINGTON WOULD ALSO SENO INSTRUCTIONS TO EACH ALLIEO CAPITAL TO ASK ~ONMINS. TO PROVIDE lNSTr 9~ TEXT FOLLOWS MESSAGE NOW SENT 6Y LUNS JN ACCORDANCE PARA 5 ABOve: OF - DURING THE EVEN!NG OF JULY 21, THE NORTH ATLA~TIC COUNCIL AGAIN OlSCUSSEO THE DEEPENING CRISIS OVER CYPRUS;. THERE WAS BROAD, ANO I MAY SAY UNANiMOUS; SUPPORT FOR A CEASE FIRE TO ENO THIS TRAGiC CONFLICT WHICH HAS BROUGHT TWO NATO All! ES TO THE VERY BRINK OF WAR~ IT IS . .. EVIDENT THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THREATENING THE EX!STENCE OF THE ALLIANCE ANfi THAT THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS cANNON BE PERMITTeD TO CONTINUE~ . . t HAvE WRITTEN TO YOU THREE T[MES BEFORE ON THIS URGENT M~TTER ~UT I HUST NOW, ON THE BASIS OF THE ~OST lECENT MEETiNG OF tHE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL, RENEW MY APPEAL TO YOU TO 00 ALL YOU CA~ TO BRING AN ENO TO THiS FIGHTING. . I AN AWARE THAT THE PRESlOENT QF THE UNITED STATES HAS REQUESTEO YOUR GOVERNMENT. To INSTITUTE A CEASE FIRE AT PSN"io56512 ·PAGE 02 TOR:2~.t~rl7~ OTG:t2o315Z JUL 74 ...... ,. r • ae ,..., * - ..... - ••••••• ..S.~GRET 1400 GMf ON JULY 22. HAVING HEA~O THE VIEWS OF All MEMBERS OF THE. ~ORTH ATLANTIC ALLIANCE, EKPRESSEO REPEAT~DLV DURING. . . THIS CRISIS, 1 AM Now, AS SECRETARY GENERAL ANO ON BEHAl~ OF THE ALltANCe, FULLY ENDORSING THE REQUEST THAT VOUR COVERNM~NT .. AGREE TO ANO OBSERVE A CEASE F.IRE AT 1400 GMT ON-JULY 22; t AM SENDING .A PARAllEl MESSAGE TO THE HELLENIAC/TURKlSH GOVERNMENTS. ~ . RUMSFELn. 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Base Commander·· • . -at Athenai Air 13ase was contacted by a Oreek Br1gadi'er :General. who informed him that ,a ·C0\1P was 1:in ·pl'ogress. ~ 1 o. ·~ · 'I'he -Brigadier also stated that LT GEN Davos was the leader lk) Of. th~ coup. If true, this would 1nd1eate ·that Oreek · · ~ Army Corp C, Which Davos commands ... is 1n rebel.'lion aga'!.~t ~ 'the. ~~ann1d1s Oovernmen~.. . ·'·. .. . •. :.. ,~,t"~: _"!. '; • · •• ~ . ~ 2~ .~J?&t-· 'rhe lJSDAO bad 'indications· that: -·.some .uri.usual . .~~ activity was taking pla.oe in Athens but could not ·confirm · . !f.:! :that a .coup :was taking place. ·:Press sources ..~ .. ht.)~!:'!ver- · _ ~•.· \"~,· have reported that· tanks were s~en· in·· th~ .streets ·or Athen~. !\.) ~though Davos· may b_e a primary leaderf. it is l!Lkel:Y that · • • .othe: high r~king o~r1eers ar~ ~nvo ved~ · :!.Q •I r~· •. . . . • I i\-;;'W:"lo:...t • ' .... , ,... •. '!''·.. ;-.. ·•...... •.. .. . h§_ -...... ·, . ,. . , ,.. .. , • " -:. ·\. ·:. 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Se.c Army· ·. 1 I"' ~ CNO · . :- .; . ~ • · · ·•· · · .see Navy . \~· · 'j} ·csAF,··cv;·~cvA·.. u ~l'PJ · .· ..\· ~! - ·sec Air· FOr<::e \ 1!> ~ CMC .. · ,• ' ... • :·.: C!_tA Xj Cbairm~n, JCS {4 ·cys) · ',.__-./ ACSI: .(ISO) ...... ··> .· · · ·Asat ·sec .Oef.r ISA . • .CNO (NOP-0.09 ,IF) · • l~: .. A.••u;;t .Sec De~, PA . IU"l~ {Alert Officer r ·via Tube} I Oir, Joint Staff ' l'thite House Sit Room (via LD ~----t:f:d Dir, J-1 J · ·State (via LD~ Dir, J-3 (2. Cya via NMCC .Rep) CIA (Nl>lCC Rep) ...... D.ir, J-4 • :NSA (NI WITHDRAWAL ID 034956 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL . GNational security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL . GReport DESCRIPTION re Cyprus Situation CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 4 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER 7 FOLDER TITLE . Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • - q .. N~13 R lNI~LLIGiNC~·CYPRUS SY Fft~D s. riJFf~H~ wASKIN3TON (AP> -· u.s. INTiLLIG£NCE ·MISRLAD TURKISH MILITARY INI~NTIO"S tOWARDS CYPRUS, hDMINlSTRRTlON OFFICIALS ~CKNOWLEDGE. '•It WAS OUR. CONV.«::NtiOtJA.l.. WISDOM THAT THE TURKS COULD Bi:: TALKi...O OUT OF LANDING ON CYPRUs,•• ONE OFFICIAL SAID. ''OBVIOUSLY, WE. W£n~ wROt;·:J. •' hlSTORY PLAYED A PARt IN IHE MISJUDGN£KT BY u.s. INT£LLIG£NC£ AS WELL A NU~BLR OF GOVLR~MkNTS, INCLUDING IH& BRITISH, WITH ~HOM THE UUl!'-0 S!ati.& CONSU~ ItO H5 '{ht. CiHSlS Di::£Pi~H:.O. SLCRiihRY OF SIMTL HENRY A. KlSSI~~ER R~CkLLED SATURDAY THAI DURING THE 1954 A NO 19 6 7 CYPRUS CRISES THE TURKS Etli3ARKE.D T~OOPS, BUT DID NOT INVADl TH~ ISLAND. . · . Tt1t.Rt.FO.~£, -i{ I:;.s I;~;.;,R SAID, M~;NY Mt.l1BE.RS OF THE I NTELLlGENCE. · co~~U~IIY M~~'FJn~lb~ ~Jv~~~MENIS Iri~U~KI ThiS &aiLING OF TR~OPS F~0M S0UtHEiHl TURXt.. Y MIGHT #-\GAIN SE A NAN.t.UVi.R TO BRING PRiSSURE ON GR~KC£ IN ~lPLOMATIC NtGOTIAilONS, fiATH£R THAN A FOR~RUNhER 0~ INVASION. ckRLl~R, ThL .SAILING ITSELF CAME ~5 A SURPRIS~ TO KkNY u.s. OFFICIALS, ALTHOU~H Th~Y w~~~ AWAk£ TURK~Y HAU CO~CiNTR~TtD TROOPS kND tA~XS ON ITS SJUiriiR~ COASt. . . Pt.NTAGOU SuUxC:..S Ri.POR!.t.D T Ht. TUit•~S HkD CLOSE.D OfF TH.i:. AREA AROUfJ.O Trl~ PuRr OF ~i~~ih~ ~XCLUDIH~ u.s. KllACHiS AND OIH.t.R ObS~HV~RS. ftNTATvN OFF!ClfiLS I~SlST:..D KLL LAS! w£iK THAI TH~ UNITED STMT~S ~AS NOT C~NDUCT!NG A~RIAL R£CONNAISSANC~ OV~R SOUTHERN TURKEY ~ND CYPRUS, uR THE Wk!eRS &EI\lu!:.t.N. THf..Y SAID THE.Y WE.R£ DEPENDING ON 'fHC: ·BRITISh FOR IH~T KIN~ vf· l~ruRMATION AS Thi UNIT£D STAf~S S!ROV~ TO hAlNtAIN A LOW MILITARY PROFILE IN Trl£ SITUaTION. ~UI tV~~ Wlfh ~NJ~L~OuL lnnT Th~ TURKISH FORCE HAD SAILED,. . OFFICIALS SaiD TH6Y H~O ·No WAY OF KNO~lhG WHAI TH~ TURKS INT£ND£D.- u.s. lNI~~LIG~~Ci hAS COME UNDER CRITICIS~ I~ TWO MAJOR CRISES IN TH~ PAST SIX Y£ARS. lt.WAS ACCUS£0 OF FAILING TO ANT!CIPAT~ TH~ SvVI£1 INVASION OF CZtCnJ5LvVAKlA IN 1968 A~O OF MISINT~RFRETING THE SIG~S OF A~ I~K1N£NT AkA~ ATTACK ON ISRAEL LASt OClOB£R. N£ANWHIL~, IHiRl AH~ lNDICMIIONS TURK~Y MM¥ HAV~ R~COhSID£R~D 8Rlt:Fl..Y BEF\1RL Tt\KlNG irti. ?l..U:~Gi.. l~Iv CYPRUS. KlSSI~G~R 5~1D ~6 flR~T WAS INFORMED FRlDAY ~V~NlNG THAT THE TURKISH FL•i~I itiHS hLttti.U.:a FuR SHORf., BUT THAT LAtl:.R INFORMATION lNDICAT~D ThE SriiPB riAD TURNiD AROUND AND WITHDRAWN OUTSIO£ CYPRUS" TERRITORIAL ~ATiRS. . SUT KISSl~&~R SAID THAI ABOUT 25 MINUT~S LHT~R, ANID FRANTIC tFFORTS TO GAIU A 48-HOUa RLSP!T~ FOR LAST•DITCH N~GOTlATlONS, HE GOT ~ORD THAT THE TURKI~h FORCE HAD R~V~RS£0 COURSE AG~;IN AND A SPECIAL u.s. ENVOY WAti INFUHMED THAT THE TURKISH GOViRNM£NT HAD D~CIDED TO LAND Otv CYPRUS. .. - . .. ·.·.. - ...... • . .... , ·- 3089X MEMORANDUM NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL :t:Ot> !iP.GRET/SENSITIVE XGDS . July 24, 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER FROM: Jeanne W. Dav£s-::{) . I' 1 ~ . SUBJECT: Minutes of the Washington Special Actions Group Meeting held July 22, !974 ...... __ ··-.___ Attached are the minutes of the Washington Special Actions Group Meeting -lield-:Tuly--z2. --:197'4, to.discuss__Cyp_~us. _ ·------ Attachment l ! -c-c: Gen. Scowcroft Mr. Kennedy Mr. Saunders I /~ . " <- \ \ . \ } .\. ... NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034957 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL . ~National security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL . ~Minute DESCRIPTION . WSAG Meeting Minutes CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 10 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER ... 7 FOLDER TITLE . . Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN . 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • ' ...... · .. ~. . . :. ·. .: . : ,'" . . ; . ·.. · .· . : ...... :~ . ·:~--·~... =· <~< ...... : _: ··~~ ,. • •• 4 .~ ~ • • • '· ,· ...... 22 July 1974 · .. ·• . .. . . ·. BRIEFING FOR ... .· .· • . 22 vvLY iiSAG HEETJ.NG . : I .,i • CYPRUS . •J . l I .• I. Both ·side·~, ha"?'ing agreed to a cease-fir~ ·for 1000 ti~shin9ton tit'l'\e today,. appear to :be ~k;nq last. • . • • . .. • .;•••• t · minute efforts to improve their l?ositions. ~ight-- . ·. lng resumed this morning, particularly in the_ .. . . . ' .-....:....- ..:.,__..: __ .,... -~ .:.,_' ·- - - Kyrenia- area-·on-· the 'northern- coa.st •.··--- A. There are good indications .th~t: . tha · Greeks · .·· ' . ~ . ' . . . ' . . landed elements of t\-10' battalion-s of ..paratroops · . ' . . ' .· ' and rnar_it'les at- Nicosia airport. eal:'ly today.· ~ ('rl\e Turks· never C!id take the airPort.) These: ·•. ·a.re the first rce-ul~r Greek. troops to ·have· . ~ ·- t. . .. been brought to the island. :·.r.- .. ' -· I .. :··.· .·: .. ·. B •. The. 'l'urlc:.s, a.t the same titne, land~d additional ;·• .-~ ...... w .. , ... t-·-~r ...... ·,....., , ... --.... _.._ ...... --...... - ...... :~.... -..... * .. · ... - .. . 1 1 troops from 11 ships a~ th~ir .l;)eachhead ar?:pnd · Kyrenia ... . . J:I. Ankara end Athens are poth saying ·th•'lt they are . .. . . '. ~atisfied with their ~ilitary performances, a~~ t I · • . .·: "" "'·I . • I what appetu:s to haye become a· military sta·ndoff. r,. ·Ankara clni~s .th.:lt its.· prit;c.ipal· objeo.tivo .. : ·...... •• - . . .· . . • : . . . . . • \ . . ; . J'i ., .. \ ·, i .: 1'1 a 1. .. •. · · ·· · · · -. DiCLAS~A.ID.,. ;) w·.~-:"' '\,...... ~ \:.or_- J.VJ ~~::__~ . . - , A~J~MoAtT:v .ul:.. ;m-£·-i.;·~. .; -ww!2'f.:.?--VJ ~~, 1 .; lit 1~'~ ·sv.·· · u; ·· ,: ·:. ·Nt_~ DATI· 1/; tu ~ . · · ~ -(-7 . "'" .... ·-·· .. . ' .. ~-· ·..._ ", t p : ., • • " t• ~ • I " ,. •• 1. In yesterda:{' s heavy fir;hting,· ho\"eve·:r: ,· . . . .. th·e· 'Turkish resvlnr forces made '11 tt.le·:, ·: . ... • l . • • - ••• •• .. .I • ,.l ,.....,.. . he..ad~.,a y, and by: ni9ht£nll had· ·Clear~y · . . · :~ ':l_;-st: ~hk i.ni tia t i v-e .' · · Even the' cuii~\tp · :. : · · . · I . .· , · . . · · on th_o ;beachl1e~d .,:ppa:relltly' went ·'alo~.itly;: ~-'. .. ~- ·~ :· ~ .. . . . ~ :! .. _; . . '*~· ~- • • • ~·~ :·. ~~ ~·- ..,~ ~ ·~·:. ~ • -·~- ···~·with only ·a fa\'f ta11ks cor.