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t. AT 1000 A.M~ LOCAL TIME CAUG 16>, I SPOKE.WITH PRIMIN, AND CON- - 1 VEYED MESSAGE CONTAINED PARA TWO REFTEL. HE WAS IN A RELAXED AND CHEERrUL MOOD, AND WHEN I CA~E TO THE PART ABOUT YOUR BEING "GRATEFUL FOR THOSE ASSURANCES.ft THE PRIMIN INTERRUPTED TO SAY .. !HANK YOU, .. AND WHEN I CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT YOU HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT ASSURANCES WILl.. BE CARRIED OUT, PRIMIN COMMENTS, "CERTAINLY. 91 I SAID, "!HEN YOU WILL BE, GIVING OUT A PU3LIC STATEMENt ABOUT !HE CEASEF!RE THIS MORNING?« THE PRIMIN SAID "YES, l WILL.• \" ' ' .. f ~-~ · "-.1 2. PRIMIN ASKED f~E IF I HAD ANYTHING ON THE "SOVIET NOTE" i WHICH HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION YOU WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING MORE TO HIM ON. I SAID I DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT PARTICULAR MATTER, AND HE WAS VERY RELAXED AND SAID, ~THAT'S ALL RIGHT, LEt•s FORGET IT." MACOI'f!BER

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CY.P!tUS GOVERNMENT 'HOVES TO LIHASSOL

.. ' 1. Prosidant. Clertd.eA moved the sent of government to the nouth coast pot"t of Limnssol today. Clcrides ··*· and hia staff moved hurriedly, presumably on hearins sounds of heavy fighting aud rumors that Tu'tkish forcea had br¢keLt into the old city . Th.e Gre.ek tn Nicosia has subsequently donied that tho Turks have entered the old city.

2. Cleridcs wns vague abou~ the reason~ for his· . trip in ~ phone conversation with a US embass~ official. He claimed h·e had board of a "om:1ll penetration .. by Turkish fo~ces .in the ~estern area of the city. Re said that he bas now been inforr.~oi-l'that: tlte ~'~breacl\ 11 ,., h&s been repaired and that he expects. to return to NicoGia tonight o~ tomorrow morning.

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3. The British High Commission alAn evacutat&d Nicosia following Clarides departure. Ho told Ambaa­ aador·Davies that he nnd his staff will set up i~s headquarters at the.Brieisb Soverigri Dasc at Dhekclia but would return t~ Nicosia if Cleridcs does.

4. Ambassador .Davies obse·rves that the situation in the city ·e'ould become de~pe.rate tonight if the cease-fire 1$ not observed. Telephone communications. have become increasinRly erratic and food supplies in aor1u~ areas .are d'-'indling. The "free zone" that the Red Cross hau tried to asrablish in the Hilton llotel area has t3ken four mortar rounds in t~~ lawns and parking area surrounding the hotel. TURKISH "INTENTIONS

5. Turkish Prime Minister Ecevit has announced that ~~rkish forces on Cyprus will observe a cease-fire bag~nning at 1900 (1300 EDT) today. The decision W4s announced after a cabinet meeting and consultations with military leaders.

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9.· Prime lH.1\iscer Eeevit, as well as senior government and military officials, is reported ~o be highly pleased with the role the US has playl:!d in this phase of the Cyprus c~is1e. Ecevit also is . reported to hope that Greek-Turkish relations C4A ~mprovc ~ow that tho chronic irritant of Cyprus 18 "resolved." ' MOOD !N GREP:CE

· 10. The US embttssy in Athens has repo~ted- that · · as of 0800 (~DT) Greece remains cnlm, Popular reaction to Prime Minist~r K~ramanlis' radio speech yesterday 4pparently was one of relief that the sovernment was not contemplating actions that could bring Greece closer to htist1litie9. The sp•ech wa~ generally well received. with some Greeks pointing out that the Prime Ntnistar cnnnot be e~puctcd to work miracles.

