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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit C/ 0*Jf-tsL J SJ I ETP UNATIONS . NEWYORK - UNFICYP 1117. GUYER/URQUHART FROM WECKMANN-MUNOZ. HEREWITH COMPLETE TEXT OF TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT DATED 18 JULY 1975. QUOTES WHEREAS THE PRESENT SITUATION IN CYPRUS, RESULTING FROM THE BITTER EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS AND GREEK CYPRIOTS HAVE GONE IK THE PAST, AND ITS CONTI- NUATION INDEFINITELY AS SUCH, LEAD INEVITABLY TO THE FURTHER ALIENATION AND SEPARATION OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES, IT WOULD SERVE THE COMMON INTERESTS OF BOTH NATIONAL COMMUNITIES TO INAUGURATE, WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, A DEGREE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONAL CQMMANITIES, AND TO MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF CYPRUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF THE ISLAND, .WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BI-REGIONAL FEDERAL STATE. THE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNI- /''. TIES, WHO SHALL HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND POWERS IN EVERY RESPECT, LIVING SIDE BY SIDE IN CLOSE COOPERATION ' WITHIN ONE FEDERAL STATE, NECESSARILY REQUIRES, AS A FIRST STEP, THE CREATION OF AW ATMOSPHERE OF CONFIDENCE AND MUTUAL TRUST, WHICH WOULD SERVE NOT ONLY THE WELL- -BEING AND PROSPERITY OF THE TURKISH CYP7UOT AND VREEK CYPRIOT ^COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE ENHANCEMENT OF PEACE IN THE REGION. : WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO THIS EFFECT, A JOINT DECLARATION BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN CORPORA! ING THEIR FORMAL AGREEMENT ON THE FOLLOWING BASIC PRINCIPLES, WILL PAVE THE WAY, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, FOR A JUST AND LASTING POLITICAL ^ "THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL UNDERTAKE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING BASIC PRINCIPLES: 1) THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY C" FOUNDED ON THE BASIS OF THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE AN INDEPENDENT, TERRITORIALLY IN- TEGRAL AND BI-REGIONAL FEDERAL STATE. THE TWO NATIONAL £ COMMUNITIES SHALL HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND POWERS IN ALL ,- SPHERES AND IN EVERY RESPECT. 2) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CYPRUS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BE UNITED WITH ANY OTHER STATE IN ANY FORM WHAT- SOEVER. 4. 3) THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, FOLLOWING A POLICY OF r NON-ALIGNMENT, SHALL TAKE PART AMONG THE NON-ALIGNED f STATES. A-) ALL NECESSARY MEASURES SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE ' ^ ISLAND OF CYPRUS FROM BECOMING INVOLVED, DIRECTLY OR ( INDIRECTLY, IN ANY ACTIVITY ENDANGERING THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE REGIOH. f 5) THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES SHALL BE FLLY FREE TO ' Ir- ( OBSERVE AND PROMOTE THEIR RESPECTIVE RELIGIONS, CULTURES . AND TRADITIONS IN A DEMOCRATIC MANNER. RELIGION SHALL BE C KEPT STRICTLY OUTSIDE THE SPHERE OF THE FEDERAL STATE. ( 6) ALL KINDS OF HOSTILE ACTIVITIES OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES AGAINST EACH OTHER IS THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA SHALL BE STRIC- (•• TLY PROHIBITED, WHILE INTERNALLY EVERY EFFORT SHALL BE MADE . TO ENHANCE THE CLIMATE OF PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPE- RATION BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES. 1 THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL, • SUBJECT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE, CARRY . . OUT THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION, COMMUNITIES: *~ ' THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT ^ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: < THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL, f SUBJECT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE, CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION, ?=Sffirl£AaH%£h«i&^^&'==TW.--iHiKE9Mt- COMMUNITIES: - THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT SHALL REGULATE AND CARRY OUT THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO FULLY SAFEGUARD THE FUNDA- MENTAL RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF BOTH NATIONAL COMMUNITIES. • - ''T THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A MIMISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION ABROAD OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS* THERE SHALL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, COMMUNICATIONS AND HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEALING, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, WITH AGREED MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST TO BOTH COMMUNITIES. AS A GENERAL RULE, OFFICIALS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT EXERCISING FUNCT IONS-WITHIN / •T ' THE TURKISH CYPRIOT OR THE GREEK CYPRIOT REGIONS SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE SAME NATIONAL COMMUNITY AS THE REGION •L % CONCERNED. - THE MINISTRIES SHALL BE DITIO TEDEQ EE"E DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWH BETWEEN THE - ~~""^ - "• TWO COMMUNITIES., A MINISTER AND HIS DEPUTY SHALL NOT BELONG TO THE SAME COMMUNITY. A MINISTER AND HIs'oEPUTY, IN CARRYING OUT THEIR FUNCTIONS, SHALL REMAIN IN CLOSE CONSUL- TATION AND COOPERATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND DECISIONS TAKEN - SHALL BE SIGNED BY THEM JOINTLY. MATTERS IN DISPUTE SHALL BE DECIDED JOINTLY BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ALL DECISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOWEVER, SHALL, IN ANY EVENT BE SIGNED BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ''- : ALL RESIDUAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, NOT EXPRESSLY GIVEN TO THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL CONTINUE TO BE EXERCISED BY TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPRIOT AUTHORI- ' TIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ALL THE MINISTRIES OF THE RESPECTIVE TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPR IOT ADMINISTRA- . — rTOt^^tt^-eOWtmffiH^f^WCT*^ ---- 0 G^^^ PRESIDENCY SHALL BE DECIDED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, TAKING FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES PURSUED IN ESTABLISHING A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT AND THE NECESSARY IMPLICATIONS RESULTING''THEREFROM, A JOINT SECRETARIAT, UNDER >H£ JOINT DIRECTION OF THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING SPEEDY RESULTS ON THE FUTURE CNSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! r v THE MATTERS RELATING TO THE POWERS AMD FUNCTIONS OF THE '~\ PRESIDENCY SHALL BE DECIDED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OFgHE TWO COMMUNITIES, TAKING FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES ^ PURSUED IN ESTABLISHING A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT AND THE NECESSARY IMPLICATIONS RESULTING THEREFROM. v ^ A JOINT SECRETARIAT, UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION OF THE , LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING SPEEDY RESULTS ON THE FUTURE CONSSTITUTION ^ OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, AND ON THE VARIOUS OUTSTANDING ^ SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES EXISTING BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE BOUNDARIES ^ BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS. THE JOINT SECRETARIAT SHALL ALSO 3E INSTRUMENTAL IN FOLLOWING UP AGREEMENTS REACHED BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES ON THE ABOVE MATTERS. THE JOINT SECRETAVIAT AND THE MINISTRIES ESTABLISHED UNDER ACCESSIBLE TO THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ^ r f ' • ...... ~ .i i c THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL JOINT GOVERNMENT SHALL E REVIEWED AND REVISED IK ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS £ OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS WHEN SUCH CONSTITUTION CO WES INTO BEING. C ALL THE EXPENSES OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL"" GOVERNMENT SHALL BE SHARED ON BASIS OF EQUALITY BY THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES. ' ' C : UNQUOTE. = c c '-f—^^t -fT?- £££.•£££. V,J- -^S-^5 S? *^ -T^^ -^tT c CO c COL: 1117 18 1975. .._- c PLEASE READ CK AS GRS 970 (R) 970 TKS f - c^..^..., SY 41 P NICOSIA 193 18 1922Z: i mtrc'C' UHAT IONS C MCWYORK. CUYER/URQUHART/AKATANI/POWELL/GALINOVICH/HO/CHAE>iG/ROCHA C C C t-J"1 fe C UNFICYP 1119 MISC 31S. c° FROM YACOUB. "~ ^ C * PRIORITY. „. - C THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY GLAFCOS CLERIDES SOON AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE TURKISH PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSITIONAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; THE TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPOSALS FOR THE CREATION OF A TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS SENT TM ME AT 5'P.M. THIS AFTERNOON AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ARE , ' C TOTALL. Y UNACCEPTABL. iE AND CANNOT____— EVE—N FORM THE *-BASI— S i FOR NEGOTIATION. (^ " " """" THEY ARE AIMING AT THE ABOLITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS C. WHICH HAS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE OCCUPATION BY THE TURKISH FORCES OF 40 PERCENT OF THE TERRITORY. OF THE REPUBLIC. NO TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS POSSIBLE C - WHILST THE TURKISH MILITARY CONTINUE TO OCCUPY TERRITORY OF^THE REPUBLIC. FURTHERMORE, THE TURKISH PROPOSALS ARE SO DESIGNED AS TO PREJUDGE THE SOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM BY COMPELLING C THE GREEK CYPRJOT SIDE TO ACCEPT NOT ONLY THE PRINCIPLE OF A BI-REGIOMAL FEDERAL STATE BUT ALSO THE EQUAL REPRESENTATION CF THE TWO COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IGNORING C THE FACT THAT THE GREEK COMMUNITY CONSTITUTES 82 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF CYPRUS WHILE THE TURKISH COMMUNITY C CONSTITUTES ONLY 18 PERCENT . C ENDALL = C 1 OOLf 1113 318 5 P.M. 40 82 18 === TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION 1 TO THE UNITED NATIONS New York, July 8, 1975 ' Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I wish to draw your attention to a series of allegations by the Greek Cypriot Administration claiming that the Turkish ^'orces in Cyprus are in the midst of preparations for a further military action. It is evident that these false rumors are aimed at inciting the international public opinion against Turkey and the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. They also serve as a cover up for the recent large scale arms importations by the Greek Cypriots and the further reinforcement of the illegal Greek Cypriot National Guard, i.jhich is commanded by a foreign General aided-- iiy officers and men from a foreign country. The Turkish Forces in Cyprus which carry no aggressive intentions will continue to act in restraint in fulfilling their task' of maintaining the independence of Cyprus and safe- guarding the security of the Turkish Cypriot Community against; any hostile action initiated by the Greek Cypriots. I should be grateful if you could circulate this le-tter as a document of the Security Council. H. E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New York 1 (2) Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Permanent Representative (Loc K />- /K TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS t5 ^ ',-, */• 29 May 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 29 May 1975 addressed to you lay Mr. Nail Atalay, Acting Representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus . I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council . Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. /L Osman Olcay Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr. Kurt V/aldheim Secretary-rTeneral United Nations New York KIBR1S TURK TOPLUMU TEMSiLCJUGi 866 Second Avenue. 6th Floor . . New York, N.Y. 10017 (212)688-6141 OFFICE OF THE TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS 29 May 1975 •' '•- - -" ' . .! i ''-• •', . '•",-•• •;'•>• i '••"*. •••-.•-. .. ,'..-, Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 22 May 1975 addressed to you by H.E. Mr. Rauf R. Denktas,, President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Nail Atalay Acting Representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Rations New York -• '• OFFICE OF THE PRESIDE);? • TURKISH'FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS Ko. 1/614. Kicosia 22 Kay 1975 - Your Excellency, '••'• .':'•••>' • • ••'••'• • • I .have the honour* to inform you that, while efforts are being made, with Your Excellency's good offices, for the conti- j.:nuabion of intercoramunal talks recently efcartou &t Vienna with via'.view to finding a p^rmatiartt, juot And peaceful solution to the — Cyprus problem* tlu* Gr&ek Cypriofc side, their adruiniaeration and leadership - military and civilian alike- are continuiritf to follow a policy which will undoubtedly undermine Chose efforts, and create ar> atmosphere that; will wsajcen the prospects of an agreed ..solution through the medium of the intercommunal talks. In this connection I would liice to draw.Your Excellency's r attention to tho following activities of the Greek Cypriot leader- Ship and tho Creel: military authorities in Cyprus, n. •. (l) It is rccrettabls that; Archbishop Huicurios, posing aa " tha lawful head of stato of the Ropublic oi' Cyprus and purporting ..- to "represent and act for Cyprus as a whole, has recently attended the Commonwealth Conference ±n Jamaica, ;ha s deceived ": the Conference into supporting his unlawful H.E, Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-general ' ' "*~ "' • '••"••• . United Nations New York and unconstitutional government without an opportunity being given for the view-point of the Turkish Cypriot co-partners of the Republic to be heard. The biased approach adopted by the said Conference is encouraging the destructive activities of Archbishop Makarios and will .,'..;•- • • not be conducive to the attainment of a peaceful and permanent solution of the Cyprus problem. . . - . (1 enclose herewith for your information a copy of a letter which I have addressed on this subject to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat). (2) Whereas the refugee problem in Cyprus should be considered in the context of the United Nations resolutions on Cyprus as a whole, unfortunately the Greek Cypriot Administration continues to use the refugee problem (which is in fact common to both communities) as a " political tool against the Turkish side, and regards the return of the refugees to their homes as a pro-requisite to any solution of the Cyprus question. This attitude is manifested by a recent speech made by Mr. Tassos j^apadopoulos, as the Acting President of the Greek Cypriot Administration, in which it is stated that no political solution was possible to the Cyprus problem before all the refugees returned to thair homes. In view of the political and security implications involved • .•'"».•' in the return of the refugees to thoir homes at the present time, such statements constitute an irresponsible and unrealistic approach to the settlement of the Cyprus problem. (3) It has come to my knowledge tiirough local Greek Cypriot press reports, and in particular from "Apoyevmatini" and "ttahi" that \." , - . • the newly appointed Greek Commander of the Greek Cypriot National Guard General Kociinos during an. inspection of the Greek Cypriot National Guard Posts on the Nicosia green line, and while speaking to soldiers on duty, has pointed towards Kyrenia and said "You must never forget that ths boundaries of (Greek) Cyprus do not end here but stroch right up to tho sea (i.o., the Turkish controlled region of Cyprus). After this unprecedented and provocative statement it i was observed that the said soldiers had written provocative slogans ! i on the walls of their bunkers, such as, "Boundaries of (Greek) Cyprus j do not end here". Moreover, tho influential newspaper "Kahi" which it i incidentally is edited by the notorios Sarapaon, referring to the above A * i statement of General Kotninos ao very encouraging and most satisfactory, goes on to make the following provocative observation: ••'•--••-• "with our reorganized defences, Cyprus (i.s.jGreek Cypriote) will be rid of the invaders and will atrech ita boundaries " ' ' to Kyrenia, Xeroa and Famagusta." - I would like to lodge ray most emphatic protest and express my deepest anxiety at this kind of provocative statements and policy of the C-reok'Cypriot leadership and military authorities as indicated above, particularly since they are manifesting themselves at ths eve of the forthcoming Vienna talks. It is regrettable that at a tine when every effort is being made, with Your Excellency's good offices to find a permanent and peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem/ ths Greek Cypriot side is frustrating these efforts. Tho attitude of the Greek Cypriot authorities once nore leaves one to doubt the sincerity of the Greek Cypriot side and t?ae faith they have in the intercosimunal talks, It would be very much appreciated, Your Excellency, if this communication could be circulated to all the raetnbers of the Security Council as an official document. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. (Rauf B. Denktag) ;;. • ••-'- President "••-'• Turkish Federated State of Cyprus OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS Nicosia 22 May 1975 Your Excellency, ;•>..