\inrg 'ashore.···.· -~ ·. : . ._ . - . ' . . . . ·~ ...... '. . . . ern coast, and the key mountain pass control1ing· .. . ' . . .' . ·th? road l~ading' so~th to .t~tcosili~: :':tri;'~he!:·ca'i?- ;· itaf,. Turl-;ish paratroops are ·in the ·~utkish ·; . ' .,. ·i_l ' "'· quarter and hold ·positions ·around .. the cit.y. · .Sojae forces from the coast rnay have .r.eached .the city, b\tt ~ha road between .Kyrenia and .·Nicosia is n£!:. secure. • c. Athens is pleasedthat the Greek Cypriot fo:rees , : . . . \•;ere ab1e to contain ths Turl,ish regu~a~ _:forces • . . . · Elsewn·are on the island, the Gree};: Cypriot.. forces hav~ sained. the 'uP.per hanc1 'in ·intercon\~ · munal fi_ghting. Stories of Greek Cypriot . ' atrociR;s cot\till\.le t•:> (!Ome in, .but ·w~ hnve no • : • # ,...... ' ~ ... , t. :·.,. • ' .. . . ·,TOP · SECREl' · ·• · • • i. •. ' I 4... • • ...... ··- .. · ·.. : • . . · r· · · , · · . :.: ~ · . . . c:o11firma tion o~ these.· · ON, fQFccs ~n .-the-:_.is~ · 1 in·· ... . . ' ...... ' . . ' ~ ~ : . . ... ' ' ~ ... •' .. land have· not report.ed any mass execution~-~.:·.·,·::-- . ~ . . .. ' : or qther .e-xcesses...... ; '· · ..D.. on the mainland, the Greeks yesterday .. wa:t:"e · .. still &noving r-ef.nforcements tm·:ard the. ~url:isll . . i . I . , . . I border,. .and: r there t.:ere. some. report.. s. tryat,.Atlkara ..· wa.s e1;so s~nding more troops ·to t;~a a:r:ea. : 'l'he · ... ·. . border its~if·, however, was calm .... '· ... ,. ;,·;:. ~!·· ,- .- :.· l:lX. Soviet response to t~e situation .. on c:yprus :has·_.con~._.. · .. -- --... --. --.. tinusd to, be limited a11d' ~ow key. ••. !! f~% ...~!%" j (,., . ' ...... ""'...... _ ' ... ~ ~ :. ...- A •. Yesterday, four of the five sovie~ ~rships· that we·re locate4 bet,-reen Crete and Cyprus appar.entiy be9an moving west, a.;,is.y ·from:Cyprus~_·. ~Tlle rema.ininq ~hip, a quidcd-rnissile cruiser, ·. ~ ~ ® is stil-l south\-:est of ·cypr\ls r-~------~----~ . '' B. Three ·soviet naval ships remain in the Cyprus.. area: a.destroyer, a mine sweeper,. and an in-. .. ~. . . , ...... _ :~· ·.. .: .... ·- -...-L.-. .;...... - ·telligence collector. ~ ' . '~. . .• • ' t •• . ' f 1 • . XV. ng The c:risi!i 'n1ay be affectj the. .polit.i.cal scend : .. .. in Athoris--especially n.ha decision making pJ;ocesJ;;. A. . ~'~-::---:-:::-----:=------:---:---·-...Jitl~<> .. ~r~~~ · leadership noY.7 .appears to be spoakiw:r '-lith a ·; • ...... i p • ~· ~ .. • ~ • ' . . ' ...... - ...... . ~3- . .·.. : .-_: ·f'·'. FO~ . . .• ·~·"" · .~ .. •:-.... ~Appr?ved For Release 2004109!09 : NLF-K-S ·· -· · · ----·· · ...... -·· . · . . . .·· :·-.-...... , ...,..,...... _...... _WWOF-7-9-3-1 ...... _ . ' ..... _: ~ ..· . Approvea t-or Kelease LUU4/U~/U~: NLt--t\-;:, VVVVUt--f-~-,:FI CO 11 e01;J.VB VVJ.\,.;\::f Q.AI'""' """"'""""" --- -· - - .. since the coup·last November, Ioannidis may be ; . . forced to sh~re power. Government decisions Ap- ' 11 parently aro being made by ·a· \-rar c,ouncil. • Prime Minister Androutsopoulos.told Secretary Sisco vesto.;r.dav... I - that . yo\1n9 n1ilitary. ·officers "-"'Uld tal:G :over the government withj.n 24. .·hours. · 1. I . · a mo,rc miqht ba planned· in .. . . Ioann1dis to neutralize the moderates or, .... . ·. -- ~------.m~-re-likel·y, .. tQ.. so,l_idify his. p~sitio~ $hou1d his cyprus endeavor f:fi.~~-··----~~: ~-.~-. ·---· ....._ · < . . . 2. The cease-fire announcement, how~yer;. could. · ...... ' doter or postpone such a.n ·attempt;. ·.. . . , I ... v • The cease-:fire--if .it h?lds--leaves n mcs.sy situa- ... . . ' · tion on .the g-round in ·cyprus, wltich wil·l eompl icate. .. . ' . ', ...... -.. . . efforts to wo1:k out a solution;.· . ·' A. '.l'ha Turkish failure to. rend.or.thair $;orrido_t.·1:o ~. . the nicosia enclave secure means that they laok ·the ell.sily defensible co1:'a· ·area they would need . - . . to establish partition; they further· lack su~- ' .. ' ficiellt. territory to riccominodate ·. ra_s~ttl"ament.. . ~ of the other Turkish enclavcn rnos·t were enptured by tha Cyprus l.Ja. tional .. Guard. ...... ·· .. • ... 4- :. ·, . . . . proved For Release 2004/09/09: NLF~~~~· ·wwo·F-7-9-3-1 ... · ·-·- ·.. :f. . ' ' . ..:.. ... ·. "' ·~-~ ... ~-;... _--r""~;'\~2__ . . . . . :.,. ·, ~ . Appro~ea t-or Kel~ase ~UU4/U~IU~: NLt--1'\-~_vvvvur--t-~-•.FI . . B. This outcome increases ·the possibility that . . some. fora of ostensibly independent Cyprus-· · ·· . ;,..~, ' :· .. . [.: · state will ·continue to e>:ist, 'though Athens · . : . · . ,. and Ankara will hnve a f!luch mo·t.·e dire9·t. role ; · .. on the island than they had under the Hakarios ' . ·~· 1 •. r e;; ime • ;f. . .; The Cy~~us N~tional Guard's relative success .ac;a.inst. the Turks has relteved· immediate .pres:"".. sure against Io~nnidis for his handling of the' · ...... ~ . - - ...... -... ·~ ~ Cypr\is issue. -probably does not '1JUz.n:antee ----· ,_ -·~--· '· ...- ..... ""'t ;' \ . . . his position'for very long, ho"'•ever,.and the· ,. cri~is of recent days has undoubtedly inorensed fcn:rn·ent within the ranks of. th~· Greek military·•. •• - .•. . 0. The fut\tre.. ·of us-Gree'l< rela tlorfs be-cornea. in~ c:n;eas-1-ngly uncertain to the extent that the NATO ' . .. . alliance appears to be resp_o.nsible fo_r :blocking .-of Greek desires. There is :strong ·pro-us ·sen- . ~ , ·tirnent in the Greek rnilitary hiernrchy, · ho,·;rever, ' 't • that could well survive eve~·t.hia ex1;:onded f~r.ment .. ' . ·, - ., ...... . . \ .. t. . ' ... .... -s- ..I. · ~p S.CCRE·r ' :• •. . '' •. t i •.. ' ~ .• . . - . . --.t -·+-""':"'"· ...... ·: ·~· ··- .t ...... ·.·, .·.·.:... .'", . .. Approved For Relea.se 2004/09/09: NLF-K-Sj/\iWOF-7-9-3-·f::"':'·::~ ·:·-': ~ . . . . ' . . -·! ... ~...... ' ·.' .: : ' . .. - ~~ . . _Appro:_:a t-Or Kelease LUU4/U~/V~: NLt--t\-~_VVVVUt"-/-~-.:FI ~ ... . . ·. :. ... ~. tative ·co:nn\~nte on the prospeqts. . i~r a negotiated . . . ·1. • .. ·. settlement following the cease-fire, but ·it· ·eon~ . : .. ' tinues to call. for the restoration of the "lawful .. ·.... government of. c~·prus.n I A. 'l'i\.SS last night. reported that the cease-jfi:r:e ·" ' . .I . ' . . ~ . .. l ·. was in effec.t and this mol.·ning empha.sized that the in!Jfighting is only ·the ·first in ~a.lt ! ·~iep. .. ·the implementation of the Securi.ty C~u~ci1 1 s resolution .. ..: .·: .... . ·. ----·.~-.,..,~ B_. TASS took ;1ote of se.cretary Genera1 t7aldheim 1 s ..· -- --...._ ... -- .~ --·-· ···- -~--·---·-- .. ·-;-··- *'"'-. -·~--- .....-# -- _. __.. ___ ,.. _ -. ·request. for an increased:UN.presence o~ Cyprus . . .. ·· in order to carry out the cea&o.:..fire •...... .• . ' . . .. ; , ...... ,._,,.._...... ' -.. •· .. . ' -6- ... ,• .... \'!"· ....: .• ' • .· ••• ,,.. ~ j':~ ...... ---:-----.... .~Approved For Release 2004/09/09: NLF-K-S_WWOF-7-9-3-1---#"!"•·•r-~-....- .... ·,. . • ! . ,. . : ~ Approvea t-or KeJease LUU4/U~/U~: NLt--t\.-;::::,_vvvvut--1-~-..FJ .. .. . ·• ...· . ~~·~ ,; · ·.· ~3 July 1974 · . .. ·• OCt BRIEFING ~OR 23 JULY ~·;sAG HE·ETING .. ··CYPRUS .- J:. The cease-fire· a~parcmtly was not broken -~V~fll~CJ?-t, but there are reports of scattered f~ghting ~ear . . tha Nicosia airport and in l\yrenia .·this :morning~ r------. ~5X1]·: . A. -~ ...... -·~----~ L------~lsu9gested_ t~at .. . . . the·· airport was in Turkish hands. The ai~port .. has been a key objective since the~r landi~9s ~· on Saturday. • .. · li , The Greeks claimed this morning,. :_l"',o~·;ever, tho. t . t.hey still controlled the airport:, a~though fighting in the vicinity had rendere.d. 'it in- • ·-· •a •"' ·~ '• • -· . --- ...... :. ... · . . . .,.: ·-,'II • •• - - - . - ... ciperabl.e. . .. c. L------.... ------~------Jfh~ Turks no-.-t h.a.ve set up a roadblock on the road leadin~.to the . . . wirport. and are. ntt D. 'Nicos Sampson's foreign rn:inist~·ri .Dimitrips. · Dimitriou, ...... •• , I · ~..l ______...... l as}; thu..t every effort be .. • I ----~·-~------~.---.~~------.--...... --:.~~·- .. '"'::--Approved For ~el~ase 2004/09/09: NLF-K-S_WWOF-7-9-3·1,..;~,-,::::.·-· ". ·. ··.·.· ...... ··'·•. ' ... : . ~- ..... :_ ---~ .., ·. Approvea t-or Ke1ease ~UU4/U~/U~: NLt--t\-;:,_vvvvur-t-~-..1-"1- --.:.. __;. __ ~_ . ... . ~:· .·. ·.. _·:... . :, ·.. ' ....:,-.1 J·_. ,, ..... ·...... ~·.·. '• . . . . . "'.. ~. - ~ . . '. ' . . . . . r ...... ' ~ ' .... one half hour an annow1cc.mont would be broad.:. · · .. . . · ·cast that .·Glafkos Clerides ·has .been.' ap\?oint:~d: .... president ·.of Cypr\.ts in place of Sampson. . . IX. The Greeks re~in sat:is.fied t~ith- 'their'· per"for~·nca in resfst.ins· tit~ _Turkish .tnvasionjL.""""!'""--...... ---~-----J _..;..... ______,t· '· ·... ·~··· 1;: ~~~-··~ i.•. "i .• ~- ,. I ' ' e .They claim that th~y- prevented the Turks :f~om . . ' ...... - - .. - .. .,.. • · ;:: • · •. r·· ···t' l· ~- .. COntrollii'1g a s·trip 6£ land· along the .northern -~ ...... ,______. . . • • .· .. . . . I ... ' ·~"" ...... _ . . -:-:-· -co(10t;-al'though tho _T~rks hold 1\yrenia· arid did . . . . ~ .. }"'·: .. -- ·-.-:- .:--:-··r:=:'"";;-.::. :.' ...... _ ... ! : . .. ~ qain better ac~ess from the scia to the ·'.rurkish · · '":'- ~ " - .; .. . ~ ' .:. t t t • t• ••• . ~. ' .. •1 • l. 1 ... sec~or·of Nicosia. . . ' • I' • ... • .. - • .. • f B. . The Greeks evid-ently still ·hol'd. s·om.e'',Positions . inXyrenia. -~ne Turkish commander· in th~ ·are~ . , ~ ·has thre~tened to b~t"h Kyre.nia Castle unless·· the Greeks holed up in ·th.e castle surrender.