11. The embassy also reports that~Crcek Defense l.U.nister Avcroff on August 13 reque~:>ted that t:he US accelerate the d~livery of twclva ~-4E's that t:he Creeks h..ad previou:,ly orderud. A Greek forci·gn ministry official has informed the US ernbnssy that NA'rO Secr~.tary Gencr.. nl Luns .. 1,!; presently not in the good eraces of the Greek government bacau$e he refused to po,!;~pone his vacation to p~rticipate in ~ special meeting that th• Greeks had requcst~d on July 2~. -"The Greeks, then, have jotncd the Turks -1n making clear thA~ a visic b)• tuns at this time would not prove useful.

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12~ The US defense attache in Athens r~ports that the impact of Grno~e leaving the NATO military inte­ ,Brated command ~~ no~ nlear. Greek military offi~erA havo mixed emotions; most aceept the l..rithdrawal., but regret the necessity !or it. A Greek military officer informed the .attache thnt some changes affecting US forces will be mndc, but no Rpec1f1c d~cisiona have· yet been made by the gov~rnmcnt. UNI'!ED"NATIONS

13. It is still uncertain whether the Security Council will meet today to continue consideration of a French draft reaolution informally propo,ed yesterdiy. The French resolution calls for formal di~approval of T~rkey•~ military operntiorts, ur~es withdrawal of foreign military personnel upr~l:fent othcrttiee than under the authority of int.erna~;iona.l agreements," and urge~ the resumption of peace negotiations.

14. r.n loboyin~ efforts yesterday tho French failed to gain the nine affirruativ~ votes noceesary to .insure the resolution's passage by the Socurity Council. The French hn.vc 1'\0t indic.nr:od whether a US abstention and.· the expected Turlt.ish cease-fire propoaal will .-:~.lter t.heir effortA to press· for a ccndemn,ation o£ the Turkish mi2itary intervention. -MAKARIOS STILL IN LONDON 15. According to the London Guardian. Archhi&hop M~kar1os met with British Prime Minister W~lson and Foreign SecretQry Callagh~n yesterday. and told them he continues to oppose any partit1on of Cyprus. Makarioa was ~encting to press report~. later denied, that President Cler1des-was rcco~•~nding h4nding over the northern portion of Cyprus ~o the Turks.

lG. The US etnb4lssy ·tn Paa·is reported todoy that allecations that tho US cncouraRcd. if not fostered.· the co~p asatnst Mak~rios are gaining in Prance. 1'ho allegation was first 1:l3dc in~~..! on Auguac: lS. - .. 5X

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17. Pr~vda yes~erday published the most compre­ hensiv~ commentary on the stAtus of the Cypriot problem yet se~n in the Soviet press. but it failed' to break any new ground. The 4rt1clei which emphasized that the UN must t~kG urgent steps to iropl~mcnt ita decisions, seems to reflect Mos~ov's frustration ~ith its ~nability to play ~n offoctive role in re­ solving the conflict.

18. TASS today car~ied extracts from Greek Prime Minister karamaq~is 1 speech yesterday, wb~ch reflected C~eek frustr~tion and disappointment with ita NATO allies. It hi<lighted Ka-ramanlis • cl.nim that he had given the order for the milittiry withdrawal from NATO as well as other steps that have yet to be announced. TASS reported local Greek s~dculation that these Add1tional measures mitht include cha annulment of US-Greek asr~em~nts ~n milit~ry bases. ll.CfHTING ON CYPRUS

19. Pres~ reports of the capture of Mo~phou re­ main unconfirmed, but scam credible. Turkish forces a 't' tl k n ou n t o h a v c p as s e d t: h r o ugh H a ~:t a -r i , a vi ll a Be southwest of the aicy, and advanea elemtints have roached Ghaziveran on the Lcfka-Morphou ro~d. Radio broadcasts from Ankara claim that the Turkish ar1nY. has captured Lcfka. Th~s report also ie unconfirmed. but the gencr~l absence of evidence that the Turkish offoneive is being res~sted lands crGdence to tho report;.

20. In Nicosia, the UN has attempted once mor• to arransa a coase-fire. Thure havo been no indications, however~ chat che fightLna has abated. pnrclcularly in the •rea of the ~1cu~1a airport. The Turks are making a determined effort· co take control Qf the airport uacc~s road with artillery ~nd air strika6. The regular _,_

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Greek forcca north of the a~rport are under the heaviest att~ck ainc.a the fighting renewed .. but they il.T.e ap_parently ·still holding most of their positions. Turk~sh planes atc~cking cha Gr~ek camp inadvertently bombad tha UN contingent at the airpore. No UN casualties were reported. The nirpor~ ~tself remains in UN hands.