- . • • . - . Further to my latter dated 3rd April, 1975 regarding the Conference of Commonwealth Heads of State held in Jamaica, I would lika to inform you of the reaction of the Turkish Cypriot Community to the- final communique adopted by this Conference, - . We have noted with regret that the participants of the above conference have deemed it fit to consider the Cyprus question without hearing the view point of one of the partiea to the dispute, uataely the Turkish Cypriot Coramunity, at a forum in %*hich the representatives of this community have been deniad the opportunity to take part. It is also noted that the participants have failed to approach tha problsia impartially and have expressed solidarity with one of the parties to the dispute which atill unlawfully continues to pose as the "government" of Cyprus, As pointed out in ray earlier letter to you, there is at present no central authority composed of both the Turkish and Greek elements of the bi-national Cyprus Republic which can represent and act for Cyprus as a whole. Nor is there a head of state representing the whole of Cyprus. Accordingly, the fact remains that Archbishop Maicarios a Secretary-General . ••-.•• ;--<...' • .'•- . ,- •-...;• '••..••«•;•.-- ramonwealth Secretariat rlborough House ndon, s'.W.l ..../. and his administration can only represent tho Greek Cypriot Coraraunity. Furthermore, The Greek Cypriot Administration lias in any case no authority or Jurisdiction over the Turkish Cypriot controlled region of Cyprus. Tho existence of two separate administrations in Cyprus, each exercising control and authority *- • • ' " . over its respective geographical region, has been internationally . - • • •-.-..-' recognised by the Geneva Declaration of 30th July 1974 and sub- sequently by tha United Nations Organisation and this fact will continue to remain ao until an agreed solution is reached and a constitutional government formed. 1 must, however, brim? to your attention, and through yote to \ • • ! tho attention of all tho participants of the above conference, tho j strong indignation felt by sny cor&sunity, and particularly at the { relevant paragraphs of the final eoranunique relating to Cyprus, •' . , B I must further inform you that, having pronounced solidarity with ) the unlawful and unconstitutional "government" of Archbishop Kakarios, any action taken by the members of the Coaunonwealt^ on the Cyprus question will be most unacceptable to, and will not be binding on ray community, 1J^ is ir.de ed unfortunate that at a tirae when efforta are beirsjx if i ad a through the good offices of the United Nations Secretary-General to find a peaceful and permanent solution \. - • to tho Cyprus probleca through inter communal negotiations, this bia.sed attitude hes been adopted by tho Commonwealth Conference which will undoubtedly undermine those efforta and will adveraely affect tho continuation of intoroortmunal talks recently started at Vienna. • •) For our port, I would like to state that wo shall continue to support the intercorcmunal talks which are taking placo between tho • « e / « two Cypriot communities on the basis of equality and in accordance- with Resolution 3212 (XXIX) of the United I (Rauf P. president of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus BED:tab cc: SG \S BEU REG (2) 29 May 1975 My dear Ambassador, I would be most grateful if you could transmit urgently to Brussels the following personal message from me to Foreign Minister Caglayangil. With 3^ind regards, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheim His Excellency Mr. Osnian Olcay Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations 29 May 1975 Dear Mr. Minister, I should be most grateful for an indication of your own views on the forthcoming second round of the talks in Vienna between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus.which are due to commence on 5 June. There have been very considerable delays in the work of the Expert Committee on the Powers and Functions of the Central Government, which is to report to the second round of the talks in Vienna. These delays are associated with the hearing before the European Commission on Hximan Rights in Strasbourg. I myself mm confused as to the position of the Turkish side in regard to this second round of talks. In the last few days, Mr. Denktash has stated, first privately and then publicly, his doubts about holding the second round of talks at this time on the grounds that they will not produce results. He has also sraid that the report that he would go to Vienna on 4 June was premature because the Expert Committee on the Powers and Functions of the Central Government should complete its work before the second round of talks. As you may know, two of the Turkish members of the Expert Committee have not yet returned to Nicosia from Strasbourg. Since the prestige of the United Nations and of the Secretary-General are deeply involved in this matter, I should be most grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible whether, in your opinion, the second round of His Excellency Mr. Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey - 2 - talks should go ahead as planned on 5 June, or whether you share the view apparently held by Mr. Denktash that the meeting should foe postponed. Needless to say, I am ready to go to Vienna for the second round of talks, but it is essential for me to have a clarification of the positions of both sides before I leave New York early next week. Naturally, I would also welcome some indication that we can expect some degree of progress during the second round. I know that you are extremely preoccupied with your meetings in Brussels at the present time, but I should be most grateful for your answer as soon as possible in order to clarify my own thinking concerning the second round of talks in Vienna. With warm personal regards, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheim -& TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION D / * «* . * *?• ^ TO THE UNITED NATIONS L Q York, May 28, 1975 Excellency: ' In connection with the recent letter-publishing campaign in which the Greek Cypriots' Representative seems to be indulging, I have the honour to bring the following to Your Excellency's attention: The Greek Cypriots1 Representative seems to be unaware of the fact that while he is protesting at variable tones of language, on behalf of his "Government" about several 'actions of the Federated Turkish Cypriot State, official talks are being held betwsen the Representatives of this State and his own Administration in order to find solutions to all aspects of the Cyprus question. 'It is a strange and unusual conception of meaningful negotiations, perhaps acceptable by Greek-Cypriot standards, to engage in negotiating with all the appearances - or pretenses - of goodwill, whilst lodging elsewhere, in every conceivable international fora, campaigns clearly aimed at rendering any agreement impossible. Such double dealings in the past having been too dearly paid for by both communities in Cyprus, I feel compelled to draw attention to the nefarious nature of H. E. Dr. Kurt Waldhsira •A. Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New York (2) this present display on the part of the Greek Cypriots' Representative at this stage of the negotiations between the two Communities. I should be grateful if this letter could be circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Permanent Representative iric-r C- .^> ( TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS May 21, 1975 6>/T> Excellency: With reference to the last series of letters of the Representative of the Greek Cypriots, I have the honour to bring the following to your attention: None of the localities referred in these letters lie within the Greek controlled area of the Island and should not, therefore, be a matter of concern for the Administration of the Greek Cypriots. As for the reported "grave and increasing unrest among the population", this allegation can easily be dismissed by the same token. The majority living in these areas are Turkish Cypriots whose feelings could certainly not be expressed by Ambassador Rossides,in any forum. This right- was forfeited long ago when Greek troops were taking part in organized massacres of the Turkish Cypriots, the citizens of Cyprus, with the full connivance of the so-called H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New York, N.Y. 1001? (2) "Governmont"of Cyprus. This belated interest can only be a sign of the continued unrealistic stand of the Greek Cypriot Administration. As Ambassador Rossides seems interested in military activities in the Island, I am enclosing a partial list of the Greek Cypriot actions of the past few weeks. These activities can hardly be qualified as displays of good will and positive approach to the talks between the two communities, Mr. Rossides is apparently so concerned in maintaining. I should be grateful if you could circulate this letter as an official document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Permanent Representative 1. At 02:00 hours on 12 April National Guard opened fire towards the Turkish positions on the hill at GR WD Ij.6-81 in the area of Athienou. 2. Between 09:30 hours and 09:l|-5 hours on 12 April two bursts of three were fired towards the Turkish positions by National Guard in the north of Nicosia race course. 3. At 20:14.5 hours on iLj. April National Guard in the north of Ma rat-has a Dam, opened fire towards the Turkish positions. ]|. At 22:06 hours on Il\. April one shot was fired towards the Turkish side by National Guard in the north of Nicosia Central Prison. 5. At03:00 hours, 19:UO hours, 22:20 hours and 23:25 hours on April 16 four shots were fired on the Turkish positions one from each of the National Guard positions at grid references WD 320 929, WD 32l|2 92[|i|, WD 3318 9261 and WD 3168 9306 in Nicosia. 6. On 17 April at 11:00 hours a mortar shell and at 19:00 hours four rifle shots were fired on the •Lurkish positions from the National Guard positions at GR WD 891-814.3 in Lefka area. 7. At 20:20 hours, 21:14-5 hours, 22:20 hours and 22:25 hours on 17 April four shots were fired towards the Turkish • f o • side onefrom each of the National Guard positions at GR WD 3^4-15 9i|38 , WD 3^ 914-33, WD 3*4-15 9U19 and WD 314-15 9i;19 in Ommorphita - Kaimakli Area. 8. At 18:20 hours on 18 April about 20 shots were fired with machine-guns towards Vsrisha from the National Guard positions at GR WD 75-86 in Limnitis Area. 9. At 20:15 hours and 20:i|0 hours on 19 April two shots were fired towards the Turkish side one from each of the National Guard positions at GR WD 3318 9261 and WD 3*4.05 9*|19 in Nicosia . 10. On 20 April at 03:00 hours a burst of three and at 0*4.: 00 hours three rifle shots were fired towards the Turkish side from the National Guard- positions at GR WD 6114- 7*4-1 in Pyla Area . 11 o At 19:25 hours on 20 April four rifle shots were fired on the Turkish positions by National Guard at GR 17 D 813 in Pyroi Area. 12. At 20:10 hours on 21 April two shots were fir^d onto the air by National Guard at GR WD 3128 9337 in Nicosia. 13. At 20:30 hours and 23:15 hours on 21 April two shots were fired on the Turkish positions one from each of the National Guard positions at GR 1-7 D 3337 9271 and WD 3179 9299 in Nicosia. 1^.. At 13:15 hours on 22 April one shot was fired on the Turkish positions from the National Guard positions at GR WD 981 869 in Morphou Area. 15o On 26 April at 21:15 hours one shot was fired on the Turkish positions by National Guard at GR WD 3l].13 9i|23 in Omorphita Kaymakli Area, 16. On 27 April at 16:00 hours and 20:15> hours four shots were fired towards the Turkish side two from each of the National Guard positions at GR WD 3211]. 9301 and WD 3^-18 9^12 in Nicosia and Omorphita Kaymakli areas respectively. 17o On 1 May 20:ij.5 hours two shots were fired on the Turkish positions from the National Guard positions at GR WD 3333 926? in Nicosia. 18. On 9 May from 20:10 hours until 21:15 hours shots were fired intermittently on the Turkish positions at Kalokhorio and Acios Yeorytos by National Guard at Ayios Nikolaos (WD 89 8L|.) 19. On 10 Hay at 08:lj.£ hours one shot was fired into the air from the National Guard positions at GR WD 3179 9299 in Nicosia. Meeting in the Secretary-General's Office at 12.30 hours on Monday, 19 May 1975 Present: The Secretary-General Ambassador Papoulias Mr. Urquhart Ambassador Papoulias came to inform the Secretary-General of the conversations between Foreign Minister Bitsios and Foreign Minister Caglayangil in Rome. Mr. Caglayangil informed Mr. Bitsios that as regards Cyprus the internal reactions in Turkey were so strong that he himself could not bring forward concrete ideas on Cyprus. While the powers of the central Government could be discussed in Vienna, the structure of the new state should be discussed between Greece and Turkey. Mr. Bitsios had pointed out that there was some contra- diction in this position and observed that no discussion would be possible if the Turkish Foreign Minister had nothing to propose. He himself could not substitute for Mr. derides, but in order to have a dialogue there must be some proposals on the Turkish side. Mr. Caglayangil had said that Mr. Erbakan and Mr. Turkesh, on the Government side, and Mr. Ecevit for the Opposition believed that the Attila line should be maintained with some very secondary rectifications. At their second meeting, the Turkish Foreign Minister was more flexible and agreed to represent the Greek position to Ankara. Mr. Bitsios had said that he understood Mr. Caglayangil's difficulties, but as far as Greece was concerned, there were two indispensable positions for a final settlement: a) the return of the refugees; and b) a geographical arrangement that provided for the economic survival of the Greek Cypriots. Mr. Caglayangil promised to put this argument before the Turkish Government and the Opposition. - 2 - Mr. Bitsios had taken special care not to interfere with the Secretary-General's mission and had praised his efforts to find ways temporarily to relieve the refugee problem. Orig: SecGen S cc: REG BEU Prohaska Meeting in the Secretary-General's Office at 1700 hours on Friday, 16 May 1975 i 1 I Present: The Secretary-General Ambassador Olcay Mr. Tuzel and his replacement Mr. Urquhart In the course of a general review of the Cyprus problem, the Secretary-general requested Ambassador Olcay to convey to his Government the necessity of Turkey making some gestures in order to preserve the momentum of the Vienna talks and also to maintain the position of Mr. Clerides. The Secretary-General also raised the question of indications that the Turkish authorities had the intention of occupying certain houses in Varosha (UNFICYP 747 refers). He pointed out that such a development at this time could have very serious repercussions on efforts towards a settlement and requested Ambassador Olcay to ask his Government to use its influence so that such developments did not occur. Orig: SecGen/ cc: REG BED Prohaska UNITED NATIONS Distr c f* S t L URITY I L 12 May 1975 I 8— ORIGINAL: ENGLISH LETTER DATED 9 MAY 1975 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL I have the honour to enclose herewith a message dated 3 May 1975 » addressed to you by Dr. Necdet U'nel, Acting President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. I should be grateful if you could circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Osman OLCAY Permanent Representative 75-09832 S/11687 English Page 2 Letter dated 3 May 1975 from Dr. Ifecdet Uriel addressed to the Secretary-General There are approximately 11,000 Turkish Cypriote in the south who are living in fear of their lives and in misery as virtual prisoners in the hands of Greek Cypriots. These people, vho are mostly elderly and infirm or members of broken families, are being forcibly detained in the south as political pawns. They are yearning to cross to the north and regain their liberty, but they are unable to do so in the ordinary way owing to the restrictions imposed on their freedom of movement by the Greek Cypriot Administration in flagrant violation of all principl? of human rights. In order to prevent these people from crossing to the north, the Greek- Cypriot Administration has taken all sorts of restrictive measures, including the enactment of legislation making the transportation of Turkish Cypriots to the nortl a criminal offence punishable by heavy fines, imprisonment and/or the confiscation of the vehicles involved. There is no doubt that these measures, as well as the legislation in question, are in themselves glaring examples of inhuman discrimination against Turkish Cypriots living in the south. Greek authorities have also established check-points on all roads leading to the north and manned them with armed personnel with orders to shoot at any vehicle which fails to stop. I enclose extracts from the local Greek press showing evidence of such instances, as well as punishments inflicted on Greek drivers by the Greek Cypriot courts for transporting Turkish Cypriots to the north. These discriminatory, ultra vires and inhuman measures of the Greek Cypriot Administration are forcing Turkish Cypriots to pay exorbitant sums of money to Greek Cypriot taxi drivers and to risk their lives in order to be able to regain their liberty and join their families in the north. During the-last two or three months over 600 Turkish Cypriots tried to cross to the north but were intercepted by the Greek Cypriot police or the national guard and returned to their villages after lengthy interrogation and torture at Greek Cypriot police stations. On two occasions, the Greek Cypriot sentries at the check points fired at the vehicles causing in one instance the death of a four-month-old baby and the serious wounding of her mother. I heed hardly stress that this attitude of the Greek Cypriot Administration