· -1, ·At .. last. word,· the Tu;ks· vrere. atta~kin9'·. the . . .··· . ~ .. -·- _·_c_a,~J.t.le with tanks, forcing a halt in the . .. ' .. "" .. ' ~ .... - ~ ·~ "'!·-~"'·- ...... ----·~·~-., evacuation of foreign_ nationals··.from the • ' '! }(yrel'lia area after some 300 had been taken · aboard.the British ships. 2.. In othar ovacua tion mo,:es r .a US Navy ·.. sh~p . .. left the Briti.f>h sovereign base· area o£ t _. -·'. • • ·.; • Dhekel·ia in sout:heast.cu:n, Cyprus .early· to- ...... t • • I· ' ... . . - . • .. ! ·j:. •. t ;· t .t' - :· .· ,,.. ... ~.':...... ~ -2- I' • • .. •.. -. .. . - ~ ~· ··... .. '' . : .. > ..• . .. 4?0P SEC_RE~f -.. ~------~:-.--:.-:U4/U~/U~ · NLt--1'\-;::, VV VVUI'"-f -~-,:FI :-i;1i1:1 :1t....,!~· .~:Jr-••••£ ' .... · .. Approvea.r-or Ke1ease LU · ; _ - . : ~.. :! • . . ,...... :· . : ·, "':... ~ . ' ···~ .• ·. . ! • I \ '.,. '.'tH J . I!·,. ; .. . . 1: • 1... •.. ~-. l . dal-' fo1" Beirut carrying about ~00 A~er~ca!\$ ,· .• ·t ·... t ·. and other foreign nation~!ls; . ; r. ... L·· ··;;k'.:C·' ., •. . . i IXI~ ' • .. . ' • ' • ' ; I :'' ; '1 ·: ·, • ·, ·,,·,., 4•' • •' '• Conditions~ on the TurJ~ish. mainland. may ba return- inq to norrr~l. Tha OS defense• ; attache. ·~-!"reports :. :~1,.f~om . I • • . • ••• i • • • • ...... , .• j • : . 1\nkara that three Turkish airpor7s <;losed clur·ing·;, · · ." ·the fighting haye been reopened• • to·• civilian• ' ... 1-·, • 'aircr~ft:. • '.. f ,...• ( .. ; f ... · . :: . •·. . J • ! -: ., •• ;'. . . A. Tur~ey. rna}r have rece.ived some military :aid··from ... ·:·: . Libya· ~·e.sterday, although ~ot the tent ' ; Hira.ga• f .... . • . l ...... , . r ... air.cra.£t tha.t.. .s_om~ _reports had_ s~qges.ted. -.1 1 . 1.· t , I ~~~~~t;- tha:t· tWO BOe.!.ttg; ·' .. '- L.--=-==----:-~:-:--:--:-- .-, . . • 707s were ·loaded with ~·ooden casas ye'st:.erda·y .. mornin ·s. Gn th.S• P<>litic"l front,!.....:----;..· .!-....;' ~--~,:. . .[ \ b~ th the lLe_f_t -a-·f1_d_r_1-.:-g-h_t_i_n_. -~-n-k_a_.r_a~-.• ; increasingly vie\...r the Cyprio.t intet!ve1.1ti9n. o.a · a.disaster .. .: . ; . .. -. ' . . "":. .. l.. The ri9htista r.er:x:>rtedly vie'(~ .the dec'iaion . ' .. . - -:-- • - • • •..• '1 • . • . .. . • • . - ...... -- - •• ,...... ·-. ·~ to ~inter,vene as an erJ:or perpatrated)~.Y.·. leftist :e:lements ~~ destr~.y·th~.NA'l'9 a1-· .· ~ia.:tce. 'l'he·.leftists reportedly consider tho intervention "to be a failui;_e by t~§! ·..... • 2 •. ~,..-r.t._i_l_i_t_a_·.r_...... y,...;_p_o_o_.t_··l.....:..y_:_p_l_a_r_u_l e __ ,_:t_a_n_d_i_n_ :o~. ·r~~;? ;:;;::~:R(?i .. 1 . '· 0 ...... J c( .· .. . -3- :' ,. . ' ,. = ·- . a:..;)>.!) ·.... -:·. . . _·.;rap SECRET_ . ' ' . -.. Approvea t-or Kerease LUU4/U~tu~ : 1\ILt--t\-;:,_vvvvut--t-~-j-·r: ~ '. k . . . .. _., • • • It . .: . _.. . . :···.' a:.· .,~ ·;~ • . •·· . . I • ...... : . . . ~ ...... : . . . . ·: ''"'' .... ··- on the' Turkish military to :seize·contrril .,_ ; i ·• . . , • : t ~ : ...... :, J .. in Ankara have increased as a result of I. i • I'. . . the intervention. Dissatisfaction with • 1 • . · ... · '.\ •• .,. I ·• 1 · the · Eccvit ovcrnrnent reportedly had lleen ; . 9 I • . . . . • .. ;· ..· . . • .• . • • t l t· •. ~ gro,-:ing prior to the intervention, po~tly as a i~J~lt of the g~~errime~t' ~ ·~~el~a.~e -~f· . . ·.. , . . I .. ,--.. , i .-, :, . pol~~ic3;1. prisoners. ano unc~rt~inty_ gen ·, 1 .• .. - . ..· t =.I ·' , .. I ! ~ ~~~: .· · • erated by the poppy is~ue. . . I,.. ,.~ ... ,. .-,.,...... -•' . . ·.IV. In AthGns, the US embassy .reports a terioe. and:.· ·. ·------·--.~ --·:----= ·-·- _... ---·-· ---- ·--· ·-· . -···· ·-- .• -- '" .... '_:,_ ___ ~ ...... _. '~L ~-,_. ----- __:, ___ ----~· - strained mood but no indications of unusual. ac.~ · . · tivity bayond that consistent 'N'ith the mobil1za- r tion still in effect. I .. • . A. ·.AlthoUgh Athens .. has denied wid.espread rumors . . ·of a rebellion in C corps. and th~.· retu.rn. of ! ~. . . . e>:-Prime' t'>tinister Kararncm1.is, ot.l~~X: .. :X:~EC?~-~~~~-··- ·- ... :.·. indicates ~hat .off·icers in C corp.si .the ma_in ~rrny force. in · northerrl Gr.eece 1u~d Thra,ce, have . . . .,. been divioed. over the \'Tisdor.t of attack~ng ·Turktay. B. •. lre~hr · GrGek t.rc.ops have been w.:i.thdrah1'\ from the. Bul- '. garian border and movec1 to the.· Evros Riv·er area, which b:~rders Turkey. I 1- ...... ·' .. I . . ' . -4- ... . ,\ : . t' • ' . · .. ~ ·1~0~') s·b('l? 1·~:....-~-- ' . Approved For Release 2004/09/09: NLF-K-S WWOF-7-9-3-1' · t======~~-· .-··- ----·--· ...... -::::..__. ------..-:"';~C'!4'~-.·,.~·~ ..... ·~_.... ,...,.-..J¥ ,--·· . .. ·-: Approvea t-or Ke1ease ~UU4/U~tu~: NLr-t'\-;::, vvvvur-1-~-..FI ...... ' ~~~~~~==~~~~~~~------~-.~g~1] .. ~sx( •· v. -~----:----:------'{but there ~ave_ b~en_}to ·o~h~~ _ changes in thdj status of the Soviet milit~r>f forces. ------~~--~~~~------~------,gsx~: : ----- ··- • --:----·-...... :. ,.! r- .... -: .. ...• . .. VI. 'l"he Soviet government has not y~t made ·an}' authori- • • .. -5- . •- . • • ••w-~- __. ----f--~·••'~ .. ~ ••"' * -·•,•• , .. ,. Approved For Release 2004/09/09: NLF-K-S_WWOF_-7-9-3-1 ~·- · .,. ---~....,..~:.· ....r':':"' ... ·: ··i".. .:,.~:.-::.·... ·"':'·:<--:.. ... 7 ..,.:· •• ·.:.l.-~ ... !"•. ll!.'!"·""' -·--· ~.~ ...... -···--· ___ .. ..: •• __, ...... , /' . ·• · (..p;rfApprovea t-or Kelease LUU4/Ul:I/U1::1: NLI--t\-~~~VVVUI--f-1::1-,:FI - .. · '~t::.....-:Af'U?::D\0#" - .··-- .; · ·· · · · , · , · · 'r:te :USD.!.O. in Ath~ns h:J3 repor~cd "'urther in ~ic"tioJlS of" a .Cti'Up · •· . Gen.;,l"al Davos or corpsi 1 cc~;.Toa!i.dcr "0' ir)..:'fhroco. - •• '. '.:•' • ., . ... 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Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • l;t NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034959 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL GNational security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL GTelegram CREATOR'S NAME . WH Situation Room RECEIVER'S NAME McFarlane for Gen. Scowcroft DESCRIPTION Summary of various significant events CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 3 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER . 7 FOLDER TITLE Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • ,~ NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034960 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL GNational security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL GReport DESCRIPTION re Cyprus Situation CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 4 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER . . 7 FOLDER TITLE . . . . Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN . . 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • \i-\ . J,_ • • • r l·-- l • . 224t~ o. i! . I I L' . .. l' 0 0 . ,....~,. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034961 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL GNational security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL GTelegram CREATOR'S NAME . WH Situation Room RECEIVER'S NAME McFarlane for Gen. Scowcroft DESCRIPTION re Cyprus Situation CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 2 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID . 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. 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NLF-CO DE WORD - 4-l-£ -o BY~ NARA,DATE 3/14-/2.oll qf21/2.00S CYPRUS Situation Report Number 22 (As of 1600 EDT) (All times cited are Nicosia time, unless other wise specified) CEASE-FIRE STATUS 1. The cease-fire deadline in Cyprus passed today with no let-up in the fighting. The senior UN authority in Cyprus repo~ts that the National Guard is cooperating in the cease-fire negotiations, but he is having serious problems with Turkish ambassador Inhan. The ambassador is reported to be under severe emotional strain which has made him wholly uncooperative. UN officials have asked that Ankara assign another .. person -- preferably a senior military commander -- with whom they can carry out further negotiations. lnhan claims he has received instructions from Ankara - simply to "blame UNFICYP," Meanwhile, President Nicos ~~~ Sampson has broadcast an appeal to Greek Cypriots to ~~ respect the cease-fire. '· 1 p TOP S:tSCR:E'f' I ~------_. . Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 Approvea t-Or Kelease LUUb/U~/[1 : NLt--L,UUt:VVUKU-4-·1-0-U XQ~ ~~GRE'P 2. Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit told a press conference today that the Turkish presence on Cyprus is now irrevocably established and that his country is now in a position to contribute much more to an overall solution than it had before. He said, how-· ·•. ever, that making peace would be much more difficult than making war. He noted, for instance, that even as the cease-fire was going into effect, Greek Cypriots were committing genocide against the Turkish minority and that his government had called for UN intervention in such places as Famagusta, Chatos, Kokkina, and Paphos. 