21. Turk1.sh forc.es are conuolido.ting their positions in thc.northcast and have moved into the Karp as ··Pen;.nS.u:~J,l. an!l· reportedly have reached Galnt~a. South of Famagu~ra. the Greek.Qyprlot .. forces have moved toward L:l. ot>ett"i to regr.oul) .,..-----,

J Turkish forces attempted to establish ""'a--e""'f="·e-n-s-:i-v-e-':"1":'1-"n c f rom Vat i l i t ,, Sind a durin i the · night. but reportedly felt it would be difficult to hold if the Greek Cypriote uttncked.

22. Ualf way botween Nicosi~ nnd Fama&usta Turkish forces are shel.li,'Q.g Greek Cypriots ros.tsti"ng the Turkish link up with its ~nclavo 1n Melousha. The Greek fot"ces olso Qre baing su~ported hy artil­ lery fire from the south. If the Turks take Melouaha

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23. Intercommunal fighting continue~ in Aeveral villages within the Turkish held area in the cast.

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1. -1 CONVEYED YOUR MESSAGE CONTAf NED REFTEL ORALLY TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER AT 1600 HOURS AUGUST16. WHEN I . . HAO fiNISHED, THE FONMIN EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR YOUR MESSAGE AND . TKEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE ME HIS AP- PR AI S AL 0 F' THE S I TU AT I 0 N. I' 2. · SAUVAGNARGUES SAID THAT THE T(MtNG Of A CEASE FIRE WAS, IN HIS VIEW, NOW A SECON1JAlrV ISSUE. HiE .PRIMARY. ~WAS WHAT WAS ~QING TO HAPPEN INTERNALLY IN GREECE. ·. THIS, HE SAID, WAS THE CRITICAL QUESTION. · tT WAS WITH THIS fSSUE IN MIND THAT THE FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION HAD CALLED FOR THE CONDEMNATION Of TURKEY. I CO~.B1ENTEO, MAKING IT CLEAR I WAS SPEAKl~G PERSONALLY, THAT t THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE CONCERNED THAT WESTERN CONOEMNATJON OE.._IURK£Y. ..W.OllLO EH.C.OURA.G..E I I £ -TURKS tO TURN !..tORE IO THE SOVIETS, SOMETHING THE SOVIETS WOULD UNOOUoTEDLY WELCOME. THE FONMIN PROMPTLY REJOINED THAT THIS WAS PRECISEL.Y THE RISK WE WERf. NO\l RUrH.UrtG VfS-A-V!S GfiEECE._ AND THAt TtiE Sl!.UAT lD~ IN GRE£C£ WAS, IN HIS VIEW, FAR MORE CRITlCt.l THA!\ THAT IN TURKEY. HE ADDEO . PARENTHETICALLY THAT Hf. HAO GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS UN REPRESENTATIVE NOT TO INSIST ON A CONDEMNATION OF TURKEY tr .IT DID NOT HAVE FAIRLY WIDE SUPPORT. :.-~. -~~~ ...... "--::_~..;..., .,... ..3/IJ/4'/ ,}llt.l .. ,.; .,.. - loii. • . .. ¥ • - ..tr:J. J ~. w ~rep- . . . NOT TO BE REPRODUCED Wtr6-& ~~E AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SEC R2