violates all norms of human decency and breeds hatred and enmity between the two communities. In the circumstances, I shall very much appreciate it, if Your Excellency will use your good offices for the removal of the discriminatory and inhuman restriction imposed on the freedom of movement of Turkish Cypriots living in the south so as to enable these unfortunate people freely to join their families in the north. I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will kindly have this communication circulated as a Security Council document. (Signed) Dr. Necdet UNEL Acting President Turkish Federated State of Cyprus S/11687 English Page 3 Extracts from local Greek press TURKS ROBBED A Greek Cypriot police bulletin, which appears in today's Greek Cypriot Press , says lU Turkish Cypriots travelling to Lefka in a vehicle owned by Michail of Prodromos were intercepted "by 3 masked and armed men near the village of Pomos and were robbed of their money, which totalled about 200 pounds. The Turkish Cypriots were ordered back to Paphos. Ten were returned to Polis; the other U were left near the village of Natiou when a police check-point came into sight. Greek Cypriot Press, 2k December 197^ GREEK CYPRIOT FINED Andreas Paraskevas has been fined 30 pounds and his driving licence suspended for 3 months for attempting to transport 2 Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north. Agon^, 25 December 197^ SMUGGLING OF TURKS New arrests of those aiding the Turks in crossing over to the north were made yesterday. One of those arrested is a national guardsman named Panikos Demetriou who connived at the crossing of Turks from the road-block in return for £20 bribery. Other persons arrested were Vassos Geormiou of Larnaca and Andreas and Hambos Gerghicu brothers of Oroklini village. These three men were caught as they were transporting 30 Turks, with their belongings, to the north for £1*00. £20 of this amount would be paid to the soldier at the road-block as bribery. Phileleftheros reports that the smuggling of Turks to the north has become an organized job. Greek Cypriot Press, 21 January 1975 A national guardsman, Panikos Demitriou and two brothers from Oriklini village (Andreas and Charalanbos Georghiou, as well as Vasos Georghiou of Larnaca) have been detained for transporting 30 Turkish Cypriots to the north. They had received 1*00 pounds, of which 20 would be paid to the national guardsman, as a bribe, at the check-point. Greek Cypriot Press, 28 February 1975 S/11687 English Page h TURKISH CHILD KILLED A Turkish "baby was killed, and his mother wounded when police opened fire on a Greek Cypriot car near Mazoto. They were being taken to the Turkish region. The driver of the car has escaped. Police who set up road-blocks on the saiae road stopped 3 Greek owned cars and arrested their owner-drivers for transporting 38 Turkish Cypriots from Mari village to the Turkish region. Greek Cypriot Press, 15 March 1975 TURKISH WOMAN DIES A Turkish Cypriot woman who was travelling on foot, together with her husband and 2 children, to the north, has fallen off a cliff and died near Kykkodrodisa area. Meanwhile, 2 "busloads of Turkish Cypriots were intercepted on the Palekhori-Klirou road by the police who had set up road-blocks. They were all travelling to the Turkish region from Limassol. They have been forced to return to Limassol. Agon, 21 March 1975 IMPRISONED Christofis Wicolaou, U8, of Limasol has been sentenced by the Larnaca District Court to 6 months"1 imprisonment for transporting Turks from the south to the north. He was caught on the Gidi-Larnaca road. Meanwhile 2 policemen have been arrested for questioning on a similar charge. Fileleftheros, 21 March 1975 A) Andreas Konstantinou and Christos Tuvas have been sentenced to 5 months' jail for transporting Turks to the north. Protromos Karvunyaris has been jailed for 3 months on a similar charge. Fagos claims that these men are new national guardsmen. B) Fagos reports that Andreas Costas of Larnaca has been imprisoned for 6'months for transporting Turks to the north. Asirmatos, 2h March 1975 S/11687 English. Page 5 ARREST FOR SMUGGLING TURKISH WOMEN A 26-year-old Limassol man has "been arrested "by the police at Limassol and will "be brought before the court today on charges of attempting to smuggle Turks into the Turkish-controlled region. Police said they intercepted the man's car at the Yermasoya road-block and found tvo Turkish women in a hiding place camouflaged under the driver's seat. The women said they had paid the driver £275, and another £177 would be paid by her son when they arrived in Nicosia. The driver has been arrested, and the Turkish women were sent back to their homes in Paphos. Cyprus Mail, 2 April 1975 SHOTS FIRED AT CAR IN NICOSIA National guardsmen near the Cyta round-about in Nicosia on the green line fired two shots at a car from which three Turkish Cypriot women alighted to walk into the Turkish-controlled region of Nicosia. The car sped towards the Pedieos bridge and disappeared. Cyprus Mail, 2 April 1975 JAIL FOR CARRYING TURKS Christakis Spyrou, a plumber, 27, of Pretori, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Limassol District Court for driving without third party insurance and for carrying on payment two Turkish Cypriots to Turkish-occupied areas. Cyprus Mail, 3 April 1975 DRIVER JAILED IN LARNACA The driver involved in the attempted smuggling of Turkish Cypriots from the south to the Turkish-held north last March, when a Turkish Cypriot woman injured and her child killed, was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment by the Larnaca District Court. He was found guilty of illegal transport. Cyprus Mail, 6 April 1975 TURKS STONED Turks trying to cross from the south to the north in a bus were stoned at the Greek Cypriot village of Avlona, and their way was blocked by a tractor. However, they managed to escape. S/11687 English Page 6 Georghios Eleftheriou and Charambos Charalambo have been remanded in custody for 8 days for attempting to transport Turks to the north. Mahi, 15 April 1975 GREEKS JAILED FOR SMUGGLING TURKS TO HORTH Three Greek Cypriots have "been sent to jail by the Nicosia District Court for terms ranging from six to nine months and fined between them a total of £130 for acting in collusion among themselves for the smuggling of Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north. The accused were: George Eleftheriou (23), Charalambos loannou (26) and loannis Tryfonos (29)» all of Khandria village in the Limassol district. Cyprus Mail, 2k April 1975 Cc BEU/PMW c.c. SecGen ^ BED REG Cent. 9 May 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose a letter dated 9 May 1975 which I have addressed to His Excellency, Mr. Sabri Caglayangil, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. I should foe grateful if you would convey this letter to your Foreign Minister. Please accept, your Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. ..t- Kurt Waldheim His Excellency Mr. Osman Olcay Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the Republic of Turkey to the United Nations 866 Second Avenue New York, H.Y. 10017 BEU/PMW c.c. SecGen BEU 1975 Dear Mr. Minister, I have now returned to United Nations Headquarters from the talks on Cyprus in Vienna. You will have seen the final communique which gives a summary of what we were able to achieve, and the next round of talks will be in early June. In this connexion, I am concerned at the fact that the plebiscite for the approval of the Constitution of the Turkish Federated State in Cyprus has been fixed for 18 May. It would be most unfortunate if this development were to have serious repercussions on the second round of talks in Vienna, not to mention, of course, possible adverse repercussions on the relations between Greece and Turkey. I would be most grateful, therefore, if you could find it possible to use your influence in securing an adjournment of the plebiscite to at least a date after the second round of negotiations in Vienna in early June. I believe that such a move would be helpful in the efforts to make progress in Cyprus, to which you yourself have .greatly contributed. With warmest personal regards, / [A Kurt Waldheim His Excellency Mr. Sabri Caglayangil Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ankara 'TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS """ " ' New York, May 9, 1975 Excellency: I have the honour to enclose herewith a .message dated May 3, 197£* addressed to you by Dr. Necdet Unel, Acting President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. I should be grateful if you could circulates this letter as an official document of the C>ourity / Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Permanent Representative H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations a; United Nations New York, N.Y. 1001? TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 3rd May, 1975 Your Excellency, < There are approximately 11,000 Turkish Cypriots in the south who are living as virtual prisoners in the hands of'Greek Gypriots in fear of their lives and in misery. These people who are mostly elderly and infirm or members of broken * families are being forcibly detained in the south as political pawns. They are yearning to cross to the north and regain their liberty but they are unable to do so in the ordinary way owing to the restrictions imposed on their freedom of movement by the Greek Cypriot Administration in flagrant vio- .' lation of all principles of human rights. In order to prevent these people from crossing to the north, the Greek Cypriot Administration has taken all sorts of restrictive measures including the enactment of legis- lation making the transportation of Turkish Cypriots to the north a criminal offence punishable by heavy fines, imprisonment and/or the confiscation of the vehicles involved. There is no doubt that these measures ?s well as the legislation in question are in themselves glaring examples of inhuman discrimination against Turkish Cypriots living in the south. Greek authorities have also established check points on all roads leading to the north and manned them with armed personnel with orders to shoot at any H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim ./. . Secretary-General United Nations Organization vehicle which fails to stop. I enclose extracts from the local Greek press showing evidence of such instances as < well as punishments inflicted on Greek drivers by the Greek Cypriot Courts for transporting Turkish Cypriots to the north. These discriminatory, ultra vires and inhuman measures of the Greek Cypriot Administration are forcing Turkish Cypriots to pay exorbitant sums of money to Greek Cypriot taxi drivers and to risk thsir lives in order to be able to regain their liberty and join their families in the north. .' During the last two or threg months over six hundred Turkish Cypriots tried to cross to the north but were intercepted by the Greek Cypriot police or the national guard and returned to their villages after lengthy interrogation and torture at Greek Cypriot police stations. On two occasions the Greek Cypriot sentries at the check points fired at the vehicles causing in one instance the death of a four-month old baby and seriously wounding of her mother. I need hardly stress that this attitude of the Greek Cypriot Administration violates all norms of human decency and breeds hatred and enmity between the two communities. In the circumstances, I shall very much appreciate if Your Excellency.-will use your good offices for the removal of the discriminatory and inhuman restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of Turkish Cypriots living in the south so as to enable these unfortunate people freely to join their families in the north. I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will kindly have this communication circulated as a Security Council document. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. (Dr. Necdet Unel) Acting President Turkish Federated State of Cyprus EXTRACTS FROM LOCAL GREEK" PtfSSS TURKS ROBBED A Greek Cypriot Police Bulletin, which appears in today^s Greek Cypriot Press, says llj. Turkish Cypriots travelling to Lefka in a vehicle owned by Michail of Prodromes were intercepted by 3 masked and armed men near the village of Ponios and were robbed of their money, which totalled about 200 pounds. The Turkish Cypriote were ordered back to Paphos. 10 were returned to Polis the other 1]- were left near the village of Katiou when a police checkpoint came into sight. •Greek Cypriot Press1 of 21). December, 1971+ GREEK CYPRIOT PINED Andreas Paraskevaa has been fined 30 pounds and his driving license suspended for 3 months for attempting to transport 2 Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north. 'Agon* of 2£ December 1971+ SMUGGLING OP TURKS Now, arrests of those aiding to the Turks in crossing oyer to the northt ware made yesterday. One of those arrested ia a national guardsman, named Panikos Dernatriou, who connived at tho crossing of Turks from the roadblock in return for L.20 bribery. Other persons arrested 4 were Vassos Georrciou of Larnaca and Andress and Hambos Gerghiou brothers of Oroklini village. These three men were caught as they were transporting 30 Turks with their belongings to the north for L.l|00, L.20 of this amount would be paid to the soldier at the roadblock as bribery. Phileleftheros reports that the smuggling of Turks to the north has become an organized job. •Greek Cypriot Press of 21 January, 1975 A national guardsiaan, Panikos Demitriou and two brothers from Oriklini village (Andreas and Charalanbos Georghiou-as well as Vasos Georghiou of Larnaca). hove been detained for transporting 30 Turkish Cypriots to the north. They had received lj.00 Pounds, of which 20 would .be paid to the national guarJsmsn, as a bribe, at the check-point. 'Greek Cypriot Press1 of 28 February, 1975 TURKISH CHILD KILLED < A Turkish baby was killed and his mothor wounded whan police opened firo on a Greek Cypriot car near Mazoto« They were beinp taken to the Turkish region. The driver of the car has escaped. Police who set up roadblocks on the same road stopped 3 Greek owned csrs and arrested their owner- drivers for transporting 38 Turkish Cypriots from Mari village to the Turkish region. 'Greek Cypriot Press' of 15 March, 1975 TURKISH WOMAN DISS A Turkish Cypriot woman who was travelling on foot, together with her husband and 2 children, to the north, has fallen off a cliff and died near Kykkodrodisa area. Meanwhile, 2 bus loads of Turkish Cypriots were intercepted on the Palekhori-Klirou road by the police who had set up road-blocks. They were all travelling Jo the Turkish region from Limassol* They have boon forced to return to Limassol, 'Agon1 of 21 March, 1975 IKPRIS01I3D Christofis Kicolaou , [4.8, of Limasol has been sentenced by the Larnaca District Court to 6 months imprisonment for transporting Turks from the south to the north. He was caught on the Gidi-Larnaca road, Meanwhile 2 policemen have been arrested for questioning on a similar charge. 'Fileleftheros' of 21 March, 1975 A) Andreas Konstantinou and Chriatos Tuvas have been sentenced to 5 months jail for transporting •''urks to the north. Protromos Karvunyaris 'has been Jailod for 3 months on a similar charge* Pagos claims that these men are new national guardsmen. B) Fagos reports that Andreas Costas of Larnaca has been imprisoned for 6 months for transporting '•'•'urks to the north. 'Asirnotos* of 2i^ March, 1975 ARREST FOR SMUGGLING TURKISH WOMEN < A 26 year old'Linassol man has beon arrested by the'police at ^ircassol and will bo brought before the court today on charges of attempting to snuggle Turks into the Turkish-controlled region. •' Police said they intercepted the man's car at the Yermasoya roadblock and found two Turkish women in a hiding place camouflaged under the driver's seat. The worsen said they had paid the driver L.275 and another L.177 would be paid by her son when they arrived in Nicosia, The driver has been arrested and the Turkish women were sent back to their homes-.in Paphos, •Cyprus Mail1 of 2 April, 1975 SHOTS FIRED AT CAR IN NICOSIA National guardsmen near the Cyta round-about in Nicosia on the green line, firod two shots at a car from which three Turkish Cypriot women alighted to walk into the Turkish controlled region of Nicosia, '•'•'he car sped towards the Pedieos bridge and disappeared. 'Cyprus Mail* of 2 April, 1975 JAIL FOR CARRYING TURKS < Christakis Spyrou, a plumber, 2?» of Pretori, was sentenced to six months imprisonment by'the Limassol District Court for driving without third party insurance and for carrying on payment two Turkish Cypriots to Turkish-occupied areas. 'Cyprus Mail1 of 3 April, 1975 DRIVER JAILED IN LARNACA The driver involved in the attempted smuggling of '-^'urkish Cypriots from the south to the Turkish held "north last March, when a Turkish Cypriot woman injured and her child killed, was sentenced to ton months imprisonment by the Larnaca District Court. He was found guilty of illegal transport. 'Cyprus Mail1 of 6 April, 1975 TURKS STONED < Turks trying .to cross from the south to the north in a-bus -were stoned at the Greek Cypriot village of, Avlona 'and thoir way v;as blocked by a tractor. However, they managed to escape. Georghios ^leftheriou and bharanbos Gharalambo have been remanded in custody for 8 dsya for attempting to transport ^'urks to the north. 'Mahi' of 15 April, 1975 / GREEKS JAILED FOR SMUGGLI.NF TURKS TO NORTH Three Greek Cypriots have been sent to jail by the Nicosia District Court for terms ranging from six to nine months and fined between them a total of L.130 for acting in collusion among themselves for the smuggling of Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north. The accused were: Georgo ^leftheriou (23)> Charalarabos Jaznnou (26) and loannis Tryfonos (29) > all of Khandria village in the Liraassol District. 