3. In answer to questions from reporters, Ecevit gave credit to the US for its role in establishing the cease-fire, and said that no effort had been made to pressure him by threatening the withdrawal of US military aid. Responding to questions about efforts to achieve a settlement, Ecevit said that Turkey would go to Geneva without any pre-conditions. He repeated seve~al times, however, that the northern city of Kyrenia was in Turkish hands, and would remain so to provide Turks an opening to the sea. GREECE - NATO 4. The Greek military representative at SHAPE told General Goodpaster today that Greece had never pulled out of the NATO alliance, although later in his remarks he used the ·phrase "now that we are again a member of the alliance." The NATO military committee was informed that all Greek military officers were being put on 24-hour notice for movement as part of the mobilization of the Greek armed forces. The Greek representative at SHAPE says that his-government will inform NATO through official channels of any decision to recall Greek staff officers and emphasized that Greece intends to honor its obligations to the alliance. -2- 5X ...... --...... "\T"\,..,T\ T:'f"l""l ~r u.c:;;..._. ... ,~ .._ Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 Approvea t-Or t<.eJease LUUO/Utl/[1 : NLt--L,UUI::VVUKU-4-·1-t>-U - EVENTS IN GREECE 5. The US embassy in Athens reports a tense and strained mood but no indications of unusual activity beyond that consistent with the mobilization still in effect. Athens has denied widespread rumors of a rebellion in C corps and the return of ex-Prime Minister Karamanlis. King Cons·tantin-e has issued a statement from London stating that .he would never re turn to power as the result of a military coup. Further reporting from reliable sources in Thessaloniki, how ever, indicates that officers in C corps, the main army forc·e in northern Greece and Thrace, have been divided over the wisdom of attacking Turkey. 6 • I I regular Greek troops have been withdrawn from the Bulgarian border and moved to the Evros River area, which bor ders Turkey. Inductees replaced these troops. The source believes that regular troops have also been withdrawn from the Yugoslav and Albanian borders. 7. the Greeks n t ens reports t at s x ~lA aircraft landed today at Iraklion air base on Crete. One of the F-4s reportedly crashed while attempting to land. Although the F-5s could not effectively operate over Cyprus from Crete, the island would be well within the range of the F-4 fighter-bombers. 8. lthe Iraklion harbor master directed all docked ships to offload cargo this morning. Passengers attempting to depart the port were told that all ferries would be used for troop movement. '·· -3- 5 -'i'OP S~CRE'r Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 Approvea t-Or Kelease LUUO/U~/L"J : NLt--~UUI::VVUKU-4- ·1 -0-U .~ .·.. T u ·· R . K e ·y " ·. MIW/1ERRANt.'AN SEA .... CYPRUS - UK Sovereign base area Co~ o. 10 ao ( ~· ... ~.. 556243 7-74 CIA \ · Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 • Approvea t-Or Ketease LUUO/U~/[1 : NLt--L.UUt::VVUKU-4-·1-0-U .q:ep SEGRB'F-1 I FIGHTING ON CYPRUS 9. The cease-fire is not holding, according to L------~1 UN sources, and the press. 10. Turkish aircraft continued attacking Greek Cypriot positions after the cease-fire north of the Kyrenia range, at Nicosia airport, and near Chatos. The Greek charge in Nicosia claimed that Turkish forces launched a ground attack with supporting mortar fire against Greek Cypriot forces after the cease-fire. The Greek Cypriot headquarters advised Greek army head quarters in Athens that the Turks were not honoring the agreement and were firing at Greek Cypriot units in several areas. The Greek Cypriot National Guard commander asked Athens for instructions, but apparently received no response. 11. Press reports indicate that as the cease-fire hour passed Greek Cypriot artillery units continued to fire on Turkish positions near Nicosia and along the road from the capital to the T••rkish beachhead at Kyrenia. I 12. In late afternoon, about the time the cease-fire was to become effective, a Turkish general officer reported that the Turks had occupied all of the area from the beachhead at Kyren~a to Saint Hilarion. He re ported, and a Greek source confirmed, that all Greek Cypriot resistance at Kyrenia had collapsed. He also indicated that a village four miles southwest of Kyrenia has been captured by an armored brigade task.force.~~------~ 5X I I as of 1800, Turk:lsb military forces continued attacking Nicosia airport, Saint Hila~ion, and positions held by regular Greek military forces on Cyprus. -4- \ / I -r'-J .L 0.ci _... ~ I 'Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 Approvea t-or Ketease £UUO/U~/L"I : NLr-I...,UUI::VVUKU-4-·1-0-U 'FOP SEORBT 1 SOVIET REACTION 13. There have been no Soviet commentaries on the cease-fire or on the prospects for a negotiated settlement. TASS reported that Turkey, in keeping ,. with the resolution of the UN Security Council, agreed to the cease-fire. The Greek acceptance and the efforts made by the US and Britain to arrange the cease-fire and to organize subsequent negotiations have not been mentioned. 14. There has been no significant change in the status of Soviet and East Eurooean forces since this morning. 1 I LATE ITEM 16. Cypriot For·eign Minister Dimitriou has told a US government representative that some members of the Cypriot Council of Ministers have submitted their resignations, but they have not yet been accepted. Most members of the council have decided that they will resign unless the UN can enforce a cease-fire or negotiations requestjd~y UNFICYP at the local Cypriot level can be held. -5- TOP S:ECRE'¥1....._ _ ___.1 Approved For Release 2005/09/21 : NLF-CODEWORD-4-1-6-0 PRJri3ZCZCSCS31 I 00 1»TE12 DE WTE 4906 2031600 f;,'~Q, '-~-- ...... ' 0 ~ 1600Z J.LJ,l.. 7 4 --~~/JlJJ-- FM THE SITUATIO~ ROOM //TOSCO 234// ~~ .. TO MCFARLANE FOR GEN. SCOWCROFT ZEM S E C R E F WH42496 TOSCO 234 STATE 158131 TOPOL 70 ZFF ANKARA ONLY E. 0. 11652: GDS TAGS: PFOR, CYD SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT NO. 13 1. TURKEY, GREECE ACCEPT CEASE-FIRE. TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT ANNOUNCED AT 0300 EDT JULY 22 THAT ANKARA HAD ACCEPTED THE PROPOSED CEASE-FIRE IN CYPRUS. HE PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES ON THE ISLAND AND DECLARED THAT IN THE FUTURE NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF CYPRIOT TURKS. ATHENS ~NOUNCED ITS ADHESION TO THE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT SHORTLY AFTER 0500 TODAY; UNDER SECRETARY SISCO HAD BEEN INFORMED ON JULY 21 BY ADMIRAL ARAPAKIS THAT GREECE WOULD CONFIRM THE CEASE-FIRE AS PR8MISED. 2. BRITISH PROPOSE VIENNA ME~TING. THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON INFORMED THE DEPARTMENT EARLY JULY 22 THAT THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN SENT TO BRITISH EMBASSIES IN ANKARA AND ATHENS FOR TRANS~ITTAL TO THE TURKISH AND GREEK FOREIGN MINISTRIES: " END OF PAGE 01 SECRET HJME, 4CCORDING TO ~ BRITISH NATO MILITARY OFFICIAL. THE GREEK AND TURKISH REPRESENTATIVES TRAD:£D ACCUSATIONS; THE GREEK ACCUSED TURKEY OF ESCALATING THE ACTION BY BOMBING NICOSIA AND OTHER CIVILIAN CENTERS AND STATED ATH£N5 COULD NO LONGER REMAIN INACTIVE. THE TURKISH REPRSSSNTATIVE CLAIMED THE GREEKS WERE PLANNING TO LAUNCH AN ATT~CK AGAINST THE TURKS A~D PROMISED RETALIATION TO "THE FULL EXTENT OF NNNN :SECRET' -tUNf IDENJIALJ IAV UZCZCSCS312 00 ',I]T£12 DE WTE 4903 2031608 0 221608Z JJl.l.. 7 4 FM ""'fHE SITUATION ROOM //TOSCO 235// TO ~CFARLANE FOR GEN. SCOWCROFT ZEM C 0 ~ f I D E N T I A ~ WH42497 TOSCO 235 ATHENS 4791 E.O. 1165Z: GDS TAGS: PINS GR SUBJ/ PUI3L IC RESTIVENESS AFTER CEASEF IRE ANNOUNCEM ~NT 1. Rm~ORS OF "C" CORPS RE3ELLION AND RETURN OF K.ARAMANLIS SOURCED PRI~CIPALLY FROM DEUTSCHE WELLE JULY 22 BROADCAST ARE CIRCULATING WIDELY IN CITY. SOME MOVEMENT OF MILITARY EQUIP!'1ENT, ~1.!\INLY TRUCKS, FUEL TANKERS, AND SO~E TANKS HAS ADDED TO ANXIETY. REPORTS FROM THESSALO:'-JIKI REPEAT RUMORS OF KARAMANLIS' RET~JRN AND "C'' CORPS DEFECTION, AND ONE WILD RUMOR THERE WENT SO FAR AS TO ALLEGE THAT ATHENS CONSTITUTION SQUARE IS IN FLAMES WHI8H IT IS NOT. RUMORS HAVE SELF-PERPETUATING EFFECT AS PUBLIC NERVES AND PSYCHE STRETCHED FOLLI'NlNG WEEKEND CYPRUS WAR. CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 11:30 A.M. LED TO A PRIORI REASONING FOR MANY THAT CERTAIN MILITARY ELEMENTS DISSATISFIED WITH CEASEFIRE WOULD MOVE AGAINST BRIG. GEN. IOA~NIDES AND NOVE~BER 25 REGIME. SOME ATHENS SHOPS CLOSED EARLY. O~E ACTIVE DUTY BRIGADIER GENERAL IN HELLENIC AIR FORCE CALLSD 7205 AIR BASE LEGAL COUNSELOR TO INFORM HIM THAT COUP HAD STARTED. 2. EM3ASSY VERIFICATION EFFORTS PRODUCE NEGATIVE FINDINGS AND THERE APPEARS NO ACTIVITY BEYO~D THAT CONSISTENT ~ITH M09ILIZATION WHICH IS STILL IN EFFECT. ATHENS IS TENSE AND STRAINSD FRm1 ACTIVITIES OF LAST FORTY-EIG~T H0!JRS. AIRPORT REr1AINS CLOSED WHICH KEEPS STRANDED LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS AND TRAVELERS. POLITICAL OFFICER ~HO DROVE THROUGH CITY AT 1600 FOUND EVERYTHING QUIET. TASCA 0274 4 9 0 3 //'~~:(~'~\ i~ ' <. ~.: ,·:·~':"f~ @~() )i; ~ ':' ..• "1> ~.'<''!?, "~·:..:·;· n. ,...... c .... ;;;;.~r :~ f}J~- "'''"'"'' i.-~.' , '-lj I /I I _ N\lNN IMPIZCZCSCS313 00 WTE12 DE ~TE 4909 2031652 0 221652Z JUL 74 FMTHE SITUATION ROOM //TOSCO 237// TO MCFARLANE FOR GEN. SCOWCROFT ZEM UNCLAS WH42498 TOSCO 237 ANKARA 5812 E.O. 11652: N/A TAGS: PFOR, TU, GR, CY SUBJECT: PRIMIN ECEVIT"S STATEMENT ON CEASEFIRE FOLLOt!IING IS STATEMENT DELIVERED BY TURKISH PRIMIN ECEVIT AT PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT FIVE P.M. LOCAL TIME IN ENGLISH AND TURKISH AND CARRIED OVER TURKISH RADIO AND TELEVISION: "THE RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR CEASEFIRE IN CYPRUS, TO THE UN CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE IN CYPRUS, THE CEASEFIRE IN CYPRUS WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS OF NOW. THE TURKISH MILITARY OPERATION THERE HAS REACHED ITS OBJECTIVES OF THREE DAYS. EFFECTIVE TURKISH PRESENCE ON THE ISLAND IS NO\~ IRREVOCABLY ESTABLISHED. THIS ~HLL CREATE NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR FOUNDING VIABLE AND FAR SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEr·l. WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE MUCH MORE THAN BEFORE TO SUCH SOLUTIONS. THE TASK BEFORE US NOW IS PEACE BUT SOME TIMES MAKING PEACE IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN MAKING WAR. I A~ AFRAID THIS \HLL BE THE C!