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. . . 3. THE FONMIN CITED SPECIFICALLY LEFTIST ARMY OfFICERS AS POSING A SERIOUS POTENTIAL THRE ~l f~ tHE PRIME MlHIS!ER. SHOULD KARAMANLJS BE TOPPLED, HE ANTICIPATED WE WOUlD PROMPTLY LOSE OUR BASE RIGHTS AND GREECE WOULD COMPLETELY WITHDRAW fROM NATO. . 4. HE OESCRJSEO OUR .DEALINGS WITH TURKEY AS MPUSIL­ lANlMOUS". · HE SAID THE IMPORTANT THING AT THtS POINT WAS TO GET THE NEGOTIATfONS GOING AGAIN ON A BASIS WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE GREEKS ANO THE GREEK CYPRIOTS TO PARTlCIPATE, I.E., THAT THE TURKS GIVE . SUFFICIENT ASSURANCES ABOUT THEIR FUTURE CONDUCT AND INTENTIONS. IN HJS VIEW fT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE U.S. ACT FORTHRIGHTLY WITH THE TURKS TO THIS END • . 5. I TOLD HIM I WOULD COtJVEY HIS COMMENTS TO YOU. STONE . BT /19636 ... • ..

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Situation Repo~t NumbaT 9 (As of 1700 EDT)

(All timce cited a~e Nicosia time# unless ot~or­ w1s e ·ape c.i fied.)

CEASE-F! RF.

l. F:Lghtin·s ended in Nicosia., at l.o.ast tempot:arily. ·short.ly after the islnnd-wide ceasa-fire became effective at lSOO. Thore YC.TO no report a of. bos t 111 ties elsewhere on the island afte~ the c~ase-fire, altho~gh ~poradic ·fi~ht:ing prol?ubly will continue on most fronts. T\lrk a~d Cyprioc leaders hnva announced their acceptance df the cruce. Greek leaders have not commented on the ~pnse-fiTe~ but-~bey hava announced they will not part!• cipace in new peace negotiations propos~d by Turkey.

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anyone to believe that Athens will "negotiate under tha pre~sure of a fait accompli." Karamanlis re• por.todly \Ia$ .to hold a C::.llbinet meeting tonight to ceview·th& s1tuat1ou.

~~tSH INTBNTIO}lS .. \ ~-3_., 1 I I clain\s that th& second round of fighting was~ in part, intended to convince ·· the Greeks to negotinta. seriously on a permanent pol­ itical solution for Cyprus. He said that if the next ro~nd Qf talks fails to produce the desired •ettle- . tnent, th.e Turl'ti will agaill res-.une military . Thea "desired settlement" must ine-lud$ guarantees for a1\ autonomous Turkish Cypriot area, and will undoubt- edly tnx;l:a ao;r exchausa of populations. I I [_that Turkey will not accept the return oakar os to power und~r an~ circumscanoes.

CLERIDES RH'l'Ul~NS TO NICOSIA.

4. The seat of the Cyprus Governm•nt has ro­ turned to Nicosia aftar a brief ~ransfer to e3r lie.r to day. ·tt is now apps rent that Cle rides and some of his advisors arc embarrassed about their ptmicl~}" flisht from Nic.os1.a. A cabinet meeting has been-scheduled for 1000 tomorrow. Meanwhile. Clerides· has ·announce~ his acceptance of the island-wide cease-fire in a broadcast over Nicosi~ radio.

GREE~-US aELATIONS .·

S. Athens is beginning to take specifi6 actions to illustrate its displeasure over what the Greeks , c~nft~der to be a ~ro-Turkish attitude by the US. The US defense attache reported toda:y· that the Greeks turn~d down n request for a US emergency military flight from Athens to Izmir, Turkey to evacuate a /t,'<""'--''-· ...:,,;,; ···, -2- l!J!I ) ~ ;J·. - ..

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· critically-ill US soldie~. The Greek~ r~questod tb.at the fliaht: be routed in a matuter which· .will incr.eaBe the distance by 800 mile.s each way.

6. ·tater, the Greeks r.af:'used clearance into the . Athens Flight Information of a US Navy flight from to Athena.~ Grccl' air force personnel in­ fo.rme.d the US defense attnc.hc that no mor~ US air-· craft will bo allowed into Greece without prior clearance appro~Al. When it was pointed out this would ~iolate a bilateral agreement concerning !light cle.a rancetS :tnt o G J:'oe ce, the Greek· off ice1: stated ~h.at "we" no longer have agreeuu:u\ts and advised the 4ttnchD that the Greeks would accept no more clearance '· requescs at this time. A technical agreement betw~en •the OS DAO A\\d the Itellenic a.i r force that hat» b a en in effect since 1966 provides a bla.n.ket diploTnatic approval of US .. military flights into Greece.