'Cyprus Mail* of 2k April, 1975 — .TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS New York, May 2, 1975 , l~l S Excellency: • Following the letters of Ambassador Zenon Rossides, the representative of the Greeks of Cyprus dated 25 April 1975 (S/11678) and 30 April 1975 (S/11681), I have the honour tv /••:.•'In?; tho f c.1 Icwine to ..your attention: Mr. Zenon Rossides, representing the Greek community of Cyprus in the United Nations, makes it a point to publish regularly letters aiming at further complicating an already difficult issue, namely the future of the Island State. At a time when the only true representatives of the two communities of Cyprus, implementing Security Council -Resolutions, are engaged in serious and,hopefully, fruitful negotiations in Vienna, I have tried to avoid the kind of sterile polemics which the Greek Cypriot representation to the United Nations seems to relish in, I will therefore continue, at this stage, to refrain from following Mr. Rossides' footpath and confine my remarks to a few points: H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 (2) a) In one of the letters forming part of the anti-Turkish campaign pursued by the Greek Cypriot »~ side -^campaign whose dangerous and nefarious effects may be seen in news iteny published by the local New York press concerning Mr. Rossides1 personal involvement in other anti-Turkish activities not related to Cyprus - he complained about Greek Cypriots being treated as "aliens" by the Federated Turkish Republic of Cyprus. In view of a decade $$/&s? old policy of his own administration denying not only citizens1 rights but the most elementary human rights to the Turkish co-founders of Cyprus, I would qualify our allegation as being a syndrome of transference upon others of one's own guilt complexes. The latest manifestation of how the Greek Cypriot administration sees its "Turkish compatriots" has been they sometime successful efforts deployed by Mr» Rossides to obtain that they should be denied entry visas to certain countries inhere they were afraid the Turkish Cypriot views may have been aired on the occasion of international diplomatic meetings attended solely by Greeks. b) In another of his letters the same representative protests against Turkish workersjright to go to Cyprus. In a country whose access to Greeks of any origin, kind or purpose was and is never questioned, where Greek (3) armies were theninvited guests" of Archbishop Makarios (viz. Security Council Records S/PV .1780 page 1?) it seems at least strange to object to the presence of Turkish workers - if this information of Mr, Rossides o be considered as reflecting a true situation, c) I am not aware of any complaint on the part of the authorities of the Federated Turkish Republic of Cyprus, the only legitimate administration of the area described in the last letter of the Greek Cypriot representative to the United Nations, regarding the overflights mentioned in that letter. I sincerely hope, that after more than a decade, the Greek Cypriot administration and its representative in the United Nations, would recognize the necessity, at long last, of not trying to disrupt intercommunal negotiations, each time a positive development seems to take place. I shall be grateful if you could circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council „ Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Permanent Representative o ffccu *• * le 1 raai Monsieur I'Ambassadeur, J'ai l*hoimeur de vous emroyer ci-^oint le tesrte d'un personnel que j'adfess© a Son Excellence Monsieur Gaglayangil, Ministre des Affaires Etrangares de Turquie» Je vous serais reoortnaissant do Men vouloir en. asstirer par cable chiffre la transmissioji a son destinatairs. f Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur l AjnT?a3Badeurt a 1'expression de ma consideration tres distinguee. Kurt Waldheim Son Monaieur Danis Tunaligil Amliassadsur de Turquie Vienna His Excellency Mr. Cabri Gaglayangil Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ankara, Turkey Dear Mr. Minister, With, reference to our telephone conversation of yesterday, I wish to thank you for your efforts in trying to help us to overcome some of the present difficulties in our negotiations here in Vienna. Mr. Denktash has presented to us this morning proposals concerning the Nicosia International Airport which I very much hope may provide the basis for an interim step forward in this regard. We had an extensive discussion of this proposal. Taking into account some reservations expressed by Mr. derides, I hope that the following proposal can be accepted by the Turkish side: Is— I (a) In the interim phase, the airport would be managed by r the United Nations and would be operated solely for United Nations purposes. (b) An international manager would be appointed by the Secretary-General in consultation with the leaders of the two communities. (c) Liaison Officers will be appointed by the two communities to assist the international manager. (d) An agreement would be signed by the military authorities on both sides undertaking to stay in their present positions around the airport and not to interfere in any way with aircraft landing or taking off from the airport. - 2 - (e) In the interim phase, the airport will be operated entirely by United Nations personnel. (f) A joint committee will be set up in Cyprus by the » leaders of the two communities to discuss the transfer of the airport from United Nations use to full civilian use. You will remember that I mentioned two other quootiono where I felt that some gesture should be made in order to maintain the momentum of the negotiations and to improve the psychological atmosphere. These related to the new city of Pamagusta (Varosha) and the possibility of some of the Greek Gypriot displaced persons returning to a group of villages along and to the south of the old Micosia-Famagusta road. These villages include Lysi, Kondea, Makrasyka, Kalopsidhar Athna and Akhyritou. I am fully aware of the preoccupations of the Turkish forces on security grounds. It would, however, be understood that the areas to which displaced persons would be allowed to return would be strictly neutralized. I feel that any gesture that could be made in relation to these two suggestions would not only greatly assist the negotiations but would also strengthen the position of Mr. Glerides, whose constructive attitude seems to me to be an essential element in any future negotiations. Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day of our talks. May I ask you in the interest of the continuation and successful future of the negotiating process, to do anything you can to make possible some gestures in the direction which I have indicated. - 3 - Thanking you in advance for everything you can do in this regard, I remain, with warm personal regards, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General Vienna, 2 May 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose under same cover the text of the message addressed to You by His Excellency Mr. Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil, Minister of Foreign Affairs. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. Danis Tunaligil Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary General of the United Nations Ankara, 2 May 1975 His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Mr. Secretary General, Thank You very much for Your message of 1st May and Your most constructive endeavours for the reconciliation of the views of the two Communities of Cyprus. In the first place I v/ould like to assure Your Excellency the Turkish Government has a positive attitude for the re-opening of the Nicosia International Airport for the exclusive use of the United Nations in accordance with Agreement to "be reached between the two Communities which will constitute the 'Federal State of Cyprus. However, it is our belief that for the realization of this objective, which will be also first step for the re-opening of Nicosia Airport to all international civilian airtraffic, both Communities should reach common views on the administration, operation and security of the Airport. - 2 - - 2 - ¥e believe that the proposals made by Mr. Denktas. on behalf of his Community to be a con- structive approach for the settlement of this issue. I fully share Your Excellency's views re- garding the continuation and success of the inter- communal talks \\rtiich has resumed under good-offices. I am confident that both Mr. Denktas and Mr, Glerides who are fully aware of the humanitarian aspects of the problem of the displaced persons will do their utmost for alliviating the suffering of both Communities, With warm personal regards, Yours sincerely Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil Minister of Foreign Affairs 773 le 1 raai 1975 Monsieur J*ai l*hacneiw de vous ®w&y®s ci-^oint 1© texts d*un message personnel qu® j*adre»as a Son Ssoellersco Hocsteur Csglayaagil, Ministry fes Affaires EtraM^res 4e furtjuie, Je was serais reoonaaissazrfc ^e bien vaulQir en par caTjio chiffs-e la trenstaissioa Is, soja destinatsire* Jo vows pri@ de cn>i:mf Monsieur l*A«sbagBGdetirt a l*esj>ression Kurt Waldheim Son Sxcollencs Dsnis* da Vienna, 2 May 1975 Your Excellency, . I have the honour to enclose under same cover the text of the message addressed to You by His Excellency Mr. Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil, Minister of Foreign Affairs. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. Danis Tunaligil Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Kurt \7aldheim Secretary General of the United Nations Ankara, 2 Kay 1975 His Excellency Dr. Kurt Ualdheim Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Mr. Secretary General, Thank You Very much for Your message of 1st May and Your most constructive endeavours for the reconciliation of the views of the tv/o Communities of Cyprus, In the first place I would like to assure Your Excellency the Turkish Government has a positive 'attitude for the re-opening of the Nicosia International Airport for the exclusive use of the United Nations in accordance with Agreement to "be reached "between the two Communities which will constitute the 'Federal State of Cyprus. However, it is our "belief that for the realisation of this objective, which will be also first step for the re-opening of Nicosia Airport to all international civilian airtraffic, both Communities should reach co.r.mon viev/s on the administration, operation and security of trie Airport. - 2 - - 2 - We "believe that the proposals made by Mr. : Denktas on "behalf of his Community to be a con- structive approach for the settlement of this issue. ' I fully share Your Excellency's views re- | garding the continuation and success of the inter- . ' communal talks which has resumed under good-offices I am confident that both Mr. Denktas and Mr. derides who are fully aware of the humanitarian aspects of the problem of the displaced persons will do their utmost for alliviating the suffering of both Communities* With warm personal regard-s, Yours sincerely Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency Mr. Cabri Caglayangil Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ankara, Turkey Dear Mr. Minister,. With reference to our telephone conversation of yesterday, I wish to thank you for your efforts in trying to help us to overcome some of the present difficulties in our negotiations here in Vienna. Mr. Denktash has presented to us this morning proposals concerning the Nicosia International Airport which I very much hope may provide the basis for an interim step forward in this regard. We had an extensive discussion of this proposal. Taking into account some reservations expressed by Mr. derides, I hope that the following proposal can be accepted by the Turkish side: (a) In the interim phase, the airport would be managed by the United Nations and would be operated solely for United Nations purposes. (b) An international manager would be appointed by the Secretary-General in consultation with the leaders of the two communities. (c) Liaison Officers will be appointed by the two communities to assist the international manager. (d) An agreement would be signed by the military authorities on both sides undertaking to stay in their present positions around the airport and not to interfere in any way' with aircraft landing or taking off from the airport. (e) In the interim phase, the airport will be operated entirely by United Nations personnel,, (f) A joint committee will be set up in Cyprus by the leaders of the two communities to discuss the transfer of the airport from United Nations use to full civilian use. You will remember that I mentioned two other questions where I felt that some gesture should be made in order to maintain the momentum of the negotiations and to improve the psychological atmosphere. These related to the new city of Famagusta (Varosha) and the possibility of some of the Greek Gypriot displaced persons returning to a group of villages along and to the south of the old Nicosia-Famagusta road. These villages include Lysi, Kondea, Makrasyka, Kalopsidha, Athna and Akhyritou. I am fully aware of the preoccupations of the Turkish forces on security grounds. It would, however, be understood that the areas to which displaced persons would be allowed to return would be strictly neutralized. I feel that any gesture that could be made in relation to these two suggestions would not only greatly assist the negotiations but would also strengthen the position of Mr0 derides, whose constructive attitude seems to me to be an essential element in any future negotiations. Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day of our talks. May I ask you in the interest of the continuation and successful future of the negotiating process, to do anything you can to make possible some gestures in the direction which I have indicated. Thanking you in advance for everything you can do in this regard, I remain, with warm personal regards, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General *' "- V .f 4r, f <• ; C SY 21 F NICOSIA 49 23 1203Z = l i C ETAT i C UNAT 10 as NEW YORK= • C UNFICYP 635 FIELDSERV. CYTSO iS3 SCHUMACHER FROti MILLS C UUU THAN AYE RETURNED FROM ANNUAL LEAVE AND HISS JOYCE ELKINGTGN C FROM HOME LEAVE BOTH ON 22 APRIL. REF FIELDSERV CABLE 47i? MR THAN AYE WILL TRAVEL ON UN FLIGHT 63 7 MAY Oft REASSIGNMENT C TO UNTSO= h5 c -^ rv :' c co COLS 635 183 22 472 S3 7 =- § L.O •P-* •-•• - cc: SecGen REG BEU BEU/MD 20 March 1975 Dear Ambassador Olcay, I should be grateful if you would transmit the enclosed letter to Foreign Minister Esenbel, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheim His Excellency Mr. Osman Olcay Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations 866 Second Avenue, 15th Floor New York, H.Y. 10017 cc: SecGen REG BEU BED/MD 20 March 1975 Dear Mr. Minister, As you know, I have been trying in the past few days to get agreement on the modalities of the negotiations called for by the Security Council in the resolution which it adopted on 12 March 1975. I feel that I should inform you personally of my concern at the delay in fixing an agreed time and place for the negotiations, and I would deeply appreciate anything you can do to assist in getting agreement as soon as possible. As you will recall, the President of the Security Council, after the adoption of the resolution, noted that it would be the most practical arrangement if the talks between the parties were normally to take place at the Headquarters of the United Nations. I believ© that the Greek Cypriot side is now ready not to insist on their previous position that the first meetings should foe held in New York, and would agree to meetings being held in Geneva or Paris, starting on the 21st of April. I should add that such an arrangement would also fit in well with ray own work programme. Geneva would be far the most convenient place in terms of my own work, since we have there all the necessary staff and communications with Headquarters in Mew York and missions in the field, with whom I have to remain in close contact. On 19 March Mr. Celik informed me of Mr. Denktash's views on the above proposal and mentioned, as an alternative, a meeting in Teheran from the 1st to the 6th of May. Of course, His Excellency Mr. Melih Ssenbel Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ankara, Turkey - 2 - I have not failed to convey this idea to the other side. However, I felt obliged to express my own doubts to Mr. Celik about the practical aspects of this venue from the point of view of my own work, and I also informed hira that, in any case, the dates proposed would not be possible for me due to prior commitments in Geneva in early May in relation to the Review Conference of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty. I have informed the Greek Cypriot side of Mr. Denktash's objection to Geneva or Paris and have raised with them once again some alternative possibilities in Europe. I very much hope that some compromise arrangement can be accepted by both sides in the near future as I am anxious that we should not lose too much time in embarking on the talks called for by the Security Council. I believe that the date of the 21st of April would provide sufficient time for "\ the necessary preparations on both sides, and we could decide, once the negotiations had started, how much time would be * necessary for this first round. As regards the venue, I have already informed you of my own preference. However, I am naturally prepared to consider any other solution which could command the acceptance of both sides, I should be most grateful to have your help in reaching the necessary preliminary agreement as soon as possible. With warm personal regards, Yours sincerely, Kurt Waldheira cc: SecGen