\SE AS FAR AS PEACE IN CYPRUS IS CONCERNED. I AM NOT S4YING THIS BECAUSE OF THE HARD FEELINGS THAT MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND. WE SHALL DO OUR UTMOST TO HAVE SUCH FEELINGS BURIED IN THE PAST. I AM REFERRING TO CERTAIN PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES. THERE IS AT THE MOMENT A VOID OF AUTHORITY, POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN CYPRUS. l.VE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THOSE WHO HOLD OFFICE THERE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO RESPOND TO CALLS OF' PEACE AND CEASEFIRE. IF THE REPORTS WE HAVE JUST BEEN RECEIVING ARE TRUE, THERE MAY BE A VOID OF' POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN GREECE AS 11JELL. W'£ SH4LL OF COURSS TRY TO OVERCOME SUCH DIFFICULTIES AS BEST AS WE CAN. I HOPE THAT THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE OF THE PEOPLE 'HLL FILL SUCH VOID TO A GREAT EXTENT. WE ALSO RELY ON THE UN FOR STABILIZING THE SITUATION FOR ESTABLISHING REAL PEACE ON THE ISL~ND. I AM AFRAID THE UN PEACE FORCE ANYWHERE IN THE t.t!ORLD SOMETIMES REF AINS TOO MUCH FROM INVOLVEMENT. BUT I THINK THERE IS A REAL CALL FOR DUTY FOR THE UN PEACE FORCE IN CYPRUS TODAY. RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED GENOCIDE IS TAKING PLACE IN MANY CASES IN CYPRUS IN CERTAIN QUARTERS WHERE THE TURKS ARE IN A MINORITY AND HAVE NO PROTECTION PLACES LIKE F'AMAGUSTA, CHATOS, KOKKINA, PAPHOS. THIS IS GOING ON AND THUS FAR THE UNITED NATIONS HAS NOT INTERVENEfY(fc; A FE 1A1 ~1INUTES AGO !"!Y FIREND FORE! GN t1INISTER 1 ~· PROFESSOR GUNES HAS TELEPHONED TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL END OF PAGE 01 - FO T~E UNITED NATIONS WALDHEIM AND ASKED FOR HIS PERSONAL INTERVENTION AND I AM GRATEFUL TO SAY MR. WALDHEIM HAS SAID HE WILLHAVEKXGOSANE. THESE ARE THE MAIN DIFFICULTIES THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST, THAT WE WILL BE UP AGAI ST WHILE TRYING TO MAKE THE CEASEFIRE EFFECTIVE AND ESTABLISH PEACE IN CYPRUS. DURING OUR EFFORTS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE IMMEDIATE CRIS IN CYPRUS, WE HAVE RECEIVED COOPERATION FROM MANY COUNTRIES, WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE AND ALMOST CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OUR FIRENDS THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY HAVE CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONDITIONS FOR A CEASEFIRE • .,I AM .f\LSO OF COURSE GRATEFUL IN THE NAME OF THE TURKISH PEOPLE FOR THE PRO~PT INTEREST THAT THE UN AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN IN THIS MATTER. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE GRATITUDE OF THE TURKISH PEOPLE, TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY FOR THE GREAT SUCCESS THEY HAVE SHOt:JN IN THE CYPRUS OPERATION." MACDrlBER 0593 4909 NNNN ')\ NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034963 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL . ~National security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL ~Report DESCRIPTION re Cyprus Situation CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . 4 pages COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER 7 FOLDER TITLE . Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN 08/29/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • -tiONFIBENTIAt - FLASH DE RUEKJCS t96o8 203tt18 Z ·~ 718Z JUL 74 FM JCS - . INFO SE~STATE WASH OC WHITE HoUSE WASH DC CNO WASH DC CSA WASH OC z 22140ot JUL 74 ZFG FM USOAO/ATHENS GR TO OlA wASHOC USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GER. INFO COMNAVINTCOM WASHDC CtNCUSNAYEUR LONOQ~ ENG CINCUSAREUR HEIDELBERG GER CQMSIXTHFLT USNMR SHAPE BRUSSELS b50 Ml GP tZMtR TUR//REG III/ UjOAO NtCOSlA CYPRUS U$DAO ANKARA TURKEY O~RNSA FORT GEORG~ C. MEADE MD ~ Q W ~ I 0 E M T I A b NOFOREIGN OISSEMINATlON Oaob J~~ 74 DIA FOR Di~s; ECJ2~0/ECJ2-AIECJ2•R (USCINCUER VAlHINGEN) SUSJ: RUMORED COUP D•ETAT ATHENS (C/NFD) - 1: t.e'/Nc:O) OAO CANNOT FACTUALLY SUBSTANTIATE ATTEMPTED COUp: .OAO OBSERVERS HAVE-CHECKED OUT EACH LEAD AND HAVE COME-UP . NEGATIVe. 8ELIEVE SOTRY FROM GERMANY RADIO STATtON WHICH TA~KEO OF OISS~NTION IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN GReece AND-CENE~A( DAVOS · TAKE OV~R.IS BASIS OF SELF PERPETUATING RUMoR.~ PORTIO~ .· 0~ THE ATHeNS CIVIL POPULATION HAS TAKEN UP THE WAVE OF EMOTION AND THEy ARE ACtiNG TRUE To CHARACTER. IF FACTS PROVE OTHERwiSE AS OAY WEARS ON WE Wilt ADVISE. . GOS .ll oEC 80 . BT • • • • * • * • • .' . ..• .. KENNEOY;LL~-~SEN.T TO SC GONROENTIAU-·-- RECAllED PAGE 01 OF 01 TOR; 20:3/ i 7 i 23~. DT~~22i400Z JUL 74 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet WITHDRAWAL ID 034965 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL ~ational security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL <;Telegram DESCRIPTION re Cyprus CREATION DATE 07/22/1974 VOLUME . . 1 page COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID 033200179 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER 7 FOLDER TITLE . Cyprus Crisis (13) DATE WITHDRAWN . 08/30/2011 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST HJR • -& e e R e "f-. FLASH E$A432ATAi3b -SECRET- EXDlS 0€ RUQHaT f4612/1 203~250 Z 22Z235Z iU.L. 74 - FH~EMPAS~ ATHENS ;!'t~'1:~~t;_-~ TO SECSTATE WASHOC FLASH 4368 . ,!!0. .''.~~ / • . ;; ?,'l"'..:.'tlf1» .3/31 () tf aw" 1 Ln ,.:;, '!h. - .4f /I /II S E C R e T SECTION 1 OF 2 ATHENS 4812 .....,.-~. EXOJS E.o. 11652: GOS · TAGS-i PFOR' C~, TU, GR SUBJECTi CYPRUS~-GREEK CONCERNS REGARDING TURKISH FAI(Y~E TO OBSERVE CEASefiRE ·1~ A~TEt I HAD LEFT AIRPORT AND AS SECRETARY SISCO•S . PLANE HAD JUST TAXIED TO END OF RUNWAY PRIOR TO tAKEOFF URGENT CALL WAS RECEIVED FQOM PM'S OFFICE TO EFFSCT HE A~O FM WlSH~O TO MEET AGAIN WITH SISCo. PLANE WAS CALlED BACK AN~ 1 RETURNED TO AIRPORTN WHICH TIME SISco· SPOKE DTRECTLV WITH PM ON TELEPHONE. · 2: PM EXPRESSED DEEP GREEK CONCERN THAT TUR~S NOT OSSERVIMG CEASEFIRE1 WERE CONTINUING TO BRING lN NeW MATERIEl ANO REINFORMCEMENtS ANOWERE STILL BOMBING. SISCO EXPLAINED THAT GOG MUST EXPECT SOME INITIAL PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING CEASEFIE AND PROMISED PM THAT US WOULD 00 EVERYTHING IT COULD TO SEE THAT ALL CONCERNED OSSERVEn IT. HE TOLD PM t WOULD IMMEOIATELV_GET !N TOU~~ WITH ST+TE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER TO -SK FOR STA1yS· OF CEASEFIRE ANO ~NV INFORMATION WE MIGHT H~VE REGARDIN~ TURKISH VIOLATIONS. HE POINTED OUT RESPONSieiLtTIES OF UN FOR lHP(EMENTtNG AND SUPERVISING CEASEFIRE AND pROMISED HE WOUL~ PERSONALLY CALL SyG WALOHEIM TOMORROW HORNING. AFTER HtS REtURN TO WASHINGTON. HE ALSO GAVE PM HIS WASHINGTON TELEPHONE NUMBE~ ANO TOLD HIM TO CAL(.HIM DIRECTly AT ANY TIME. . 3~ I ALSO _SPOKE WITH PM BY TELEPHONE AND AT THlS REQUEST WENT TO THIS OFFICE FROM THE AIRPORT. BEFORE ~SAVING AIRBASE HOWEVER I TELEPHONED OPERATIONS CENTER TO CARRY OUT FIRST STEP $lSCO HAD PROMISED SO THAT I ~OULO HAVE ANy AOOJIIONAL INFORMATION I M~GHT * * * * + * * * + * * + + + * +WHSR COMMENT + + + t +· t • * • • • * • • ·* KENNEOY;Ll CSENT TO SCOWCRoFT) PAGE 01 DTG:Z2Z235Z JUL 74 SECREt EXDIS UsE tN MY CONVERSATION WITH PM. AS DEPARTMENT AWARE, t INOICAT~o HOPE THAT USUN CQULO.GIVE US DAILY REPORTS ON STATUS OF CEASEFIRE TO USE AS APPROPRIATE WITH G~G 4. PM A~D FM KYPREOS RECEIVED ME AND A/OCM IMMEOlATELV. AT OUTSET I E~PLAJNEO I HAD JUST TElEPHO~EO WASHJNGTO~ AND HAO BEEN INFORMED THAT SECRETARY HAD AlREADY EMPHASIZEO US CONCERN REGARDING NECESSITY FOR STRICT OBSERVANCE OF CEASEFIRE TO ONSYG. MOREOVER I HAO FOUND THAT ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUFFUM. WAS ON TELEPHONE TO AMBASSADOR MACOMBER IN ANKARA To tNST~UCT HIM TO IMPRESS UP TURKS ONCE AGAIN URGENCY OF F.Ull.IMPLEMENTATION OF CEASEFlRE~ I TOLD HIM AlSO THA~ EMBASSY WOULD BE RECEIVING CURRENT REPORTS FROM USU~ ON WAY {N ~HfCH.CEASEFIRE BEING I~PlEMENTED~ 5~ PM B~~AN BY EXPRESSING ~IS DEEP CONCERN AT PRESENT SITUATION. GOG WAS IN VERV DIFFICUlT POS!TION BECAUSE FROM US ASSURANCES tT HAD FIRST BELIEVED CEASEFIRE · COULD TAKE PLACE WITHIN TWF.NTY-FOOR HOURS; THEN !T . HAD SEE~ DeFERRED AND TIME SET FOR TWO P.M. ATHE~S TIME TOoAYJ ANO NOW AFTER CEASEFlRE WAS TO BEGIN AT FOUR P.M. IT STILl WAS NOT BEING OBSERYED. TURKS HAD TAKF.N AOVANATAGE OF Tl~E ON FiRST TWO OCCASIONS BUT NOW All MILITARY ACTtVtTY SHOULD STOP IMMEDIATELY AND COMPLETELY. ·oN CONTRARY AND BF.YONO I"• COMPREH~NSION WAS FACT THAT TURKS WERE STlL( ENGAGED .. IN BQMBtNG, BRINGING IN NEW MATERIEl AON IN HEAVY FIGHTINr, IN CERTAIN AREAS. I INTERJECTED THERE WERE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ANn THERE WERE BOUND TO BE SOME lNtiOENTS, BUT J THOUGHT WE MUST RECOGNIZE j CERTAIN PRACTICAl PROBLEMS IN G;TTING EVERYTHING . IN PERFECT OROER AT ONCE. PM RESPONDED THAT ttHELL IS PAVEn WXTH GOOD INTENTIONS" BUT HE DID NnT EVEN l CREDIT TURKS WITH