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SECURITY COUNCIL VE I &we the ho ly to Your Excellency~s cable e Security Council on I take this oppa (Sianed) Orhan Eralp ssador Pe nt Representative of Turkey to the United i00s 64-17101 I . s /5897 English Page 2 Ankara, 12 Mr. Secretary-General, I have the hcccur to ac&~cwledge the receipt cf ycur msssags tr me the ccnsensus of views reached at the Security Council on Xl. A Ky Government has noted with satisfaction the decision "to request from the commander of the United Nations Forces to supervise the Cease-fire and to reinforce the units of the forces in the areas which were the the of advent operations, so a8 to assure the safety of the i 5 n . The Turkish Government will certainly lend al rt to the United Nations Commander in the fUlfil.lment of its task. asures in the Mansura-Kokkina area are indeed called for after the attacks carried out by Greek Cypriots against the Turkish Cypriots in this region in the past few days. One of the first prerequisites of the restoration of peace in that region is the withdrawal of Greek Cypriot forces to the position they held prior to 5 Augustla. Unless this is obtainable rapidly, the Greek Cypriots might at any moment annihilate the Turks by a surprise attack who are trappaa in a very narrow stretch of land on the coast of Kokkina. It should also be recognized that to permit the Greek Cypriots to remain in the territory they have captured after 5 August, would be tantamount to granting a premium to aggression and would entail a grave moral responsibility for all those who have assumed the task of preserving peace, law and order on the island. On the other hand, it is inadmissible from the humanitarian point of view, that the Turks at Kokkina as well as the Turks of other villages now occupied by Greek Cypriots be abandoned to their destiny and conclemnea to continue to live in fear, misery and desolation. Therefore, to remedy this deplorable situation it is essential that the United Nations Forces secure without delay the evacuation by the Greek Cypriots of Territory in question, interpose themselves between the Turks and the Greeks and supervise the cease-fire effectively by increasing their units in that region. It is Only in this way that compliance with the United Nations resolutions can be ensured, since it is inconceivable that the intent of these resolutions was to tolerate aggression and "fait accompli". I . q?an E@Ash e3 es of the present explosive situation, certain constructive proposals at the Security earnest desire that the necessity to increase and auth0rity of tbe United ion6 forces is after the recent t c events, obvious to all come for the peace and trauquilli.tyofGyprus. Youwill sure recall the r0us pleas of Turkey on this subject. We wish to hope that the Gree 11 respect cease-fire. As long as they do so y0u can be ce will uot, on its part, uuderta any action. In this respect I ntion here with great concern that we have received information that the Gree riots have opened fire and besieged the Turkish village "Kambilli" situated in the cosia on 11 August 1964, at 22.00 hours. !l!he fire was first sporadic, but gradually its intensity increased and the fact was notified to the United ions Oomuand. The fire continued until 23.25 hours. It is significant that despite a general cease-fire order, the Greek Cypriots have not refrained from conducting such a sustained armed offensive. If the Greek Cypriots break once more their promises and the United Nations forces are rendered again incapable of preventing aggression, the !Curkish Government would feel unable to bear new injustices and would be compelled to continue to protect the lives of innocent Turks. There can in fact be no peace on the island if one of the parties is allowed to get away constantly with crime and aggression without sanction. / . s/5897 ’ English Page 4 In your message you have transmitted to the effect that all govern Turkish Government has decided to camp th this request and halt reconnaissance flights of Turkish aircraft over Cyprus. One reconnaissance mission was, however, conducted early this mrning before I received your e and took the decision to stoP all reconnaissance flights. I would like to take this opportunity, nd to you ~qy sincere thanks for all your efforts to bri .

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