BEU/MD 19 March 1975 Dear Ambassador Olcayr I should be grateful if you would trjarisrait the enclosed letter to Foreign Minister Esenbel, Yours sinderely, Kurt Waldheim His EKcellancy Mr. Osnian Olcay Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations 866 Second Avenue, 15th Floor Hew York, 1-I.Y. 10017 „ V> cc: SecGen REG BEU BEU/MD 19 Inarch 1975 Bear Mr. Minister, As you khow, I havefoe Kurt Waldheim His Excellency Mr. Melih Esenbel Minister for Forsign &££airs of the Republic of Turkey Ankara, Turkey / )Ui TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 28 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 17 ^ebruary 1975 addressed to you by HoE.Mr.Rauf R o Denk t a §, President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. Please accept Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay Ambassador Permanent Representative Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New *ork,N.Y.510017 - TURKISH FEDERATED STAT2 OP CYPRUS i No. 1/6^/20 17 February 1975 Your Excellency, I am once again compelled to address Your Excellency on the question of the representation of Cyprus at the United Nations. It has come to my knowledge that the Greek Cypriot Administration has sent a Greek Cypriot delegation, headed by Mr. Glafcos Clerides, purporting to represent "Cyprus as a whole" at the Security Council in the event of the Council meeting to discuss the Cyprus Problem. As Your Excellency is aware, the I960 Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus which is based on the Zurich and London Agreements " of February I960 between Turkey, Greece and Britain, provides for the establishment of a bi-national State in which the two founder communities, namely the Turkish and Greek communities, share in the independence, sovereignty and administration of the State. It is for this reason that the Constitution contains express and entrenched provisions for the participation of both communities in the adminis- tration of the State and in all its organs and at all levels. Ever since the Turkish Cypriot partners in the bi-national Republic of Cyprus were ousted from the Administration of the State by force of arms as from the 21st December 1963, the remaining His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York .. /. Greek Cypriot wing of the Administration could not have any constitutional or lawful existence on its own as the constitutional Government of the Republic of Cyprus. Article 1|6 of the I960 Constitution provides, inter alia, that the Council of Ministers, through which the executive power is ensured, shall be composed of seven Greek Ministers and three Turkish Ministers. It follows, therefore, that in the absence of the three Turkish Ministers the Greek Cypriot Council of Ministers has not, for this reason alone, been constituted and could not be regarded as functioning, since 21st December, 1963, as the "Council of Ministers of the Republic" in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Furthermore, apart from the absence of a constitutional Council of Ministers and a Government composed of both the Turkish and Greek elements of the bi-national State which could represent and act for the State as a whole, there has been no constitutional President of the Republic of Cyprus in any event since the coup d'etat of the 15th July, 197^4- which physically and effectively deposed the former President of the Republic. As is well known, on the 15th July, 197^1- a military coup was carried out by the Greek Cypriot National Guard under the command of Greek Army Officers. As this coup was effective vis-a-vis the former President, Archbishop Makarios, who was compelled to flee the Capital and subsequently the State altogether and who had to remain outside the State for over four months, he can no longer be regarded in law as being the President of the Republic. That Archbishop Makarios was effectively and finally deposed by the military coup is borne out by the fact that • * • / * - 3 - the Greek Cypriot Community, who under the Constitution had elected him as President in the first place, had acquiesced in the effective- ness of his deposition and proceeded to regard and acknowledge Mr. Glafcos derides- as the new substantive President for over four months, Mr. Clerides was continuously referred to by the Greek Cypriot Administration in all its official and public pronouncements as the "President of the Republic" right until the time of Archbishop Makarios' return became imminent, while continuing to refer to Mr. Clerides as "the President of the Republic", the Greek Cypriot Administration and Community started referring to Archbishop Makarios as "the elected President". A deposed President, whose deposition has been effectively recognized and acted upon by those who had elected him and who has been succeeded by a new President, cannot p resume office again without going through the process of re-election. 3 1B Archbishop Fakarios on his return appointed his new Council |] of Ministers composed, as has always been the case since December | 1963t entirely of Greek Cypriots. -Apart from the fact that a deposed President can no longer exercise constitutional powers, the appointment of such a "Council of Ministers" is in any event contrary to Article il_6 of the Constitution. Consequently all the decisions and acts of the Greek Cypriot Council of Ministers, including those relating to foreign affairs, cannot in any way bind the Republic of Cyprus as a whole and particularly the Turkish Cypriot Community. The Greek Cypriot Administration, which had usurped the Government machinery in December 1963, has for the last eleven years been posing as the "Government of Cyprus" and arbitrarily exercising this authority merely on the strength of the de facto superiority which • «••/« - k - it had acquired by the use of force. After the coup of l£th July 197l(. and the Turkish Peace Operation which follov/ed it in order to save the bi-national State of Cyprus, whose independence was in imminent danger of being destroyed by the organizers of the coup, this "de facto superiority" came to an end and two autonomous administrations, Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot, each exercising control and authority over its respective region, have come into being. This fact has been internationally recognized by the Geneva Declaration of the 30th July, 197ij.. Your Excellency will appreciate that, for the reasons given above, the Greek Cypriot delegation (which has been sent to New York by an Administration which under the I960 Constitution cannot represent the bi-national Republic of Cyprus and the purported head of which Administration was deposed last July) cannot under any circumstances conceivably represent the Republic of Cyprus as a whole and in particular the Turkish Cypriot Community. I shall be grateful if this communication is circulated as a Security Council document. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Rauf R. DEKKTA§ President Turkish Federated State of Cyprus TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS '? February 26,1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 18 February 1975 addressed to you by Mr.Huseyin M.Gu'ltekin,President of the Cyprus Turkish Farmers Union of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security GOTHIC 11. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr;Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of tho United Nations United Nations 18 February 1975 Your Excellency, Necessitated by the continued aim of Greek Cypriots to annex Cyprus with Greece (Enosis) which led to bloodshed and forced almost half of the Turkish Cypriots to evacuate their houses and villages and thus become refugees during the last eleven years, the Turkish Cypriot Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers decided unanimously to establish a Federated Turkish State in'the Cyprus Republic. My organization fully supported this unavoidable decision, which will safeguard the continuation of the independence and non- alignment of the Cyprus Republic and will pave the way for a negotiated peaceful settlement to the Cyprus problem. The Cyprus Turkish Farmers Union has never,recognized the Greek Cypriot Administration as a constitutional or legal government because of complete disrespect and disregard by this administration to the Constitution of the Cypriot Republic. In view of this, we urge you to cease recognition of or consideration of any application by the Greek Cypriot Administration. We strongJLy believe that the efforts manifested through the recent decision of the Turkish Cypriot Community as a step in the right direction in order to help solve the Cyprus problem peacefully and hope that you will use your good offices for the realization of an independent, sovereign and non-aligned bi-regional federal republic. His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Huseyin M. GUltekin Secretary-General . President, The Cyprus Turkish United Nations Organization Vblgnect; Farmers Union New York ,-*• '•A I I'.'" - •• J i I '.' / ^ i W~ TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION VI TO THE UNITED NATIONS February 26,1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 18 *ebruary 1975 addressed to you by Mr.Necati Ta§kin,General_Secretary of the Cyprus Turkish Trade Unions Federation of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurances of my highestr-c-qnsideration. Osman ulcay Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr.Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the Nations United Nations 18 February 1975 Your Excellency, Appropriate bodies of the Turkish Cypriot Community decided to establish the Federal Turkish State of the Cyprus Republic in the face of continued infringements of the rights of the Turkish Cypriot Community by the Greek Cypriot leadeship, under the guise of governmentship. The Turkish Community has been subjected to brutal armed attacks, economic pressure and discrimination for the last eleven years by the Greek Cypriot leadership as well as by Greece whose sole aim has been and is to annex Cyprus to Greece. The establishment of the Federal Turkish State is the only safeguard for an^independent and non-aligned Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriot labour movement has, in the past, repeatedly made it known that no legitimate government exists in Cyprus and the Makarios Administration has no legal or constitu- tional rights to represent Cyprus internally or abroad. Therefore, we would strongly object recognition and consideration of an application by the United Nations of the Greek Cypriot Administration as representing Cyprus Republic. His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York .../. Mr organization whole heartedly supported the establishment of the Federal Turkish State; the estaolishment of which, we believe, constitutes a positive step towards finding a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem on a bi-regional federal state. We strongly appeal to you to urge the Greek Cypriot leader- ship to abondon its irreconcilable attitude and to start negotiations in good faith with the Turkish Cypriot Community. (Signed) Necati Taskin General Secretary Cyprus Turkish Trade Unions Federation TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS February 26,1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 25 February 1975 addressed to you by Mr.Vedat A. •Qelik,Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. °sman Olcay Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr.Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations c c United Nations -• 25 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have been instructed by the President of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic, His Excellency Mr. R.R. Denkta§, to bring the following to Your Excellency's urgent attention: 1. The Greek Cypriot Administration still continues to prohibit the re-unification of divided families, including the transfer of children under 10 years of age to where their parents are living. Master Osman Kemal (7 years of age) and Master Okan Kemal (}± years of age) who are presently in Gb'kqebel (Anadyu) at Paphos in the South and are being prevented from joining their parents in Nicosia are only two of hundreds of similar cases. The Greek Cypriot Administration has informed the Red Cross officially that they will not allow such transfers, no matter how • deserving the cases may be. 2. There are also hundreds of mid-school and high-school students stranded in the South and deprived of schooling facilities. Permission is also refused to these students to go to the North and resume their studies. Furthermore, the Greek students in the North who are likewise without schools and teachers and who want to go South are not granted permission to do so by the Greek Cypriot Administration. His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York .. ./. _ p _ 3. The transfer of sick persons and pregnant women has likewise been stopped. Ij.. The Honourable Ahmet Aziz, member of the Constituent Assembly of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus Republic, and formerly a member of the Turkish Cypriot House of Representatives, and his family who are stranded in Paphos since July 197i(-, are still persistently being refused permission to come to Nicosia. It should be noted that Honourable A.Aziz, who is also a retired school master, is 70 years old. Efforts made by UNFIGYP and the Red Cross with regard to these cases have unfortunately failed to yield any positive results. The exploitation by the Greek Cypriot side, of these and similar humanitarian cases for political purposes is deplorable and should be discontinued without any further delay. Your Excellency's good offices for the urgent solution of these pressing humanitarian problems will be very much appreciated. I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will kindly circulate this letter as a Security Council document. Vedat A. (Jelik Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic S:c \ cif . ^CI M '• TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ew February 2i}., 1975 Excellency: I have the honour t© enclose herewith a messag® dated February 22, 1975* by H,E. Mr. Melih Bsenbal, the Minister ©f Foreign Affairs ®f Turkey, addressed t® you in reply t® y©ur letter ©f February 21, 1975* Please accept, Excellency, the assurances ®f my highest consideratian* Osmaia 01 cay Permanent Ret esentatir© H«E* BP. Kurt Waldheiia Secretary-General United Nations HEM.YORK •VCcf C€ 14 6 ft Inkara,February 22,1975 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, I thank you for the personal measage transmitted to me through Ambassador Olcay and for the information about your talks in Athens with the Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. May I be allowed to say that I was very much impressed by your sincere efforts for the resumption of the intercommunal talks leading to a just and durable solution to the Cyprus problem.Bearing in mind your tireless and genuine endeavours for the achievement of this goal as well as the unanimous conviction of the member States of your organization that such a negotiated settlement could only be achieved by intercommunal talks,we have given urgent and favourable consideration to your proposals made to us in Ankara and I have cabled to you our reply in the affirmative on the 20th of February. Therefore,! would be less than candid if I failed to communicate to you my deep disappointment over the view of Mr. Karamanlis that he is " very doubtful of the value of continuing the discussion between Mr. derides and Mr. Denkta§". In a spirit of sincere desire,to find a just, durable and negotiated solution to the Cyprus problem,I cannot overemphasize the serious implications presented by this view of the Greek Prime Minister. On this point,! shall confine myself to saying that in any negotiating process,the representatives of the two communities should have a preponderant role in the political arrangement affecting their country.Having this in: mind,we agreed to Your Excellency's proposal to resume the talks between Mr. derides and Mr. Denktas, in Vienna with the participation ,of Greek and Turkish officials. ' >•——^^^sasssss^^^f *=W H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations New York -a- TJnder the circumstances,! believe, Mr. Secretary- General, that your efforts could most fruitfully be directed to secure the resumption of the inter communal talks undj&rtjhe — upon all interested parties by the General Assembly resolutions 3212 (XXIX) endorsed by the Security Council resolution 3&5 (1974). Now allow me to expound our views on three points raised by Mr. Karamanlis during the talks that you had with him in Athens. On the first point our position is very clear. As we have repeatedly and unequivocally stated on various occasions, Turkey has no intention whatsoever to resort to the partition of Cyprus. In fact, as a guarantor of the independence of the island Republic, she will strongly resist any efforts that may be made by others to partition the Is land. Turkey is ready to give iron-clad guarantees to this effect to Greece on a reciprocal basis. As regards the second point, Turkey believes that an indepen- dent .and federal Republic c o mop s ed_jpj ' t h^jtw^^ejfehnic " Fed.er a t ed States" is the only f eas ibie an3""\riaTxIer^^ *"*^STesg*ua1c>ding the true interests of both the Greek and Turkish Cypriots,at the same time those of Turkey and Greece and also the interests of all the other countries. On the third point, raised by Mr. Karamanlis,! wish to remind Your Excellency the statement of Mr. Ecevit, the former Prime Minister, to the effect thati wthe demarcation lanen • s .separatinJ_ • g thLI e Turkism s • hi andir *Gree k1 Cyprioi~fc«aSSifK?! '& ®Sa$^f zone^ s vst^F3Trovernment has also espoused this basic pr inc ip leT would concede that, although important, this is only one of the aspects connected with many others, which setting up a bi- zonal federal state encompasses. Consequently, it would not be only difficult but unrealistic to give any indication at this juncture as to the size of the Turkish Cypriot zone in Cyprus which would emerge during the process of negotiations to be reactivated. VWMM*SsKaM3;seB3^^ It is my earnest hope that in case the inter communal talks are resumed along the lines proposed by Your Excellency, and if the parties negotiate in a spirit of good faith and display genuine efforts for a just and equitable solution to the problem, the stage of meaningfu!w Ws l discussions of the boundaries can soon be r ea ch e d ****** ^^ s!