THEM. TUo.KY WAS VIOLATING ITS PROMSIS~S AND GOG WAS ENTITLED TO ASK WHETHER, WHEN 'I ANO IF PARTIES SAT DOWN TOGETHER FOR OlSCUSSIONS.ANO l .TUR~S CONTINUED TO ACT IN THI~ WAY ANY RESU(TS I BOUOL B~. EXPECTED. HE RETURNEO TO POINT OF CONTI~UEO i TUR~lSk MILITARY ACTIVITY, THIS TIME MENTIONING USE OF TANKS AND EXPRESSEO HOP~ TURKS WOULD STOP f BUT WARNED THT IF THEY DIO NOT GREEKS WOULD EITHER l "~0 T~E~E WITH MATERIEL AND MEN OR TRY TO STOP THEM .,I By OUR OWN MSANS"• HE EMPHASIZED THAT "THER IS NO THIR~ CoURSE" AND SOMETHHING HAD TO BE DONE: I SAlO THERE WAS A T~lRO COUSE WHICH WAS AN AlL OUT EFFORT BY A~L 1 CQNCERNF.O TO MAKE THE UN SUPERVISION OF THE CEASE FIRE . ' E~FECTlvE. HE ASKEO WHO WILl CONVIENCE VOUNr.ER GREEK ~FF~CERS } ANO 6E ABLE TO TEL THEM THtNGS QEVELOPEO IN RlGH! l l I PAGE 02 TORJ203/oO:~ DTG~222Zl5Z JUl 74 l 1 ******* 5 e G ~ U\1\'l ...... s copy . I '.. - **SmREl EXDIS E c R E T •*•••••S COpy l , ' 1 'WAV IF SITUATION ON lSLANO CONTINUED AND WHAT COULD l BE SAID TO THEM. HE EMPHASiZED THAT GREEKS 010 NOT l RELY ON TURKISH PROMISES BUT ON WHAT SECRETARY KISSINGER l HAO SAio DIRECTLY TO THEM tN HIS TELEPHONE CALLS-AND l ON "H0Ni.!R AND STRENGTH 11 OF U.S. HE AGAIN SAID. THAT IF US COULD NOT STOP All tHIS TURKtSH MISCH~EF GOG. WQULO DO SOMETHING ELSE. I 8T ,. PAGE 03 OF 03 TORI203/Q0:03?. DTG:222235Z JUL 74 $ E G R E T I ••••••• *******~ COpy ******* -SECREt'- FLASH ESA421ATA13Z OE RUQM~T *4812 Z032237 Z 22223~Z JUl 74 FM AHEMRASSY ATHENS TQ SECStATE WASHOC FLASH 4369 & E e R E f SECTION 2 OF 2 ATHENS 4812 EXDtS 6. PM REPEATED THAT GOG WAS IN SERIOUS SITUATION• AFTER FOUR P.M. WHEN CEASEFIRE WENT INTO EFFECT !T AHO TO DRAW A LINE. ( VOLUNTEERED TO CHECK SITUATioN DlRECTLY WITH AMeRICAN AMBASSADOR IN N!COSIA AND TOLO. PM ANO FM THAT I KNEW pUR AMBASSAOnR IN NICOS~A WAS FOL~OWING SITUATION·CLoSELY. THEY INOICATEO THEY . WOULD lJKE TO KNOW HIS ASSeSSMENT OF SITUATION . AND AT MY SUGGESTION AGREEO TO PUT IN TELEPHONE CALL.·KyPREOS INTERJECTED THAT WHILE GOG PREPARED FOR TALKS IN GENEVA IT WAS GOING NOWHERE UNLESS CEASEFlRE EFFECTIVE. HE HAn TOLO FOREIGN SECRETARY CALLAGHAN PRECiSELY THIS WHEN lATTER HAD TELEPHO~EO HIM. l ~OLD HIM US WANTED ~OTH TO SEE CEASEPIRE FAiTHFV(lV I~PLEHENTEO ANO DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY WITH OBJECTIVE OF RESTOR1N6 PEACE IN CYPRUs: 7. PM SAID SITUATIONS MAY AE BEYOND INDIVIDUAL CONTROL# OBSERVING STUDENTs OF HISTORY FREQUENTLY MADE THlS POINT. ! RESPQNOFO THAT tHIS APPLIED TO HiSTORY BUT AS LONG AS WE WERE ALIVE WE MUST T~V TO MAKE THINGS WORK~ HIS A~SNER WAS THAT FACTS ARE FACTS AND THINGS CAN BE STRONGER THAN INDIViDUALS~ I REASSURF.O HIM THAT US REALtZEO HOW IMPORTANT CEASEFlRE WAS, EMPHASIZING UNUSUAL STEP l~VOLVEO US IN TAKING INITIATiVE TO BRING IT ABOUT. I SAID HE COU(O BE SURE US WOULD MAKE ALl OUT EFFORT TO INSURE lTS EFFECTiVENESS. I REMINDED HIM lT WAS A CEASEF.lRE IN PlACE IN AC~OROAN~E WITH SC RESOlUTtON AND THAT UNFYCIP WAS ALREADY '~. I. THERE1 EXPREIENCEO ANO FAM1LIAR WITH TERRAl~. e: PM ASSURED ME STRICT ORPERS HAD BEEN GIVEN GREEK MillTARY TO COMP(Y ONE HUNDREti PERCENT WITH * * * * * .* * * * * * • * + * +WHSR COMMENT * * * * * * * + + * * -• ·+ * -~ KENNEOV,LL (SENT TO SCOWCR~FT) RECALL EO -UGREt EXDlS Pstfi' ooosot PAGE 01 TOR:Z03/o0:05~ OTG:222235Z JVL 74 .SECRET i E C R ii T *******~ COpy AGREEMENT. IN THE FACE OF THJS TURKISH VtoLATtONS NOT ACCEPTABLE. HE ALSO RAISED QUESTION1 OF ALTE~NAJ!VE ACTION BUT OlD NoT KNOW WHAT FORM IT MIGHT TbKE. I RESPONDED THAT WE HAD TO RETURN TO REASON# PATIENCE WAS NEEOEo, ANO WE MUST EXPECT INITIAL.OIFFICVLTIES. HIS ANSWER WAS THAT IT TOOK TWO PARTIES TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND TURKS SIMPLY WERE NOt LIVING UP TO AGREEMENT: I INTERJECTED THAT OUF AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA HAD REPORTED TURKS WANTED CEAStFIRE TO SUCCEED AND AGAIN RETURNED TO POINT THAT ~ KNEW BOTH UN AND US WOULD aE MAKING GREAT E~FORT. IN ANKARA AND ON ISLAND WITH TURKS. 9. AT TwiS POINT IN CONVERSATION TELEPHONE Ckll To NICOSIA CAME THROUGH AND I REVIEWED SITUATION WITH AMBASSADOR DAVIES. JUST BEFORE THEN KVPREOS TA~KED WITH SA~PSON AND CYPRIOT ~~ WHO APPARENTLY CONFIRMED THAT CONSIDERABLE FIGHTING WAS STILL lN PROGRESS• AFTER I COMPLETED MY CONVERSATION l TOLD THEM . THAT AMAASSAOOR DAVIES HAD INDICATED SITUATION HAD BEEN DIFFICULT BUT WAS RELATIVELY QUIET AT TtME OF CALL ALTHOUGH. SOME FIGHTING WAS CONTINUING. l CONCLUDED T4AT WE MUST CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE CEASEFIRF. SUCCEOO, AGREED IT WAS NOT AN EASY. TASK BUT REPEATED WE MUST MAKE IT SUCCeED ANQ ' BELEIVEO HE WOULD BE ABLE TO 00 SO. lo. I TOLD PM HE SHOULD FEEl F.REE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AT ANY TIME. HE REMAiNED PESSEMISTICJ A~D I SENSED THAT A(THO~GH SOME OF HIS PESSIMISM WAS A REFLECTION OF FATIGUE ITS ROOTS WERE DEEP ANO HISTORICALLY BASED GREEK SUSPICir.N ANO MISTRUsT· OF TURKS: AS WE OEPA~TED ~ AGAJ~ ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO nO EVERYTHING WE COUlD WITH UN AND GOT TO MAKE CEASEFIRE WORK. ll• IN MY JUDGMENT WE FACE SOME VERY DIFFICUlT OAYS AND IT WILL BE ESSENTIAl FOR ME TO HAVE AS FULL lNFQRMATJON AS 1 CAN REGARDING EF~ORTS OF UN TO IMPLEMENT CEASEFlRE AND OUR OWN EFFORTS WITH TURKS TO SAME ENO. TASCA. 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N T I A t LIMITEO OFFICIAl USE USUN 2531 e~o~ 11652"f N/A TAGSi PFOR UN CV SUBJI rVPRUS lN sc: UNFICYP AUGMENTATION: REQUEST FOR 6lRLIFT OF FINNISH CONTINGENT REFi USUN Z532 1~ UN 1 S GEORGE LANSKy EARLY EVENING JULY 22 REQUESTED US PROVIDE AIRLIFT FROM HELSI~KI To CYPRUS FOR CONT!NGENTC OF 200 FINNISH TROOPS, AND PERSONAL GEAR1 ON ~EONESOAV' . JULV 24: FINNISH PARLIAMENTA~V APPROVAL ANTtCIPAfEo TUESDAy, WITH TRoOPS READY FOLLOWIN~ DAY~ PLAN WOULD BE TO FLY INTO NICOSIA AIRPORT IF POSSIBLEI OTHE~WISE WOULD USE ~ OHEKEll!. 2. LANSKY EXPLAINED THAT SWEDEN, CANADA AND UK• ALL . ALREADY APPROACHED BY UN, HAVE OlFFlCULTlES IN SUPPLYING LIFT BY WEDNESDAY ANO UN THEREFoRE POTTING REQUE~T TO US! 3~ IN VIEW OF UNFICVP DEFICIT ALREADY EXISTiNG• OF * + * + * + * + + + +· + + t + +WHSR COMMENT*+·*++***+*·* • + * * KENNENY,LL--SeNT TO SC~ RECAL\..EO PAGE 01 SECRf!b~oo2la~ orGJ~Z2324Z JUL 74 +++++++..C 0 +1. f t 0 E N T I A L*******S COPY l f l •• 1k_•. lft+t 9 ~·=BREtt HDIS A .._~···••S ~OPV 1 OESIP.ABtllTY· OF PRE-EMPTING SOVIETS ANO OF QTHER US ) INTERESTS INVOLVED~ RECOMMEND WE AGREE TO AIRLIFT GRATIS. 4. ACTioN REQUESTEOt RESPoNSE av MORN~NG JULV 23. BENNETT BT I I . ! 'l'4 I I ' t .~ I RECALL EO PSNtOOOt;l4 PAGE 02 OF 02 TOR:Z04/00itoZ. 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N890l 2040001 0 R ~2333Z ~ 74 FM SECSTATE WASHOC TO All NATO CAPITALS lMMEOIATE AMEMBASSV HELSINKI IHHEOtArE 0000 AKCONSUL ISTANBUL IMMEDIATE 0000 ANEHBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE 0000 AMEMBASsy NICOSIA IMMEOIATF. 0000 VSMISSIQN USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0000 USMlSSJoN NATO IMMEOIATE 0000 AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM IMMEDIATE 0000 l. AMEMBASSY VIENNA IMMEDIATE 0000 INFO USNMR S'"IAPE usoocosaurH EUCOM UNCLAS STATE 158901 E.o·. 11652: N/A TAGS"iPFnR, CY SUBJECT!PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY KISSINGER ON CYPRUS 1 SITUATinN JULY 22 ! FOLLOWING IS COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETA~Y'S PRESS ! CONFERENCE. SECRETARY KISSINGER: t THoUGHT 1 WOULD REVIEW FOR YOU THE EVENTS nF THE LAST 2b HOU~S TO TELl VOU WHFRE WE ARE AND WHAT IS LIKELY To HAPPfN NOw; AND TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS CONFINEn TO THE CYPRUS SITUATION, GREECE ANn TURKEY ON A SOMEWHAT INFORMAl BASIS. ON SATU~DAV IN SAN CLEMENTE I GAVF A REVIEW OF THE DIPLO MACY OF LAST WEEK; SO LET ME PICK IT U~ FROM SATYROAY: AFTER THE TURKISH LANOlNGt OUR EFFORTS WERE, FIR~T' TO PREVENT A GREEK-TURKISH WAR FROM ERUPTING; SECQNOLVI TO KEEP OPEN THE POSSIBiliTY OF A ETTLEMENT OF THE CYPRUS ISSUES ALONG CONSTITUTIONAL LINEs; AND * * * * * * * * * * * + + * + +wHSR COMMENT + * * * + * * + * * * * • * * JANKA RECALLED PSN:ooos54 PAGE 01 TOR;204/00:44Z OTG12223l3Z JUL 74 '\ \ u_•_l r - --· THIRDLY~ TO PREVENT A FURTHER INTr:;RNATIONALIZATION OF THE CoNFLICT. \OaVIOUSt.Yi THE PRIME NECESSITY ~OR THIS WAS TO BRING ASOUT . ;A CEASE~FIRE. WE OPERATED WITH GREAT INTENSITY, BOTH IN' ·ANKARA AND ATHENS. JOE SISCO WAS lN ATHENS WHEN THE . INVASION OCCURRED. AND WHEN THE TURKISH LANDINGS IN CYPRUS nCCURREO, HE SPENT SATURDAY MORNING IN ATHENS, AND THEN WENT BACK TO ANKARA. HE RECEIVED A TURKISH AGREF.MENT IN PRINCIPL~ TO A CEASE FIRE, WHICH HE THEN TOOK BACK To ATHENS -- AT WHiCH POINT ALL THE PARTIES OISCnVEREO THAT IT WAS EAS~ TO TELEPHONE WASHINGTON; AND WE WERE JN VERY INTENSIVE CON TACT WITH PRIME MINISTER EcEVIT, THE GREEK PRIME.MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER CALLAGHAN, THE FRENCH FOREiGN MINISTER AND TOWARDS THE ENO THE GEQMAN FOREIGN MINISTER.- OUR EFFnRT THROUGHOUT WAS THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE AFFECT~NG NATQ, A~FECTING WESTERN EUROPE, IN WHICH WE SHOULD WORK IN THE CLOSEST COOPERATION WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTlCU• LARLV WiTH GREAT 8RITAfNt ~HICH HAD A RELATIONSH!P AS O~E OF THE GUARANTORS OF THE ZliRICH AGREEMENT. THROUGHOUT THE PERtOQ, AS I POINTED OUT SATU~DAV, THERE HAS BEEN A COMPlETE UNANlMl IV AS TO 0~?