7~ The US embassy in Athens speculates that ~h~ Greek sovarnment may be contemplating a revision of ·the status of US forces in Greece. and could be cons~derirti more far-reach~ng action. The.embassy .~ points out that Karamanlis said y~st•rday that he had or4~Ted Gt:.'e~k withdrawal from ebe NATO militnry com­ ma~d. and added that "other action bas been taken and is being talten • wh.icb. 4t ·the. present mon1ent c:tnnot be discussed .. 11

8. The_ Qmbassy also report's that Deputy i'oreign Minister Bitsios told a reporter this morning that ug bases in Greece are. "bilateral but unde"t" NATO.". l.Zhen .pressed foi a clarification, Bitsios admitted he could not &et stt:aight annwcrs from the ~6vernment concerning the bases. but predicted that Athens would follow the .. 'French formula. 11 IH ts :los described this ae being a gradunl operation in which liaison would be maintained without participation by Greece in N~TO military matters. This would reeult,.Bitsios said. in. the witl\d-rawal of NAtO b.ases ovor the course of time.

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9. R~uta.r reported this aJ:'tel.~noon that: French officials stated that Paris will speed up the delivery oC 50 ~irage jets to Greece. Deliveries are now ex­ pected to begin next year. Paris, according to tha.. press report • is also ·icceleratin& delivery of abo\!>t 100 med~um tanks and a dozen m1$sile-launching speodboats. . . · _.

}ftLITARY S ITUA't'!Ol-t 10 •. Heavy fighting conti11ued through the after­ noon around ~he Nicosia airport and in the city itsel(' .•. up t:.o tll.e time the cease-fire went into effect. Prior to the cease-fire, .Turkish forces midway ~etween . . N1cosi• and ~amagusta cdntinued their advance southwest to:ward .tb.-a high ground 1'l.ear th.e N1cosia- road. came ~nder Turkish attac~ and Greek Cyprio~ forces» follo~ing an order issued this morn~ng, evacuated the town. I ,.I 5X

11. The Turkish general staff in Ankara announced the capture of L~fka by units of the Ttirkish ar~y ~n Cyprus lat~ this after11oon •. U'ti Headquarters O\\ Cyprus raported_earlier in the day that Turkish forces had pass6d _through and we-re moving west along t.l\4. coas~ road ·coward L1nu.;.it1s. Limnici.s is the location of a 'turkish Cypriot enclave which bas be.e11 under daily attack by Greek Cypriot forces. The· US defe~se att·acll.e i.n Nicosia reports that a lllGcban:l.zed- turkish· force. reac.b.ed Lim.ni.tis before the cease.-fi.r~ wel\t into effect. 12. ThG Greek air force remains in a high state of ·, alert on the m~inl~nd. Ths US defense attache £n Athens. however. reports that fighter aircraft crews are now beins rest~d on a rotational basis. Greece has 21 . F-4 fighters, ·19 c! whi:c·h are·;-eportedly armed ,g.n.d ... . -. ,...... • ... • • • "' <# . .I .. -4- ~------.-.-Q~P~e~i~G~~-,E-,-¥~1-_-_-_-_-_-~~----__J

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on alert. The aircraft are dispersed at two airf~elda-­ Tau.agra,. which is north of Athe'ns, and Andro.vidha on the west coast of t~e Peloponnesus. Positioning of F-4s at.these fields suggests Greece is in a defen81Ve ·posture rntheT than having any intention of using ·these aircraft against targets on Cyprus. The F~4s ·. reportedly · .. are nuUH"led 'i:)(.y approximately- lS US-trained . c-rt.'-..rs whose capability is rated a• good. Greece also ·.'has 5 or 6 crews of marginal capability and experience W~th'the F-4.