^>«''«»"^=^^^w^^^>is^^^ __,. -3- At the final phase of the negotiations,Turkey and Greece could formally come in at a high-level of represen- tation, in order to iron-out the remaining difficulties and finalize the agreement including the question of boundaries. Before concluding,! respectfully would like to draw your attention to the superficial atmosphere of crisis generated by the Greeks during your visit to Athens in order to justify their request for convening the Security Council in extraordinary session,In this respect,! wish to remind Your Excellency our explanations in Ankara about the creation of the Turkish Cypriot Federated State,which should not be viewed as a threatening development either by the Greek Cypriots or the Greeks.In this connection,! wish to affirm that Turkey has no desire for territorial expansion in Cyprus, or elsewhere,and is ready and willing to do its utmost to help to find a just,durable and negotiated solution to the Cyprus problem. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, (Melih Esenbel) cc: SecGen REG (2) BEU BEU/MD 21 February 1975 PERSONAL Dear Mr. Minis ter, I was very grateful for the opportunity to ren@w our acquaintance, and I appreciated very much the full and fraak exchange of views with you and Priraa Minister Irnak charing a»y visit to Ankara. During our talks T undertook to maintain contact with you and to keep you informed of my own efforts to help in finding a way forward on the Cyprus problem. With this in saintl I wish to give you soiae account of my talks in Athens with Prisio Minister Kararaanlis and Foreign Minister Bitsios. The Prise Minister did not conceal from me his deep concern over the current situation in Cyprus, After I had informed him of my talks in Ankara, he gave me a very full account of his Government's position and his own views on the present state of affairs. Ha was vary doubtful of the value of continuing the discussions between Mr. Clerides and Mr. Denktash in the facs of what tho Greek Government regards as th© fait accompli of Mr. Deaktash's declaration. It was for this consideration that the Greek Government decided to look for another procedure and to resort to the Security Council. His Excellency Hr» Melih Esenbel Minister £or Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ankara, Turkey - 2 - In its deep concern, ov@r the present situation and its potentially very serious repercussions for peace and security in the region, X believe that th© Greek Goveriaaent attaches less importance to the exact procedures of negotiation than to the necessity of making substantial progress oa basic questions* In discussing the possibilities of sorae new approach to the negotiating process, I informed Priae Minister Karaiaanlis of our talks in this regard, and of your under- taking to give ia@ your considered reactions in the near future. 1 aid not fail to convey to Prine Minister Karamanlis the messages which Prime Minister Irsaak and you yourself had asked ise to convey concerning the dssire of Turkey to reach peaceful agreements with (Sreeos on autual problems, including Cyprus. 1 am convinced that this tUssire is shared by the Government of Greece, an«5 that Prisae Minister Kararsanlis personally v?ould be prepared to play a major role in this process provided conditions exist which would make this politically possible for him to do so. As I understand itf the main preoccupation of Prime Minister Kararaanlis would be to have, as a basis for a dialogue with the Turkish Government, a clarification of the Turkish position on three basic points? the acceptance of a federal structure for the future Cypriot State; the number of Turkish areas in that State? anci th«s siss of the Turkish gone in Cyprus. 1 believe that on the basis of a statement of the Turkish position on tbos© three points, Frirae Minister Karasaanlis would be prepared personally to enter into discussions in a reasonable and realistic way with a vi©&? to reaching an early settlement of the Cyprus probloia. Although I fully realise that the positions of Greece and Turkey with regardt to the future negotiating process ars far apart, I felt that I should inforia you personally of this suggestion of Prim© Minister Karaasanlis in the sam® spirit as I had informed hija of your own views. I cannot over- emphasise the gravity with which the Greek Government views the present situation and its potential future developments. I should like also to eisphasi&e jay own isaprsssion of the sincerity and realism of Prime Minister Karamanlis in his wish for an oarly settlsfflsat of the Cyprus problem, a wish which I know is shared by the Government of Turkey. It is in the hop© that this wish can b© made into a reality that I have taken the liberty of sanding you this personal message. With warm regards, sincerely, Kurt Waldheim V Ji« TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 20 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 12 February 1975 addressed to you by H.E.Mr.Rauf R.Denktas, in his capacity as Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus and the head of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter of .the President of the Federated Turkish State of the Cyprus Republic as a document of the Security Council. Please accept,Your Excellency,the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr.Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations cc: United Nations No. 1/61+/20 12th February 1975 Your Excellency, I v/ould like to refer to the letter dated 29th January 1975 which was addressed to Your Excellency by Mr. Zenon Rossides in which he wishes to register on behalf of "his government a most emphatic protest" against the alleged interference of Mr. Esenbel, the F9reign Minister of Turkey,with the intercommunal talks. While rejecting Mr. Rossides' allegations as grossly inaccurate, I would like to stress the fact that if by the term "Government" he means the de jure Government of the Republic of Cyprus, then he has acted ultra vires by addressing the above mentioned letter to Your Excellency because my consent on this matter as the Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus has not been obtained as required by the provisions of Articles JL|.9(d) and 57 of our Constitution. Mr. Rossides knows very well that the ' Greek Cypriot Administration which had usurped the Government machinery in' December 1963 has for the last eleven years been posing as the "Government of Cyprus" and arbitrarily exercising this authority in non-Turkish Cypriot Areas merely on the strength of the de facto superiority which it had acquired by the use of force. After the coup of 15th July 197I+ and the Turkish Peace Operation His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York t ' ~ /•<>+• - 2 - s X" which followed it in order to save the bi-communal State of Cyprus, whose independence was in imminent danger of being destroyed by the organizers of the coup, the "de facto superiority" which had enabled the Greek Cypriot Administration to pose as the "Government of Cyprus"in complete disregard of constitutional provisions, came to an end and two autonomous administrations each exercising control over a separate region of Cyprus has come into being. In this connection, I would also like to refer to Archbishop Makarios' recently appointed Council of Ministers and to place on record that apart from the fact that all the said Ministers are Greek Cypriots in contravention of Article lj.6 of the Constitution, their appointment is also unconstitutional on the ground that their instruments of appointment have not been signed also by the Vice-President of the Republic as required by the said Article lj.6. Consequently, the said Council of Ministers has not been lawfully and constitutionally appointed and all its decisions, including those on matters of foreign affairs, cannot in any way bind the Republic of Cyprus as a whole and particularly the Turkish Cypriot Administration. This Council is nothing but the executive body of the Greek Cypriot Administration and has no authority whatsoever over the Turks of Cyprus or in the Turkish region of Cyprus, Mr. Esenbel's statement to which Mr. Rossides referred in the second paragraph of his letter has not produced any negative effect upon the talks. In fact there was nothing new in the state- ment which could produce such an effect. The coup of the 15th July and the events that ensued it (i.e., acts of genocide committed by the Greek and Greek Cypriot armed elements against defenceless .../. - 3 - Turkish villages including the mass massacre of whole village populations, irrespective of age and sex and the inhuman treatment to which Turkish Cypriots living in the Greek controlled South are being subjected) had already proved beyond any shadow of doubt that a cantonal system of administration could not adequately safeguard the security of life and property of the Turkish Cypriot Community. This realistic stand of the Turkish Cypriot Community has been repeatedly stated by me since the breakdown of the Second Geneva Conference and long before Mr. Esenbel's recent statement to which Mr. Rossides has taken such exception. If there is any negative influence disruptive of the talks, it is emanating from Archbishop Makarios himself. His recent adverse criticism of the intercommunal talks and his frequent allusions to an all out struggle for "national restoration" and for"the survival of Cyprus Hellenism" are giving rise to serious misgivings on the Turkish Cypriot side. He has again resumed his previous mischievous and belligerent attitude which had impeded progress in the talks during the last seven years. Obviously he has not learned any lesson from his previous experiences. The disasters which he brought to the Turkish Cypriot Community as well as to his own Community have not produced any change in his intransigent attitude. A complete catastrophe has been avoided thanks to the Turkish Peace Operation to which Mr. Rossides has ungratefully referred to as "genocidal invasion" in his above mentioned letter. The whole world as well as Mr. Rossides know that the Turkish Peace Operation has not only r x - k - saved the independence and territorial integrity of Cyprus but restored democratic rule in Greece and ended internecine killings between Greek Cypriots in Cyprus. Mr. Rossides has also complained that Mr. Esenbel stated that the evacuation of 10,000 Turkish Cypriots to Turkey created "a new reality" and stressed that Greek Cypriots should now under- stand that "there is no possibility of turning the clock back". The hopes of "turning the clock back" were shattered with the Greek Cypriot onslaught of December 1963; but this had not bothered Greek Cypriots or Mr. Rossides because "turning the clock back" at that time meant the restoration of (the rights usurped from the Turkish Cypriot Community and the abondonment of ENDSIS which they could afford to do but did not. It is high time that the Greek Cypriot side realized that we would not agree to "turn the clock back" to 1961j.-7lj. periods unconstitutional order and give them the oppor- tunity to repeat their onslaught and genocidal acts against the Turkish Cypriot Community. We are convinced that the only way to achieve peaceful co-existence in Cyprus would be the establishment of a bi-regional federal state. Such federal set up will provide political equality and enable the two communities to co-operate in all fields in the best interests of Cyprus. Mr. Rossides' allegation that I had accepted a plan for the re-opening of the International Airport at Nicosia "worked out by the United Nations and United States officials" and that I had later withdrawn my acceptance following Mr. Esenbel's statement is completely untrue. Negotiations on this matter are still continuing X -5. - and the Turkish Cypriot side is showing every goodwill in this respect. I shall be grateful if this communication is circulated as a Security Council document. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Rauf R. Denktas, Vice-President Republic of Cyprus PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 20 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 20 February 1975 addressed to you by Mr.Vedat A, Qelik,Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. Please accept,Your Excellency,the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Olcay i Ambassador / Permanent Representative H.E.DroKurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations New York 20 February 1975 Your Excellency, I would like to refer to the letter dated 10 February 1975* addressed to you by Mr. Rossides, the Greek Cypriot Representative to the United Nations, which was circulated as Security Council Document S/11619 of 12 February 1975 in connection with the commence- ment of air service to the Turkish Cypriot controlled region of Cyprus in the North and to state the following: After the coup d'etat of 15th July 1971+ and the Turkish Peace Operation which, followed in order to save the bi-communal State of Cyprus from destruction by EKOSISTS (i.e., those who are determined to unite Cyprus with Greece), the de facto superiority of the Greek Cypriot Administration which had enabled it to pose as the "Government of Cyprus" for the-.last eleven years came to an end and two autonomous administrations exercising control over two separate regions of Cyprus has come into being. This fact has been recognized by the Geneva Declaration of 30th July 197i| and endorsed by the United Nations Organization. In the circumstances the establishment of an air service to the Turkish controlled region in the North is no concern of the Greek Cypriot Administration and the protest it has lodged with I.C.A.O. over this matter is ultravires and void ab initio. His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York ,-A Furthermore, in view of the restrictions imposed by the Greek Cypriot Administration on the freedom of movement of Turkish Cypriots, the latter are unable to travel abroad by air or by sea from ports situated in Greek Cypriot controlled region in the South. It is therefore imperative that Turkish Cypriots should be provided with this facility in the Turkish controlled region in the North. Hence the inauguration of the ERCAN airfield to provide travel facilities by air to the Turkish Cypriot community. I would like to take this opportunity to inform Your Excellency that the Greek Cypriot Administration has recently used the Approach Control in their region to interfere with the Turkish Cypriot Airlines flights by transmitting insults and misleading information to the Turkish Cypriot Airlines pilots and to place on record our strongest protestation against this action of the Greek Cypriot Administration which may give rise to accidents involving loss of innocent civilian lives. I trust Your-Excellency that you will use your good offices to ensure that the Greek Cypriot Administration ceases interfering with the navigational aid facilities used by the Turkish Cypriot Airlines flights. I shall be grateful if this communication is presented to the knowledge of all the Honourable Members of the Security Council by having it circulated as a Security Council document. - 3 - Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of highest consideration. my Vedat Ao Qelik Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic so- TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION •/ TO THE UNITED NATIONS 20 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 20 February 1975 addressed to you by Mr.Vedat A. Qelik,Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic. I should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. Please accept,Your Excellency,the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman Ambassador Permanent Representative H.E.Dr.Eurt Waldhelm Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations C (• C'- 6" New York y-s- / «-' / '•, -•.•/ -' / I- (. ' '"»••'!. '*'<' *t'V ll-*\ *•!•': frf £» / 20 February 1975 Your Excellency, I have been instructed by the President of the Federated Turkish Cypriot State of the Cyprus Republic to refer to the letter dated 31 January 1975 addressed to you by H.E. Ambassador Denis Carayannis, the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, which was circulated as Security Council document S/ll6lc£ of 31 January 1975 and to submit the following: Allegations to the effect that pressure is being exerted upon the Greek Cypriote in the Turkish controlled northern part of Cyprus in order to force them to request their transfer to the South are totally unfounded. These people have in fact opted to go to the South to join their relatives of their own accord, but are being prevented from doing so by the Greek Cypriot Administration without any legal or moral justification. Those of the families staying at the Dome Hotel in Kyrenia, who have been refused permission by the Greek Cypriot Administration to go to the South, have been allowed to do so by the Federated Turkish Cypriot State authorities, under their own responsibility. Some of these families have already gone to the South. It has been ascertained that some of those who are still staying at the Dome Hotel are members His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization New York .../. - 2 ~ / / . the underground organization EOKA. Detailed information regarding these cases has been given to Mr. Clerides by Mr. Denktas, during the closed meeting held on February 3, 1975. It should be noted that although the Greek Cypriot side has indefinately halted all transfers of people including those catagories which had been mutually agreed upon on humanitarian grounds, the Turkish Cypriot side is unilaterally doing its utmost to fulfill its promises. The allegation that "all Greek Cypriots, inhabitants of Agios Epiktitos village have been given 2l\. hours notice to abondon their homes and their village in order to make place for the Turkish Cypriots arriving from the British bases in Cyprus, to settle in .