-JECT I Ve: ANo--vE''Ry·· SUSSTANTI AL AGR~EMENT BETWEEN THE UNITfD KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES tN EVERY FACET OF T~E OlPLQMATlC PROCESS, AND A CQMPLET~ COOROINATION OF OUR EFFORTS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A VERY CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER IN HIS CAPACITY OF PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. AND IT WA~ IN THIS MANNER THAT WE PROCEEOEO. NOW I WnN'T GO THROUGH ALL THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OURlNG THE OAy, WHICH WERE PURSUED ON TWO TRACKS. THE UNITED STATES CONCENTRATED ON GETTING THE CEASE-FIRE; THE UNITEO KINGDOM CONCENT~ATEO ON GETTING THE NEGOTIAT•· lNG PROcESS STARTED AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE. THE ATTEMPT HAS BEE~ MADE TO GET A CEASE-F.lRE ESTABLISHED AND THEN HAVE TH~ UNITED KINGDOM INVITE GREECE ANO TURKEY TO A MEETING~ . THE DIFFICULTIES DURING THF. DAY AROSE BECAUSE, AS ALWAYS IN THESe CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATIONs, THERE WERE INF~NITE .. TECHNICAL DISPUTES -- FOR AT ONE POINT THE TURKS THOUGHT THAT A GREEK FLEET WAS APPROACHING CYPRUS -- ANO WERE RECALLED PSN£OOOc;54 PAGE 02 TOR:204/00t44Z OTG:222333Z JUL 74 ------·· ···-·· ···-·· h>o ... • -·· - - ... __ ···- -- ·--r--- --·--~------ RELUCTANT TO ~AkE A CEASE-~tRE WHILE THE GREEK FLEET WAS APPRQAC~ING CYPRUS. THE GREEKS DENIED THAT THERE WAS A GREEt< Ft~EET • TO DO ALL OF THIS ON TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEPHONE HAD MANY COMPlEXITIES. THERE WAS, IN FAtT, SOME DISPUTE ON ! MHETHER IT HIGHT BE A TURKISH f(EET. . 1. I. WON'T PURSUE THE COMPlEXITY OF MILITARY OPERAT. IONS IN A CONFUSED SITUATION. ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT "THIS 1 HAS DELAYED MATTERS SOMEWH4T. THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, THE TURKJSH PRIME MINISTER CALLED OVER HERE WITH A PROPOSAl THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT A CEASE• FIRE IN PRINc"tPLE PROVIDED THE GREEKS WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO ANY PLACE IN EU~OPE, AND THEN AT THAT PLACE T~EV WOULD NEGoTIATE THE MOOALITIES OF THE CEASE FIRE, A~JER WHICH THE CEASE-FIRE WOULD GO l~TO EFFECT. tACH ON~ OF THESE PHONE CALLS -- ANO A COMPLEX SERIES OF PHONE CALLS -- THEN INVOLVED SISCo IN ATHENS. AND tT WAS APPARENT THAT WE WEREN•T GOING Tn GET ANYWHERE Tt·ns.ON THIS BASIS BECAUSE THE GREEKs, PREDICTABLY' REJECTED ANO SO ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK Y~STEROAY AFTERNOON WE THOUGHT 1 IT MIGHT BE TIME TO COME UP WITH AN AMERICAN PROPOSAl ·-· ' AND TH~~EFORE, WE PROPOSED TO THE TURKISH PRIME MINISTER l THAT, A~TER CONSULTAT10N WITH FOREIGN MINISiER CALLAGHAN AND THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, WE PROPOSEn TO THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER THAT A CEASE-FIRE GO INTO ll EFFECT. WE GAVE THE TIME AT 1400 TQOAY GREENWlCH MEAN TIME, AND t THAT THtS SHOULD BE FOLLOW~O ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY NEGQTIAtJONS BETWEEN GREEC~ AND TURKEY1 UNDER UN!TEO \ KINGDOM AUSPICES. ·~ l THIS WAS SUPPORTED BV THE UNITED KINGDOM ANn BY FRANCE - ) AND FRANCE, IN TURN, WAS BACKED BY THE NINE~ TURKEY ACCEPTED THIS AROUND NINF. O'CLOCK LAST NI~HT -- OR EIGHT O•C(OCK LAST.NlGHT -- AND THEN WE HAD TO GET GREEK ACCEPTA..,CE. HAVING nBTAINEO GREEK ACCEPTANCE, THE PROBLEM WAS TO FINO A ~EANS BETWEEN TWO P4RTJES THAT HAVE NO GREAT CON FIDENCE IN EACH OTHER TO ACHIEVE A SIMULTAN~OUS ANNOUNCE~ RECAlLED ' PSN'ioooss4 PAGE 03 TOR!204/o0:44Z OTGI22l333Z auL 74 *******U N C L A S S 1 F I E D+******S COpy I \ I...____ _ ---- ***•+++U N C L A S S J F I E D•*+++++S COpy MENT SO THAT EACH PARTY WOUlD HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULO, IN FACT, BE MADE. AND THIS LED TO THE SOLUTION THAT WE WOULD MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE, AND AFTER THAT EACH PARTY WOULD I CONFIRM OUR ANNOUNCEMENT. 1 BUT THESE ARE THE MECHANICS OF HOW THE tEAS~-FlRE WAS I ACHIEVEo. THE PROBLEM NOW lS, "WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?« OUR .EXPeCTATION IS THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, HOPE FULLY Bv WEDNESDAY# PROBAB(V THF FOREIGN HlNlSTERS OF l GREECE AND TURKEY WILL MEET UNDER BRITISH AUSPICES IN GENEVA ANO THE~E TAL~$ CAN SETTLE THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGE~ENTS OF CYPRUS AND All OTHER ISSUES THAT STEM FROM RECENT EVENTS. AND WE BELIEVE, THEREFORE, THAT A RATHER COMPLICATED CRISIS WHICH HAD DANGERS OF'-TIIfTER• \ NATlQNA(IZATtON HAS BEEN OVERCOME. WE HAVE BE·EI'I IN JJW.CH W1TH THE SOVIET UNION THROUGHOUT; \ l AND WE eELtiVE THAT THERE wiLL BE NO COMPliCATioNS FROM \ THAT SloE. AND THESE EXCHANGES HAVE BEEN CONSTR9C~ I TtVE. So WE HOPE THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEK WE CAN MOVE THE SITUATION TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT Will BE ACCEPTABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS, WITH WHICH VOU•RE FAMil~AR1 THAT THfRE MAY BE A COUP IN GREECE AT THIS MOMENT. BUT WE HAVE VERY SKETCHY REPORiSt AND WE CAN 1 T FORM ANY CLEAR JUDGMENT AS TO THE COMPLEXION OF THE FORCES THAT MIGHT TAKE OVER THE GoVERNMENT. AND J'M NOT CON- FIR~ING THAT EITHER OFFICIALLY. wE•VE HAD NO OFFICIAL . WORO. WE HAVE HAO THE FRAGMENTARY REPORTS THAT YOU ALWAYS GeT AT THE BEGINNING OF A CRISIS. So THIS tS WHERE WE ARE. i'll BE GLAD TO ANSWER A FEW QUEST IO'>IS. Qi MR. SECRETARY, DID YOU THREATEN TO CUT QFF M'LITARY AtO TO ~OTH GREECE AND TUR~EY IN ORDER TO GFT THEM TO ACCEPT THE CEASE-FIRE? Ai i MAOE CLEAR ON SATURO~Y IN SAN CLEMENTE THAT NO WAR WOULD BE FOUGHT BETWEEN NATO ALLIES WITH AN OPEN AMERICAN SUPPLY LINE. SO THIS PUT A LIMIT TO THE ESCALATION THAT COULD BF. CONDUCTED. . AS TO THE OTHER STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN, THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC THREATS ~AOE. IT WAS VERY ClEAR THAT WE WOULD CONSJDE~ A CONTINUATION OF A MILITARY CONFRONTAT!ON RECALLED PSN:Q00554 PAGE 04 TOR:204/o0:44Z DTG:2223~3Z JUL 74 ***++++U N C L A S S I F l E D+*+++++S COPV ______....__. __ - .-- ... _--·-- .....-~- ,--r. r _,..------~- - BETWEEN NATO ALLIES AS A VfRV GRAVE MATTER. Qi MR. SECRETARY, 1 GET THE IMPRESSION THAT "CONSTI TUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTs,n A pHRASE WHICH HAS BEEN QSEO FREQUENTLY, tS A COOEWORO FOR SOMETHING ELSE. ODES IT MEAN A REVERSAL OF THE COUp WHICH TOOK PLACE A WEEK AGO AND THE REMOVAL OF MR. SAMPSON? Ai AT THE RISK OF AGAIN B~ING CRITICIZED 0~ TILTING, LEANING, OR OTHER AOJECTJVES1 WE BELIEVE CO~STITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INVOlVE A SOL!ITION WITHIN THE OBVIOUSLY CONSTITIJTIONA.t FRAMEWORK WI-!ICH EXISTED tN CYPRUS BEFORE THE COUp. ANO IT IS ONE 0~ THE SUBJECTS FOR NEGOTIATION AMONG T~E PA~TIES IN GENEVA. Qi MR. SECRETARY, COULD THAT INVOLVE A RETURN ·TO POWER OF ARCH~ISHOP MAKARIOS? Ai THAT IS CERTAINLy NOT eXCLUoEo. Qi WILt HE BE lN GENEVA? A: 1 Oo NOT BELIEVE HE WILL BE IN GENEVA IN THE FIRST I~STANCF. BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE FRAMEWORK OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE THE SAME-AS THE ONE THAT ESTABLISHED THE ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENTS. BUT I EXPECTt AS YOU KNow, TO SEE ARCHBISHOP MA~ARlOS THIS AFTERNOoN AND WILL GET THE BENEFIT Of HIS VIEWS. Oi HOW WELL tS THE CEASE-FIRE GOING? Ai WEL(, THE CEASE-~IRE BETWEEN ~ILITARV FORCES IS GolNG, APPARENTLY, VERY WELl• HOWEVER, THERE IS ALSO COMMUNAL FIGHTING GOING ON~ ANn THERE, IT IS, APPARENTLY, NOT HOLO[NG QUITE AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN IN URGENT CONTACT WITH THE SECRETARY GENERAL. I TALKED TO HIM t-.T SOME LENGTHS TH l S MORNING: ANO SECRETARY BUFFUM HAS ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH Hfk. AND I 1 VE ALSO TALKED To THE TURKISH PRIME MINISTEQ ON THE TELEPHONE THIS MORNING WITH A VIEW TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THE UN FORCES THERE TO ASSURE COMMUNAl PEACE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED OF THE COOPERATION OF All THE PARtiES. o: WHAT 00 YOU MEAN BY "CoMMUNAl FIGHTING 11 ; MR. 'SECRETARY! RECALLED PAGE 05 TOR:204/o0:44Z OTG:222333Z JUL 74 .· --.::---~~ *******U N C l A S S l F I E O***++++S COPY Ai COMMUNAL FIGHTING BETWEEN THE GREEK AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND AS OPPOSED TO THE CYPRIOT AND_ TURKISH_ MILITARY FORCES ON THE lSLANO. Q~ MR._SECRETARY, COULD YQU ADDRESS YOURSE(F IN MORE DETAtl -- I KNOW lT•s DIFFICULT ·-- TO THE GENEVA TALKS - WHAT TH~ MANDATE FOR THE TALKS WlLl INCLUOEj WILL THEY INt.LUQE, AS WEll AS A SETTLEMENT OF THE CURRENT CRISIS• TH£ LONGER-TER~ ISSUES WHICH HAVE BEEN VNDER OtSCUSSfON .FOR MANY YEARS BETWEEN THE TURKS ANO. THE GREEKS? A: WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A DOMESTIC UPH~AVAL IN GREErE AT THIS MOMENT, tT IS DIFFICULT Tn PREDICT WHAT EAcH PARTY tS PREPARED TO DISCUSS. MOREOVER, I THESE TALKS ARE BEING CONDUCTED U~DER BRITISH AUSPICES I AND, THEREFORE, THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LEADING ROLE lN IT. THE UNITED STATES VIEW WOULD BE THAT IN VIEW I OF RECENT EVENTS, ONE SHOULD GO TO THE ROOT OF THE l ISSUES AND ATTEMPT TO SETTLE ALL THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES AFFECTlwG GREECE ANO TURKEy, PARTICUlARLY A~ THEY BEAR I ON THE CYPRUS PROBLEM. ~ Oi MR. SECRETARY• YOU SAIO EAR(IER YOU OIDN 1 T -- YOU WERE I NQT CON~IRMING ANY COUP iN ATHENS OR ANY CHANGE ~N l :~VE:::ENT IN ~THENS? f \ o: BUT I ASSUME FROM YOUR SUBSEQUENT AND PREVIOYS REMARKS THAT YOU STILL EXPECT THAT ~4HATEVER EMERGES POll TTCAll Y OR OOESN 1 T EMERGE, THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETiNG IN GENEVA Wilt CONTiNUE. IN oTHER-WOROSt SOME GREEKS OF SOME SOPT WILL ATTEND. (lAUGHTER) Ai JOE SISCO IS ON THE WAv BACK, AND IT IS MY IMPRESSION THAT HE Will NOT SOON AGAIN VOLUNTEER FOR A MISSiON. (LAUGHTER) BUT~ BEFORE HE LEF.T, HE HAD SOME TALKS WITH G~EEK GoVERNMENTAl LEADERS; AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE ARRANGE~ENTS THAT WERE MADF LAST NIGHT WILL STICK/ THOUGH THERE MAY BE A DELA~ OF 24 HOURS lN fHE BEGINNING OF THE TALKS. i l THIS IS WHY l SAlO "PROBABLY ON WEDNESDAY'" BUT I THINK j :;ATW:::H:~B::A:::u::E::: ::R::~~-:~:: :~~LS::OM:::T:~NED, li GENEVA? 