•their village" is also totally unfounded. The fact that these people are still residing in their village and none of them has been asked to abondon their homes, is enough to prove the falsity of the rumours,, I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will kindly circulate this letter as a Security Council document. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Vedat A. Qelik Representative of the Federated Turkish State of Cyprus Republic Meeting with Prime Minister Irmak Ankara, 1230 hours, 19 February 1975 Also present: Secretary-General Mr. Esenbel Mr. Bayak Mr. Weckmann Munoz Mr. Urquhart (This meeting was conducted in German, which the Prime Minister speaks perfectly, and darted from one subject to another; at one minute being devoted to the translation of Faust or reminiscences of Berlin, and at the next to the Cyprus situation.) Following is a summary of the main pointf s discussed. The Prime Minister asked the Secretary-General to transmit expressions of his friendship to Prime Minister Karamanlis, and to remind him of the legacy of Ataturk and Venizelos, under which problems between Greece and Turkey must be settled peacefully. The Se_cre; tary-Ge ne r a 1 explained the necessity for a new approach in the negotiations. Prime Minister Irmak said that his government wished Cyprus to remain united and independent. The Seer e tar y -General thought that opening Nicosia airport would be a useful first step towards a solution. Prime Minisjber Jlrmak agreed on an international neutral manager for the airport, working with one representative from each community and with the agreement of the two communities, with the equal participation of both on a board of governors under the chairmanship of the manager. If there were ever to be direct talks between Greece and Turkey, the Secretary-General thought that Turkish gestures would be essential, for example over the refugees. Prime Minister Irmak complained of a threat of war by the Greek Defence Minister, Mr. Averoff, and pointed out that Turkey was ready to negotiate the Aegean problem. The Secretary-General felt that three steps might be helpful 1. to get the negotiations out of Nicosia; 2. a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Greece and • Turkey; and 3. eventually a four-power meeting. The Prime_ Min_ist er said that Turkey would withdraw its troops from Cyprus when peace came. The Secretary-General said that a reduction of the Turkish area of occupatio— n was very important. f The P rime J'li n i s t e r said that there should be two zones in Cyprus and that cantonal arrangements would be very explosive. BEU/MD Orig: SecGen cc: REG BEU Mr. Weckmann Munoz POINTS FOK D GUIDBLJNHS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UN CONTROLLED BUFFER ZONE 1. AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE THE ESTABLISHMENT tip A BUFFER ZONB "" SHOULD BE BASED ON THE DE FACTO CONFRONTATION LINE AS DETERMINED _.T BY UNFICYP AND SHOULD BE WITHOUT PRsTuTJlCB TO A SUBSEQUENT LINE OF DEMARCATION TO B3 DETERMINED BY THE INTERESTED PARTIES THROUGH . NEGOTIATION. 2. IN AREAS OF CLOSE CONFRONTATION TUB BUFFER ZONE SHOULD 3£ CREATED 3Y TITS MUTUAL WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES BY BOTH SIDES ADVISED BY UHFIGYP. 3. UNFICYP WILL HAVE COMPLETE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WITHIN THE * BUFFER ZONE AND CAN ESTABLISH OPS OR -STANDING PATROLS IN ANY 'LOCATION A3 IT SEiiS FIT,, 4. BOTH SIU53 WILL AGREE THAT MILITARY PERSONNEL OF OPPOSING FORCES WILL NOT 3E PERMITTED TO ENT3R" THE BUFFER ZONE. 5. UNARMED CIVILIANS WHO HAVE REASON TO BE IN THE BUFFER ZONB, ' ' EITHER TO PLANT OR HARVEST CROPS OR TO TEND LIVESTOCK, MAY S:\TER •OR BE PRB32NT IN THE BUFFER ZONE FOR SUCH PURPOSES SUBJECT TO UNFICYP PERMISSION AND PERIODIC INSPECTION. 6. UNFICYP SHALE- HAVE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT/ACCESS TO THE BUFFER ZONE FROM UNFICYP CAMPS OR POSTS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE AHiiAS CONTROLLED 3Y EITHER SIDE. 7. IN THE EVENT THAT TOWNS OR VILLAGES ARE LOCATED IN THE BUFFER ZONE NO MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE PEKmJ.TTED IN SUCH AREAS AND DETACHMENTS OF UNCIVPOL WILL BE PROVIDED TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER IN 'THESE AREAS. IN THESE AREAS UNFICYP SHALL HAVJ3 THE RIGHT TO INSPECT VEHICLES, ACCOMMODATION OS PBRSONfJBL IF IT 5U3P3CTJ THAT THE AGREEMENT IS BEING VIOLATED. YX/M^? -' '- ''' a * '"-* J ' '^ M/iM^ di+dfa- -. 1 5^9 Councl of Mnistess and tti® ®t the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Adsdnist ratios hav&ag mat la a ;)o&&* sesoioa la tlioo^ia tM0 13th day of Februasjy^ 1975* aad • . " s Having taken into oonsidorntion the fact; 0;hat the Of^arkish Oypsiot Coisswiaity has continuously obstructed by tha GE*Q©k ^rosi e^oroisiag Its 2?Ights imdes the iShat the Turkish Cyprlot CoffiBuaity was 'to liv© for years under uabeairablo conclit;jl®ss9 deprived of all their sooaouiie a?iglxts and means uud®r threats and oppression, in affeas whesre they had gathered for eelf^preses-vaticm and for, ensuring their security of life and property | and •* That9 as a result of tfee Greek Cypriot attempts aad threats in th® years 1963 » 1967 aad 1974* to end tfoo indepeadeac® of the Republic of Cyprus9 th© Turkish Cypsiot Ceissitiaity» which is one of the foundors of the Republics was forced to resist such attempts at the esrpenae of grave sacrifices t haw o&me to the conclusion that there ia no possibility of their living together with the Greek Cypriot co-founders of the Republic of Cyprus? and Having coiae to the conclusion that the only way f or "teiagiag tranquility, security a&i perjaaneat peace to th® .ielaad is for the two Coasnunities to live side by sido ia th^ir reBpective regions developing their own internal and Having noted the fact that the Greek Cypriot not made any constructive response to the proposals for ®®tablishin0nt of an independent federal Republic of Cyprus oa th® above reasonabls basis? and Having taken into consideration the necessity of pmttiag the Turkish Cypriot Coaaaunity's social and economic life into a new hoalthy order} end r . • / o • • . .'•Having confirmed their belief sad deteraination to opp@©§ resolutely all attempts against tho independence of CypSttSf and ita partition or union with say other State; and / \ ' . B©Xl©v&s-,g& ia th9 n<3c©0sitt„f of the non-aligne«— d status ©f the Republic of-Cyprus and axpffsseisig their aot to allow the island to become sufeBSOTifent to and Mindful of tha necesaity of creating ia their own region the legal basis of an ord©r loadisg to th© ©DtablislE3©at of 1&0 future independent, Federal Eepublic of Cyprus? and Reaffirming that their final objective ia to unite with the Greek Cypriot Community within the framework of a bi«»r©gional federation; , ~ . Av& HAVS H1SSOLYI3B that the Autonomous "Turkish Cypriot ahould be rQ-»9tguoturd and J "basis of a seculag and f ederat®a3tatgjL until suoh tine tli® I960 Constitution of the Republic , the basic articloa of determined by international a^rsoments in compliance ••\ *j ••;•••• • iV'i \' •'•••- •-•".; ". . witla, international Jlaw , is amended in a similar —manne. r to bocom© the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Cypruag aad until the said Federal Republic ia established. With this object in view, a fifty member Constituent Ass^ably will be set up under the Chaisaanahip of the President of the Autongmcrag Turkish Oypriot Administration. ^^ §;• f X-ZY205 QZ50 OPI ANKARA 446 IS 0930Z UNATIONS • I1 t WWYORK - i I f" :; • • •' 'I FOR WECMAN MUNOZM,AKATA»I ,GALENOVICH YACOUP k > f. TURKISH PRESS REACTION TO PROCLAMATION OF TURKISH FEDERAL REPUBLIC C , ; OF CYPRUS. THE HEADLINES OF ALL NEWSPAPARS HEAVLY PREOCCUPIED € BY THE PRECLAMATION WITH ONLY 3 EDITORIALS PRIME MINISTER IRMAKS SPECH WAS OCCUPYING MOST OF THE COVERAGE, IRMAK SAID THERE WERE t TWO AIMS OF THE PROCLAMATION ONE WAS TO ASSURE THE ECONOMIC C AND TH RIGHTS ' C' ' V :/.'•'' : " • • P/2 OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOTE ON THE ISLAND , SECONDLY AND MAINLY t TO FORM ONE OF THE WINGS OF THE FEDERAL CYPRUS REPUBLIC THUS : € ELIMINATING THE DANGER OF THE PARTITION AND ENOSIS.QUOTE IT IS ABR OBVIOUS THAT THIS ACTION IS AIMED TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ALONG WITH THE C -r. FOUNDATION OF FEDERAL TURKISH STATE IN THE FEDERATION UNQUOTE. HE ALSO SAID IT WAS AMEASURE TAKEN JUST TO ASSURE THE PROPER ADMINIS- TRATION OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS WHO WERE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE PROLONGED TALKS. YENI ORTAM SAYS THAT THE PROCLAMATION CREATED ASTONSEMEND IN GREECE WITHOUT REASON QUOTE Cr AFTER ALL THEY COULD HAVE IMAGINED THIS WAS COMING UNQUOTE r GUN CALLED THE ACTION QUOTE THE LONG AWAITED HAPPY END UNQUOTE IT SAID AFTER THE NOT IMPLEMENT ABLE GREEK PROPOSALS HANDED TO , DENKTAS BY CLERIDES THERE WAS NO CHOISE LEFT.AN EDITORIAL BYQ f HURRIYET HEADLINE DAWN AT CYPRUS SAYS P/5 C QUOTE LEGAL SITUATION SOMETIMES CREATES SUHQUOTE LEGALITY; UNSUBQUOTE AND SOMETIMES SUBQUOTE PROBLEMS UNSUBQUQTE THE FORCES WHO USED NIKOS SAMPSON AS A PUPPY IN 15 JULY COUP THOUGHT C THAT THEY COULD CREATE A SUBQUOTE LEGAL SITUATION UNSUBQUOTE BY OVERTHROWING MAKARIOS»BUT THEY CREATED SUBQUOTE APROBLEM UNSUBQUOTE,THIS PROBLEM COUSED TURKEY C , S" cf p/fi "*'.'" C TO USE ITS LEGAL RIGHTS AND CREATED SUBQUOTE ALAWFULL ACTIONARY SITUATION UNSUBQUOTE THE SITUATION AT LAST GAVE THE EXPECTED C BIRHT AND CREATED SUBQUOTE LEGALITY USSUBQUOTE UNQUOTE. C NILLIYET SAYS IN AN EDITORIAL HEADLINED THE DECISION PUSHED BY .FACTS THAT AFTER THE POSSIBLE FRUITFULL TALKS OF CLERIDES AND DENKTAS ^- WAS RUINED BY THE RETURN OF MAKARIOS C , SUBQUOTE THE CLEVER FOX UNSUBQUOTE CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT HE KNEW IT WASMOT GOING TO BE E ACCEPTED BY TURKS THERE WAS NO CHOISE LEFT FOR THEM BUT TO CHANGE THE ACTIONARY SITUATION TO LEGAL SITUATION*ALTHOUGH ONE WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT THIS c DECISION WAS NOT ADOPTED UNILATERALY BUT BY NEGOSIATIONS £•'•* C AND BY COMING TO A C SHE WILL NOT YIELD . : f P/9 C' CORRECTION FOR PAGE EIGHT PLS READ THE LINE 3 AS FOLLOWS , t: TURKISH ACTION*HOWEVER ALONG WITH THE TURKISH PROCLAMATION MADE P/9 ON THE CONTRARY SHE WILL ADOPT A MORE RIGOROUS ATT IT UTE.THERE WILL BE NO PEACE ON THE ISLAND UNLESS MAKARIOS AND GREEKS PACE THE FACT THAT THERE MUST BE AGEOGRAPHIC FEDERATION ON THE ISLAND __ to IF THEY WANT TO MAKE THE TURKS ACCEPT OTHER TERMS THEY HAVE TO «£ ' RISK -.•:;•' . - - ; « ' ^" 3HS p/to •; . \ .- ..-:.•-. < ,: Si-^' 4 * . • .. . u: THE USE OF GUNS.GUNAYDIN SAYS THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR RECOGNITION OF >03 OTHER NATIONS BECAUSE THE TURKISH FEDERAL SA STATE OF CYPRUS WILL BE APART OF THE FEDERATION OF CYPRUS „.-'•"" .X"" ANKOMNIPRESS •.•: ..,*'' COL »*-«•» .-"' • •••• >' / . . . • - ' . • • CORRCTION FOR PAGE 3 READ THE LAST LINE AS FOLLOWS QUOTE CREATED ASTONISHMENT ».,.. siMS € ;: <"' ZY4 JZ4S A ATHENS A-'UNICA-UNIC ) 232 3 17/2 10,IQ0, Z r- ETATPRIGRITE ~ C UN AT IONS NEWYORK FOR GUYER AKATANI POWELL HO PRZYLUCKI \\ W C IC41 FROM LUND BEFORE BOARDING PLANE FOR NEWYORK ON SUNDAY c AT ATHENS AIRPORT CLERIDES DECLARED QUOTE OUR INTENTIONS ARE NOT LIMITED TO SECCOUWCIL RESOLUTION CONDEMNING C TURKEY, OUR PURPOSE is TO ASK FOR NEW PROCEDURE FOR SOLUTION OF CYPRUS PROBLEM UNQUOTE HE FURTHER SAID TALSK IS ATHENS WITH GREEK GOVERNMENT HAD DEALT WITH= • PAGE 2- i BROADER FACETS OF CYPRIUS EEE CYPRUS ISSUE AND CONCLUSIONS t ~ ; & REACHED WERE RESULT OF CAREFUL PREPARATIONS, ASKED WHETHER t — ; TURKS WOULD RESPECT DECISION CONDEMNING THEM CLERIDES SAID : HE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THEY WOULD, HE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO j ^ BELIEVE THAT SECCOUNCIL AND UUUNNH ITSELF WOULD COJ1E TO : r ^ REALIZE THAT LACK OF RESPECT FOR* • \ '' • .'.. (. ^ -PAGE 3= THEIR DECISIONS CREATED NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS BETWEEN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND DAMAGED UUUNNN STATURE, (^ORGANIZATION COULD NOT CINFINE ITSELF TO TAKING HERE £_ THEORETICAL DECISIONS, REGARDING BIG POWER , CONDEMNATION OF TURKISH ACTION CLERIDES SAID SUCH '$>•':•-1 ' ' 1' £ STATEMENTS AIMED AT MAKING KNOWN PUBLICELY ATTITUDE x OF GOVERNMENTS AND IT = ' C PAGE 4= iia*"*~* SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXPECTED THAT THEY ADOPT SIILAR C OF SECCOUNCIL DECISION WAS DIFFICULT, CLERIBES SAID, BUT THERE WERE PROBABILITIES OF ACTICATING WORLD ORGANIZATION ON CYPRUS TO FIND S1QRE FRUITFUL PROCEDURE. ASKED ABOUT * C' OUTCOME OF GROMYKO DASH KISSINGER TALKS in GENEVA § CLERIDES SAID QUOTE IF THERE WAS COMMON EFFORT* •?" 5:5 C PAGE 5/25 "^ r ON THE PART OF THE TtfQ SUPERPOWERS ¥E WOULD NOT HAVE TO c • v GO TO SECCOUNCIL, CYPRUS PROBLEM WOULD BE SETTLED IK FEW < DAYS UNQUOTE, ERDALL ATHOHHIPRESS t COL IC41 c ( c i C ''-.•>••*:&•:,' -:;v. •'v'~~ -s'Vs "" I C (, '..." '„" c i^.;. ..r^, ^,.,.,_, HERE ETATPRIGRITE BOOK OF TWO ^ ? " ^ -1 'ETATPRIORITE USDEVPRO , ' BAHRAIN (BAHRAIN) . •*- EtATPRlORIXE C", "USDEVPRO.: , KUWAIT. (KUWAIT) s F08 HEBWI6; ' ' DELEaATION WHICH ARRIVED' TOtflfiHt HERE .•!«'• 8EVIYORK WILL' s, ASK FO1 R SECURITY COUNCIL OB TUESDAY 18 FEBEllAJtY, 1975 ''IB ORDER i ->rt HOT TO LOSE^ MOMENTUM + , COL id c ZY1078 s- JZ40 S ATHENS CUNIC) 527 16/2 13.55Z ETATPRIORITE C DONATIONS NEWYORK FOR GUYER AKATANI POWELL HO PRZYLUCKI ( IC40 FROM LUND CERTAIN PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT SECRETARY -f " (^NERAL WILL VISIT ATHENS ALREADY ON TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY AND THAT [ HIS TRAVEL WILL ALSO INCLUDE VISIT TO NICOSIA PRIOR TO HIS ( VISITS TO ANKARA AND ATHENS. GREK CYPRIOT DELEGATION LEFT ATHENS TODAY SUNDAY FOR NEWYORK AFTER HAVING WORKED = PAGE 2 OUT WITH GREEK GOVERNMENT DETAILS OF CYPRUS APPEAL TO '..-' . - - SECCOUNCIL. CLERIDES DECLARED SATURDAY THAT TALKS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE AND IDENTITY OF VIEWS WAS REACHED REGARDING HANDLING OF CYPRUS ISSUE. NO DETAILS OF APPEAL ANNOUNCED X BUT PRESS REPORTS SAY IT WILL CALL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF . _ ^ . l,rT T WH t? PAGE s- • -•::-.'.• ! "OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS, RETURN OF REFUGEES AND RESPECT FOR CYPRUS SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIA1/INTEGRITY. KATHIMERINI '. .;..-..•• •• • •:• .• • • .• CONDEMNATION OF TURKEY WHICH IS SEEN HERE AS RESPONSIBLE c FOR UNILATERAL TURKISH CYPRIOT ACTION. THEY DECIDED, PAPER SAYS, TO ASK COUNCIL TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON TURKEY= c c PAGE 4= EXTENT OF WHICH TO BE DECIDED AFTER TALKS WITH OTHER c UUUNNN DELEGATIONS. PAPER SUGGESTS RELATIONS INCLUDE o ,EEE PAPER SUGGESTS SANCTIONS INCLUDE BREAKING DIPLOMATIC • ;> -v RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC BLOCKADE. PARA AMONG EDITORIAL C COMMENTS ARE FOLLOWING* TO VIMA DECLARES THAT RECOURSE c TO SECCOUNCIL THE LEAST THAT COULD BE DOME IN REACTION TO TURKISH PROVOCATION. DISCUSSION IN COUNCIL* G PAGE 5= WILL BE USEFUL REGARDLESS OF RESULT BECAUSE GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO-CLARIFY VIEWS OF BIG POWERS AND SHOW WHETHER THEY ARE WILLING TAKE PRACTICAL MEASURES TO NULLIFY C FAITS ACCOMPLIS AND IMPOSE IMPLEMENTATION OF UUUNNN RESOLUTIONS AND PARTICULARLY THAT OF GGGAAA. VRADYNI SAYS UUUNNN AND SECCOUNCIL HAVE TO MAKE DECISION ON ONE= C V ;. . PAGE 6= g OF MOST SERIOUS CASES EVER SUBMITTED. THEY ARE NOW CALLED y::,;;:\: ON TO WIPE our IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE A BODY THAT WILL ® ^ACCEPT ANY VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AGREED * .••; LvC'.•"•- •''• .-;.'•" ""..'< ••' ' -.; '•'•.- •'•'•• •'••"• Jj^rf PRINCIPLES OF CIVILIZED HUMANITY. BECAUSE WE THINK IT ?^tWlS, INSULT,TO THIS INTERNATIONAL BODY TO IGNORE ITS RESOLUTIONS. ®.;|tWE DO NOT BELIEVES " PAGE 7= c THAT THEORETICAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT c THEY RECOGNIZE ONLvVMAKARIQS AS LEGAL PRESIDEUvIS '•e*&tmifr^£K^T-KWAL.~^~~ c MOVEMENT TO FORCE/^RKEY TO COMPLY WITH UUUNNP-DECISIONS c AND THAT IS JOB OF SECCQUNCIL* RIZOSPASTIS SAYS TURKISH CRIMINAL ACTION HAD TRAUMATIC EFFECTON REEK c NATIONAL FEEL ING* = c PAGE 8= c AND FLAUNTED ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. TURKISH ACTION IS PART OF WIDER PLAN BY IMPERIALISTS OF UUUSSS AND NATO. ANY GREEK HESITATION NOW MIGHT HAVE INCALCULABLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON NATIONAL INTEREST AND DESTINY OF NATIONM AS FIRST STEP PAPER RECOMMENDS THAT BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH UUUSSS BE RENOUNCED AND UUUSSS= PAGE 9= DASH NATO BASES REMOVED FROM GREECE. SUCH MOVE COUPLED WITH APPEAL TO UUUWNN WOULD GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL OFFERS TO HELP ACHIEVE JUST o SOLUTION IN CYPRUS, KATHIMERINI IN AN ARTICLE SIGNED BY ITS OWNER AND PUBLISHER ELENI VLACHOS REGRETS THAT CONSTANTINE STAVROPOULOS WAS NOT APPOINTED FOREIGN c MINISTER WH£N= " / • PAGE 10= £2 ! ' • PRESENT GOVERNMENT FORMED AS HIS ENORMOUS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN OF PARAMOUNT SIGNIFICANCE IN PRESENT SITUATION. THE ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT STAVROPOULOS e SHOULD HAVE HANDLED CYPRUS MATTER ON BEHALF GREEK m PAGE 10= c PRESENT GOVERNMENT FORMED AS HIS ENORMOUS INTERNATIONAL c RELATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN OF PARAMOUNT SIGNIFICANCE IN PRESENT SITUATION. THE ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT STAVROPOULOS c SHOULD HAVE HANDLED CYPRUS MATTER ON BEHALF GREEK -GOVERNMENT. LUND ADDING FOLLOWING: STAVROPOULOS HAS BEEN GIVEN IMPORTANT OTHER FUNCTIONS IN FIELD OF FOREIGN -. j POLICY AMONG THEM= PRESIDENCY OF PARLIAMENTS FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, * PRESIDENCY OF GREEK DELEGATIONS TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND COMMON MARKET. ENDALL ATHOMNIPRESS V COL IC40 18 iaM SS^K ..•^#a< ,..- .-fc-i&S ' \ S¥3T S NICOSIA 515 13 15QE s STP IWATIOHS stss s uieesiA sis ia IJOE * ET? BY s S275 S NICOSIA 575 13 J50g * ETP HIC886E SVA s.SSXVIfmSBrATE MISC 8«5. ISFOR3IATIOS SADRUDDIfi AGA KHA8 FROM CHANB. I, H£R£yITH TEXT OF StATEWEKT !9ADE BY MR, DEHOTASK AT MOOR QJJOTE THE V COO«CIi Of MINISTERS AND THS LEGISLATIVE 3SSIK3LY OF THE Tl^KISH CYPS10T ADfflttJSTRATIOH AB6PISB 68 t$ FEB t»75*« WAS RELEASED TODAY THURSDAY IR HICOSIAi QtJOTE 3 THE COUNCIL OF "JINISTERS AW) THE LESISLATIVF. ASSEMBLY QF THE AlffQNSSOBS TaSKISH CVPfiJOf AS9UWST8ATK8 HAVIS6 SET 18 A jam SESSIOS is NICOSIA THIS t&x &AT er FSBRBARV, t>?5» Am HAWSQ TAXE8 JHTO CO»SI&ERATIO» THE FAST,, PARA THAT THE T88KISK eYPftlOT CO^BKITT HAS SEES CDSfHIUOBSLY OBSTROCTEB 8V THE * P3 * SREEK CYPRIOtS FSOM EHERCISIN© ITS SIQHTS U8DIR THE COSSTITUTIOS., PASA THAT THE TURKISH CYPSIOT 60M?fq»tT¥ »AS FORCES TO LIVE F68 YEARS tlBDER OWVEARABLE COMDITIDNS, DEPRIVED OF ALLHTHEIR ECCNQfllC AND «EAW3 UNDER THREATS AND OPPRESSION, !fi WHERE THEY HAD GATHERED FOR SELF-PRESERVATION P4 s SY THE * PS a 0SEEK GYPSIOTS FHOa EXERCISIKt ITS RlSHfS U8BIR THE PASA THAT THE TURKISH CYP8IGT 60M&U8ITY WASE FORCES TO LIVE F68 YEARS umm UNVE6HA8LE GQHDITIOSS, BSF8JVE& OF AU.HTHEIH ECBSQ81C A%> MSA»S UNDER THREATS AND OPPRESSION, f» AREAS tfSESE THEY HAP 8ATHERED F9R SELF-Pf}Ef!ERVftT188 at® FOR EHSIKIN6 9 ?4 a THEIfl SECURITY OF LIFE AM& PROPERTY,> AK) fARA THAT, AS A UESa,T 0F THE SBEEK CYPR1QT ATTES1PTS A8D THREATS 18 THE YEARS 1»«3, I9S7 ABO 1ST4, TO £80 THE INBEPE8DE8CE OF THE REPilBtlC OF CYPRUS, THK TURKISH CYPRI9T COWMO«TYt WHICH IS QJiE OF THE FOUNDERS £ P5 a OF THE REPUBLIC, MS FORCES TO RESIST SUCK ATTiSfPTS AT THE EXPESSE OF SRA¥E SACRIFteES» PARA HAVE CQflS TO THE 8©fia«SI8« THAT THEJtf IS 80 PesSlBILITY OF THEIR L1V1HS TOSETKER WITH THE 8REEK gYPSJOT C0»F9080ERS OF THE REPUSUe OF SYPROS*, A© PASA HAV1S8 GOJ1E TO THE THAT THE OW.Y »AY FOR mimiW TRAS8UIUTY, SEC6R1TY PEACE TO THE I a AMD IS FOR THE TWO COWUMITIES TO LIVE SIDE BY SICE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGION, DEVELOPING THEIR OWW IKTEHffAL STRUCTOnE., A(© PARA HAVIB0 NOTED THE FACT THAT THE SSEESt CYPRIOT (KJM^UHITY HAS MOT »ABE a P7 R ANY CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE TS THE PROPOSALS FOR THE E3TABL1SHHEBT OF AS IHBEPE8DE8T FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS 0S THE ABOVE HEASOSA8LE BASIS*, ASD PARA HA VI US TAKES I WTO COKSIBERAT10B THE WISSSSITY DF PlffTIHS THE TBffitlSK CYPlIOT CO?WlfSm*S SOCIAL AND SCOSO^lIC LIFE INTO A BSff HEALTHY ORDER., AND PARA HAVISQ COWFIRilED a J»8 * TMSHI BELIEF ftND 8ETER»I»ATIO» T« SPP0SE RSSOLOTgLY ALL ATTEMPTS AGAIRET THE IHDEPEKDEHCi: OF CYPR«S, AND ITS PARTITION OR UBIOU WITH AFY OTHER STATE*, ft»D PARA BEL1EVJH8 IS THE NECESSITY OF THE »ON«ALIQ«ED STATUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS AND SXPRESSINS THEIR DETER^IHATIOH NOT TO ALLOW THE I SLA TO TS * 3EC01E SUBSERVIENT TO AMY FOREIGN INTEREST,, AND PARA SflSBFUL 5P THE SE6ESSITY 8F CREATIS6 IS THEIR OtfH RESIOH THE THEIS BELIEF A8B 5ET5S!1I8ATSQ» TO OPPOSE &ESQLUTELY ALL ATTEMPTS A6AIHST THE I8DEPENDERCE OF CYPRUS, ANB ITS PARTITION OR UBJOB WITH AFV OTHER STATE., At® PARA BELI£¥I»S IK THE SSCESSITY OF THE 8QN-ALX68E& STATUS Of THE REPUBLIC GF CYPRUS AND EXPRESSING THEIR DETSBSI9ATI08 MIT TO ALLOW THE ISLAI© TO * PS a BECOME S«aSBRVIE»T TO AKY FOREIGN IOTSSEST«» A® ?ASA !?I»&FaL QF THE 8ESESS1TY OF 1SREATJNS IS THEIfl 0»8 SESIOH THE LEQAL BASIS OF AH ORDER LEADING TO THE ESTARLISHMEST OF THE ERAL SEPUBLIC QF SYPSUS** AJ® PARA THAT THEIR F1»AL QBJESTIVS IS TO UWETE ¥JTH s PI0 a THE SRSgK CYPRI0T C6W?fOBITY tflTHIfl TPIS FRASEtfORK OF fi »I*REai0SAL FEBERATItJ»»» PARA HAVS 8SSOLVEO THAT THE ABTDMOSSttIS TtSKISH CYPSIOT AS!«8ISraATIW SH58LD 8E RE-ST80fiTtSrE!> A® 0RSASIZSB ON THE BASIS OF A SECULAR AN0 FEDERATES STATE* t'STIL SUCK TI?!E THE I960 CQHSnTtffieS OF THE tEP«BLlC, TJffi SA«tC ARTIS.ES 6F » Pit 9 WITH IHT£RUATIO«AL LAW, IS AffESDED IK A fJASNES T0 BECOME THE G0NSTITUTIGH OF THE FEDERAL BEPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, AND ymriL THE SAID FEDERAL REPUBLIC is ESTAQLISHED. PARA WITH THIS OBJECT IS VIEW, A FIFTY MEMBER COMSTITtirtfEHT ASSEMBLY * WILL BE SET U? SfiDER THE GKAIR95ASSWIP OF THE PRESI&EUT OF THE AtirOBfWeBS TWIKISH CYPRIOT AOWIBISTRATIOS* 2, OBSELR VAT IONS OH ABOVE FOLLOW. PERMANENT MISSION Q:0o TO THE UNITED NATIONS \u February 11,1975 Your Excellency, I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated February 7,1975 addressed to you by H.E.Mr.Rauf R.Denktas,, Vice-President of the Republic of Cynrus and the head of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration. . I.should be grateful if you would circulate this letter as a document of the Security Council. Flease accept,Your Excellency,the assurances of my highest consideration. Osman 01cay Ambassador Permanent Ri5T>resentat!ve H.E.Dr.Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations c_ New York,N.Y.,10017 . ^ •' ° Cf VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE NICOSIA 7 February 1975 Your Excellency, • According to an article which appeared in the Cyprus Mail on 2nd February 1975 under the headline "Drivers Sent to Jail for Carrying Turks", the Greek Cypriot Supreme Court has increased the sentences of the two Greek Cypriot drivers who had previously been sentenced to a fine by the lower court - pending appeal, to six months imprisonment. The fact that this case has been made subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court shows that the Greek Cypriot Administration has intensified its illegal and inhuman efforts to restrict the freedom of movement of the Turkish Cypriots living in the south. Even the carrying of Turkish Cypriot passangers in Greek Cypriot owned vehicles has been prohibited as part of the Greek Cypriot policy to force Turkish Cypriots to remain in the south against their will. It should be realized that these Turkish Cypriots who are attempting to move to the Turkish region for their safety are doing so under very difficult conditions and leaving most or all of their properties and belongings behind and,as incidents in the past have proven, even at the risk of their lives. On the one hand the Greek Cypriot armed elements are doing everything to make life more miserable for the Turkish Cypriot Community living in His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations Organization l?«w York. the south, on the other hand they are preventing them from moving north by all means possible including illegal arrests, beating and torture, confiscation of their goods and in some cases even murder. At this point I wish to refer to a communication I have recently addressed to Your Excellency's Special Representative in Cyprus, Mr. L. Weckmann-Munoz, in which I requested assistance for transportation to the north, for urgent medical treatment of two Turkish Cypriots for the injuries they received after being hanged on a tree and beaten severely for six continuous hours by the Greek Cypriot National Guard. The Turkish Cypriots in ques- tion were residents of Paphos and were on their way to the Turkish region when they were apprehended by the Greek Cypriot National Guard following which they were subjected to such treatment and put into serious physical condition. It is no surprise that the Turkish Cypriots living in the south continue to risk so much in order to come to the north. Those who have been forced to remain in the south for political bargaining purposes by ever increasing restrictions imposed upon their freedom of movement are being subjected to innumerable harrasments including insults, threats of mass massacre, indecent approaches on women and young girls and all sort of atrocities words fall short of describing. I strongly protest these actions which are aimed at detain- ing the Turkish Cypriot Community, in violation of all human decency as well as the principles' of the U.N. Charter, the Universal »/ • » * 3 - Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, as virtual hostages in the Greek controlled -region of Cyprus in the south. I shall be grateful if this communication is presented to the knowledge of all the Honourable Members of the Security Council by having it circulated as a Security Council Document, Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. R. R. DENKTA§ Vice-President Republic of Cyprus AP — Andre mentioned that there are* reports of heavy fighting^ around Nicosia airport. If the Secretary-General wished to make any statement regarding this, Andr£ will be at home until around 5:3O (packing) and will be back at the office around 6:OO f r r c c (t £T AT PRIOR ITS UNATIONS N Y K SY60 SSS NICOSIA 290/2S8 0! 1505 C ET AT PRIOR IT E HICOMREF H Y K "L '3^, i11 iK2 aaSSSs NICOSIwauu^AfAt 290/28^SU/^DO8 u01i 150i?u5j ETATPRI0RIT,jyf E (V- HICQJ1REF GENEVA —^3 :rof, ^ ur-nt ^":: SEC-GEN FRQ«5 PREN CHAND INFO UNHCR NYK/GEHEVA V ! c UNFICYP 154 r;j r~'-* >• SITREP NO M 6010 r^ •<• SITHEP PERIOD 3112008-0112008 •-" c FIRST fllLlTARY SITUATION C ALPHA <: A TOTAL OF FORTY SIX (46) SHOOTING INCIDENTS, SEVENTEEN C17) BY TURKS N TWENTY EIGHT C285 BY NAT GD AND ONE CO c OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. c BRAO TWO HEAVY EXCHANGES OF FIRE OCCURSD DURING THE AFTERNOON IN t P2 c LEFICA DISTRICT AT VD 89 84. BOTH SIDES USED SMALL ARNS AND MACHINE GUNS AND IK ADDITION TURKISH FORCES FIRED APPROXIMATELY c FORTY FIVE (45) MOHTAR ROUMDS, WOUNDING THREE (3) NAT «. GD SOLDIERS. LOCAL UN INTERVENED OK BOTH OCCASIONS AND ESTABLISHED CEASE-FIRE. v CHARLIE C NAT GD FIRED ONE CD WARNING SHOT TOWARDS ?$ • C UN PATROL AT ALAMA WD 36 72. LOCAL UN PROTEST WAS ACCEPTED, C DELTA PROPOSED UN VISITS NEXT WEEK TO GK CYP VILLAGES IN TURKISH CONTROLLED AREA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE TURKISH LO STATES THAT HE C WAS TOO BUSY OH OTHER MATTERSM SECOND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ALPHA C TWO LOADS KAPROX 5 ?A TONS) OF FOOD DELIVERED TO EIGHT (8) SK CYP VILLAGES IN C NICOSIA WEST. THREE LOADS OF CLOTHING FROM UBHCR SOURCES TRANSPORTED FROM LIMASSOL TO CENTRES IH THE SOUTH AND NORTH. TOTAL CONVOYS BY UN FRO PERIOD 26 JAN - 1 FEE WERE 47 t LOADS (23 TO GK CYPS AfTO CHARLIE SEVENC7) TK CYPS TRANSFERRED FROM KOKKINA < P6-38 TO LEFKA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. TWO C£> TK CYPS TRANSFERRED FROM LIMASSOL DISTRICT TO NICOSIA ON MEDICAL GROUNDS M ONE * <1) TK CYP TRANSFERRED FROM TK CYP HOSPITAL NICOSIA TO GK CYP GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT ON KIDNEY MACHINE. COL 154 6010 3H2COB-OI1200B AS 17 28 I 89 84 45 3 t 1 36 72 5 5 26 1 -47 23 24 2 74 i 75 I!4S 464 684 5,700 7 2 1 C Note on Meeting in the Secretary-General's Office on Tuesday, 28 January 197@^ from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. Present: The Secretary-General Ambassador Olcay Mr. Urguhart The Secretary-General's upcoming brief visit to Ankara was discussed, it being understood that the timing could always be changed at the last minute. The Secretary-General said that he did not intend to visit Cyprus on this trip. In the course of a very long discussion on the Cyprus problem Ambassador Olcay said that the momentum had not been lost, but that the statements by Makarios were a very negative element and these were echoed by the Greek Government. He explained once again that for the Turkish Government the insuperable obstacle to progress was the existence and recognition of the Government of Cyprus headed by President Makarios. It was this basic problem which made progress in the negotiations difficult and also rendered the solution of such practical problems as the airport so hard. The Secretary-General asked for some gesture from Turkey in return for the release of the 8,000 refugees in the British Sovereign Base area in order to encourage the negotiations, and also to improve the state of world public opinion. Ambassador Olcay explained that Turkey owed nothing to the Greek Cypriots for the release of the refugees, which had been refused by Clerides. (It was pointed out that Clerides and Denktash were actually discussing the release of the refugees and possible reciprocal gestures by Turkey at the moment that the British decision was made.) The Secretary-General made an informal suggestion that in order to break the deadlock over the airport the Secretary-General might appoint an impartial commissioner or administrator acceptable to all parties, who could run the airport as a temporary interim arrangement for purely practical purposes pending the solution of the long-term problems of principle mentioned by Ambassador Olcay. V I Ambassador Olcay undertook to forward this suggestion to 1 Ankara. He explained that ICAO was not acceptable to the Turkish Government as an agent for running the airport because the Government of Cyprus was represented in ICAO and this was not acceptable to the Turkish Government. The Secretary-General mentioned to Ambassador Olcay three notes delivered by the Greek Permanent Representative earlier in the day. One of these was Prime Minister Karamanlis1 statement on the Aegean; one concerned measures by the Turkish army in Cyprus; and the third was a reply to the Secretary-General's note concerning implementation of Security Council resolution 365. In reference to this last note, Ambassador Olcay said that his Government's reply was unlikely to be forthcoming until after the Secretary-General's visit to Ankara. He hoped that the Greek reply would not be published separately from other replies, and hoped especially that nothing would happen to cause a Security Council meeting in March when he intended to be on leave. cc: Secretary-General Mr. Guyer Mr. Urquhart Mr. Weckmann Munoz UNITED NATIONS imf NATIONS UNIES ^JS^^ZS? INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM ~^*~ MEMORANDUM 1NTERIEUR TO: DATE: 28/1/75 SECRETARY GENERAL, Rm. 3800 9:00 A M REFERENCE: * ' THROUGH: S/C DE: FROM: DE: S.N. GRANITSAS - OPI PPSG, Rm. 260 SUBJECT: OBJET: TURKISH WITHDRAWAL 1,000 TROOPS FROM CYPRUS URGENT CYPRUS-WITHDRAWAL ANKARA, JAM 23, REUTER—TURKEY IS WITHDRAWING ABOUT 1,000 TROOPS FROM CYPRUS, DEFENSE MINISTER ILHAMI SANCAR SAID TODAY. HE TOLD REPORTERS THE WITHDRAWAL WOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. RENTER 0508 ZZ RNR 840 CYPRUS--WITHDRAWAL 2 ANKARA "ONE BRIGADE OF ABOUT 1,000 TROOPS OF THE TURKISH ARMED FORCES THAT TOOK PART IN THE SUCCESSFUL CYPRUS PEACE OPERATION IS BEING BROUGHT TO THE MAINLAND, ACCORDING TO PLAN," HE SAID. THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS THREATENED TO SEVER MILITARY AID TO TURKEY ON FEBRUARY 5, UNLESS THERE IS PROGRESS TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT IN CYPRUS. ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL FIGURES, TURKEY HAS BETWEEN 35,300 AND 40,000 TROOPS ON CYPRUS AND OBSERVERS SAID THE TIMING OF THE WITHDRAWAL APPEARED TO INDICATE A TOKEN CONCESSION BY THE TURKS TO APPEASE CONGRESS. MORE 0516 I I zz I RNR 84! •CYPRUS-WITHDRAWAL 3 ANKARA THE LEFT-OF-CENTER NEWSPAPER CUMHURIYET SAID TODAY THAT AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PARATROOPS HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED ON THE MAINLAND FROM CYPRUS. THE WITHDRAWAL COINCIDES WITH THE PLANNED ROTATION OF TROOPS WHO HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING THE NORTHERN "PANHANDLE" OF THE ISLAND SINCE LAST SUMMER S INVASION. REUTER 0517 GLS:mk cc: Secretary-General Mr. L. Weckmann-Munoz Central (2) The Secretary-General of the United Nations presents his compliments to the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations and has the honour to refer to Security Council resolution 365 (197*0 of 13 December 1971*. In that resolution the Security Council endorsed General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) and urged the parties concerned to implement it as soon as possible. The Security Council also requested the Secretary- General to report on the progress of implementation of its resolution. In order to be in a position to fulfill the above-mentioned request of the Security Council» the Secretary-General would be most grateful to receive at an early date all relevant information from the Government of Turkey concerning steps taken or contemplated in regard to resolution 3212 of the General Assembly. The Secretary-General takes this opportunity to renew to the Permanent Representative of Turkey the assurances of his highest consideration. 2k January 1975 IB Jan. 1975 a* gharry/dm 3802 5418 BOSS UHPICYP HIcosm (CYPRUS) MOS3?.. IMBEP.ZATB WECKMaKWia80a/BEATa?IE PROM UOOSSS MISSION HBPOSMS DEMOSSTHAOORS HSVE aWSACKED ECOSOtEEC SBCfTIQS OF K4BASSY, SET 03SS WCHO OH FIRE AMD BUBi^ED SIX VEHICLES. RADIO HEWS BROADCASTS INDICATE UXTOICKK !-HGH COE4MISSIOH ALSO BEE8 RASSACKED. QR&IEPUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US USEPORHED. G.L» Sherry-, Principal Officor, ODSGSPA