1 RECALL EO PAGE 06 TOR:204/00144Z DTG:2z2333Z JUL 74 ***++++U N C l A S S I F 1 E O+*t*t+tS COPV l--...-.------A: NO. I NEED HIH HERE NoW. i•M SENDING BILL BUFFUM, THE ASSiSTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL TO GENEvA, ORGANIZATIONS~ Q~ MR. SECRETARY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESToRING THINGS To THEI~ PRIOR STATE, WHAT WOULO YOU RECOMMEND BE DONE WITH THe FORCE OF 650 GREE¥. MILITARY OFFICERS ·- WHICH SEEMS To HAVE BEEN SUCH ~ CRIT~CAL ISSUE? A: WElt~ 1 THINK THIS IS AN iSSUE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SETTLED IN GENEVA BECAUSE IT HAD ONE CONNOTATION LAST WEEK ANn IT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT CONNOTATION IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT UNoER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THERE ARE LARGE TURKISH FORCES ON THE ISLAND. LET ME SAY, lNCIOENTALLV, THAT LAST WEEK THE OBSTACLE WAS NOT WHAT POSITION THE UNlTEO STATES MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE TA~EN ON THE 650 GREEK OF.FtCERS, BECAUSE WE WERE WILLING TO SUPPORT ANY SOLUTION lAST WEEK THAT COULD GAl~ THE CONSENSUS QF, SAy, TURKEY AND BRITAIN. THE DIFFICULTY WAS THAT A SERIES OF DEMANDS WERE HADE IN WHICH THIS WAS ONLY A SMALL PART THAT GREW UNACCEPTABLE AS BETWEEN TURKEY AND BRITAIN. AN01 THEREFORE' WE NEVER GOT TO THE ISSUE OF THE 650 OFFICERS. SO WHAT CoNCRETE POSITION WE WILL TAKE WILL DEPEND SOMEWHAT ON THE POSITION THE PARTIES TAKE. Q: WELL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR TROOPS ON BOTH SIDES TQ REMAiN BEHIND? Ai IT IS POSSIBLE FOR TROOPS OF BOTH SJDES.TO REMAIN BEHIND; IT IS POSSIBLE FOR TROOPS OF BOTH SIDES TO LEAVEJ IT IS POSSIBlE FOR TROOPS OF BOTH SloES TO BE SUSSTANTIALLY REDUCED. SO IT Is, AT THIS POINT, DIFFICULT To PREDICT WHAT THE PRECISE OUTCOME WILL ~E BECAUSe, OBVIOUStYI WHEN YOU HAVE SnME SIX-THOUSAND TURKISH TROOPS ON THE [SLANo, YOU 1 RE IN A-OI~FERENT SITUATION THAN YOU WERE lAsT WEEK, O! ARE YOU GOING TO USE --· !1, O'i" MR. SECRETARy, DOES--THE lJNlTED STATES HAVE A ON PART iT I ONT. ~--·· .. POSIT~ON ! Ai OUR POSITION IS THAT WF SUPPORT THE TERRITORIAL HJTEGR 1 TV AND S0 1te~·E t GNTY oF CYPRUS ANO, THEREFORE, THIS WOULD NnT BE AN-AMERICAN SoLUTioN; AND WE DON'T THINK THAT I RECALLED I PAGE 07 TOR:204/o0:44~ OTG:22l333Z JUt 74 I I I i l l ! -- -·-----~.--- II ***++•+U N C L A S S I F I E O*******S COpy By THE COUP IN CYPRUS, AND I SIMPLY WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO yOU l·ADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT OBVIOUSLY THE MAN MOST CONCERNED IN CYPRUS, ~AMELY ARCHBISHOP MAKARIQS ALSO WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE, SO THAT THE INFoRHAT!ON WAS NOT EXACTLY LYING ON THE STREET. LATE IN THE DAY YESTEROAY, IT BECAME APPARENT IN ATHENS THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN RESTIVENESS, SO THAT IN T~IS SENSE, wE WE~E AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEFK WERE NOT CONSIDERED UNANIMOUSLY IN ATHENS AS A COMPLETE SUCCESS. AND THIS GAV~ A PARTICULAR URGENCY To THE NEED TO BRING ABOUT A CE~SE·FIRE DURING THE NIGHT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE REASoNS WHY WE TOOK A RATHER ACTIVE ANO EVEN MORE ACTIVE ROLE TOWAROS THE END OF THE DAY. SO WE HAD SOME GENERAL INFORMATION. MARILYN: 1 1 Ll TAKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. Qi MR. SECRETARY, BEFORE THE TURKISH lNVASION1 DID THE UNITED STATES WARN THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT THAT IT WOULD LOSE Alo IF IT MOVED, MILITARY Aln? . A: NO, BUT WE MADE VERY CtEAR THAT.WE WERE VERY STRONGL~ OPPOSED TO MILITARY ACTION~ Oi MR. SECRETARY, WHAT ARF WE OOING ABOUT THE 31000 AMERICANS ON THE ISLAND? ARE THEY GOING TO BE TAKEN OUT? A: THE AMERICANS ARE BEINr, EVACUATED. I THINK --· Oi BY u.s. FORCES? A: BY AMERICAN HELICOPTERS. WE HAVE OFFER~D THE BRITISH THAT WE WOULO BE WILLING TO SEND tN A MARINE COMPANY TO THE BRITISH BASE IF THAT WoULD HELP THEM, IF THEIR FACI LITIES WERE OVERLOADED. I ODN'T RELIEVE THEY HAVE ACCEPTEn lT YET1 AND IT MAy NOT BE NECESSARy, BUT AMER CAN HELiCO~TERS WILL TAKE THEM OFF THE BRITISH BASE, AND THEN lHF.RE IS AN ENCLAVE NEAR KVRENIA ABOUT WHICH WE HAVE NQW BEGUN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THEIR REMOVAL. I HIGHT ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE BeEN ASKED BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM IN THE EVACUATION OF SOME OF THEIR 1~0 CIVI~IANS IN NlScoSIA~ A SOVIET SHIP IS GOING INTO TH~ PORT -- 1 NEVER CAN REMEMBER THE NAME •• IN THE SQUTH OF CYPRUS, AND WE ARE COOPERATING WITH THE SOVIET UNION Tn BRING THIS ABOUT. LAST OUFSTlON. RECALLED PSNiooo;S4 PAGE 09 TOR:204/o0:44Z OTG:22Z3~3Z JUl 74 ...... - ...... -. - ' --.. ·-~- .. - THIS IS A LIKELY OUTCOME. BUT 4T THIS STAGF IT IS DIF FICULT FOR US TO WRITE THE SCENARIO OF A NEGOTIATION THAT HASN'T STARTED, HR, BINnER? Qj MR. KISSINGER, THERE WAS A R~PORT OF A JOINT BRITiSH u.s, NOTE TO THE GREEK AND TURKrSH GOVERNMENTS CALLING FOR A C~ASE-FtRE, A TOUGHLy WOROEO NOTE. A: THE EXACT SEQUENCE IS THAT I FIRST MAOE THE PROPOSAL . ON THE TELEPHONE TO PRIME MtNJSTER ECEVIT AROUND 6 O'CLOCK, U,S, TI~e, LAST NIGHT. AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE UNITeD STATES MADE A CONCRETE PROPOSAL IN W~ICH IT SAID SOMETHING OTHER THAN WE PRoPOSE A CEASE-FIRE. WE SAID WE PROPOSE A CEASE-FIRE AT THIS HOUR TO BE IMPLEMENTED JN I THIs MA.t.JNER. THIS WAS FOLLOWED UP BY A PRESIDENTIAL LETTER TO THE PRESIOE~TS OF GREECE ANO TURKEY, AND THIS IN TURN WAS B~CKED BY A BRITISH NOTE AND A COMMON MARKET NOTE. I t Betleve THAT SEVERAl OF THESE NoTes ARRIV~D AFTER THE j. PARTIES HAO AlREADY ACCEPTED THE CEASE-FIRE. BUT GIVEN I THE STAGGERED TIMING FOR FIRST AN AMERICAN ~NNOU~CEMENT ! AND THEN A CONFIRMATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BY GREECE I AND TURKEY' WE PERMITTED THESE NOTES THAT DiD EXPRESS THE U~GENCY.EVERVONE FELT TO 8E DEliVERED BY AlL THE PARTIES -- BY All OUR FRIENDS AND OURSELVES -- SO THAT THE PART~ES KNEw THAT THtS WAS A MATTER THAT WAS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY JN THE UNitED STATES AND tN EUROPE' AND THAT THEAE WAS TOTAL UNANIMITY OF VIEW BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE U~ITEO STATES oN THIS ISSUE. Qi MR, SECRETARY, YOUR EXPECTATIONS THAT THE GE~EVA TALKS MAY IN FACT TAKE PLACE WITH ONLY A 24•HOUR SLIPPAGE WoUtO SEEM TO INDICATE THAT WHATEVER MAV OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING IN GREECE OlD NOT TAKE YOU BY COMPLETE SUR PRISE. A; IF t ANSWER THIS QUESTION, I GET INTO MAJOR DIFFICULT• lES, BECAUSE IF l SAy IT TnOK US BY COMPLETE SURPRISE• YOU Wilt SAY ntNTELLIGENCE FAJLURE.u ANO IF I SAY tT DiDN 1 T tAKE US BY COMPLETE SURPRISE, YOU WI(L SAY OTHER THINGS. CLAUGHTER) \ MAY I M~KE ONE GENERAL POlNT. 1 HAVE READ MANY LEARNED l ARTICLES DURING THE WEEK OF WHY WE WERE TAKEN BV SURPR~SE RECALLED PAGE 08 TOR.:204/Q0:44Z OTGS222333Z JUL 74 I *******U N C l A S S I F 1 E O***++++S COPV i I l r' l ' I .... -.-- _.. ,._.--··.-~ .-·· ------.. -·------.------ *******u N c L A s s 1 F t e O+******s COPv Q£ MRSeCRETARV1 WHAT IS OUR POLICY NOW ON RECOG~lTION OF GOVERNMENTS? ARE WE PREPARED To RECOGNIZE wHATEVER GOV• ERNMENT WILL COME TO POWER tN GREECE, IN CYPRUS? Ai HELL~ OUR BASIC POLICY IS To RECOGNIZE nE FACTO GOV• ERNMENT$. lN CYPRUS, IT IS A MoRE COMPLICATED P~OBLEHt BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENTS IN CYPRUS ALSO HAVE RESULTED. FROM CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT HAVE INTER NATIONAL SANCTION, AND THEREFORE WE ~OULD EXPECT THIS TO BE T~E SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATION AND NOT SIMPLY. BE OEC I OED · ON A OE FACTO BASIS. THANK V~U, VERY MUCH. KISSINGER BT RECALLED PAGE 10 OF 10 TOR:Z.04/00244Z .. - .. ·--·-- • /j /) "'t I () - cf'· ...... f. . fZZ RNR '26 SNAP'•••pYPRUS • ACCEPTANCE . ANkARA• JULY 22, REUTER •• TURKEY HAS ACCEPTEO'TH£ U.N. CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE IV CYPRUS WITH EFFECT FROM 10 AM EOT TODAY,TH.E STATE RADIO ANNOtlriCED. REUT£R 0403 . . . . . IZZ RNR 003 CYPRUS•ACC£PTANCE 2 ANKARA CRNR 52& ••• ANNOU~C£0) THE ANNQut#CEMEf:T WAS MADE SEVERAL. HOUR·s AFTER THE UNITED STATES HAD SAID THAT GREECE AND TURKEY HAD AGREED TO OBSERVE THE CEAS£FIR£ CALLED FOR BY THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL. · MORE 001~ ----· #ZZ RNR 004 . CYPRUS-ACCEPTANCE 3 ANKARAt . ~ STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER BULENT ECEVIT SAID TURKEY WA! A PEACE-LOVING NATION AND WAS ACCEPT'rNG TH£ CEASEFIRE CALL. HE SAID TURKISH FORCES WHICH INVADED THE ISLAND ON SA'l:URDI HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OPERATIONS. REUTER 0015 ...... ·: . . ,. .. .. . ,:.. .. - .. I . . . I .. .. .\ \ ... t·-·"' . ....• ... LP FSIS 6~·..,'' .. 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