~OVI~T POLITICAL REACTION .... 1 ' have 13·.~--~--w-~----~--~------~given t e ·b. final Cyprus settlement. 5X the Soviets want to prevent the . Aroerican military bases And tho of the is-. . land. In addition) they want Cyprus to remain indepen~ dent, but are not se~ on ~ny particular form of ·government. They .indicated that federation· would be .. acce,ptable. · 5X The pr&o$ ~as· reporte • r me n .ster Ecevit and Minister of - · De.fense Isik met ·with Soviet Atnbassador Qrugyal«:ov _yesterday. In addition, the Turkish Ambassador to the USSR and S~viet Daputy Foreign Minister Kozyrev hav~ 1net · frequently. 15. The reported statement appears cast in· terms the Soviets hope Ankara would find accepcable. The S~viets heretofore hava stated their concern "that federat.. ion would . ulticately t:o p.arcition. The Soviets made no mention of Makarios, whose return ~a :unacceptable 'to the Turks."

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LATE ITEH Cease-fire Status: Small arms •nd mortar fire were ··reported along tb e green line tb at s epa rat as the Gr-eek ana Turltish. comrnunit.'ies in Nicosia otto hour afcer the cease-fire became effective. There are ~lao reports of figh.t:i

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COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID . 033200205 COLLECTION TITLE . . . . NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES BOX NUMBER . 9 FOLDER TITLE . Cyprus Crisis (39)

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. f j BE SU?PORTJVE ~NO OUR POSITION WA$ 9 WE BELIEVED, CONSISTENT l. 1 WlTH THE POSITION OF ACTING PRESf~ENT CLERIOES IN GENEVA, . • l AND WE ASSUMED WITH YOUR OWN~ ENO!TEXT I,.·.~. ,'t ~ 3 • '( 0 u s H0 uL 0 Al s 0 0 R A L L y p 0 f NT 0u T T 0 T HE p R I ME M I u t s T E R "11 THAT AMBASSADOR MCCLOSKEY IN HIS .NEWS 8RIEf'lNG ON .·!{ .'' ~ . AUGUST · 1 it MADE T rlE fOLLO \'J l t~G TWO .sTATE ME.NT S! '~ .... "~~ ·:..... ~ . . . ~ . l~:if: '~A~·_wE SAIO_YEST[ROAY,' tN ANTiCIP~\TlON OF .A POSSIBI.E i ··! RENEWAL OF THE FIGHTfNG 9 WE- CONSlPER A RE.SORT TO MILITARY rr-:.\'· ACTION UNJUSTIFIED. WE OEPLOf{E THE TURKISH RESORT TO . l.':L_~}_; THE USE'Of FORCE. THE' UNtTEO STA:fES STRONGLY SUP?OR'CS , ··' i. .THE UN RESOLUTIONS CAL.Lft~·3 FOR ANi IMMEDIATE CEASEFlRE. ; · i THE U~i1TEO STATES IS CONVINCED THAT ONLY THROUGH A RETURN l :; ~ TO NEGOTiATIONS CAN AN. ARRANGEMENi DE ESTABLISHED WHICH ~. ·. l WILL SERVE TO RC:STOf~F. :CONST I TUT I O~NAL GOVERNMENT TO CYPHUS ;'.'::·\j ANO PEACE AND STABiL·lT.Y T!-!ROUGHOUif THE AREA AND WE WILt. -.t·v'·i. :~~~[~~~= .. IN ~MAKI.NG EVEHY EfFORT .TjO BRING THIS TO .A ;_ t . . .. : . r·· I .... , HAVE ALREADY SAJO :iHAT TURl

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5. W~ILE WE WERE 0~ THE SURJECT OF L!NES, ! ~E~T!ONEO THAT Ol~ ALL. TriE MtiPS 1-t€. HAD SHOI·:;'-1 M~ TrtF- TURKISH LI~lE TO FAMAGUSTA OIVIMEh TH~ CITY B~TWE~N ~ TUHKI~H A~D A GHE~~ S~CT6R. NOW I SAID I UNOERSTOOO T~AT TUR~S WERE I r~ P 0 S 5 t::: 5 S I 01 I 0 F MUCH OR P n S S I "1.. Y ALL 0 F TH 1:. CIT V• I ASK.EO If THIS HEM.:T Al.t~· OF FA!1AGUSTA WAS Tt:'l l<£t-1AUt IN ,. u~ KI s11 ;.u. No s • ,; r. s At o ~; c: r; I 11 "'~ • ,. K"~ o~~ , Hu r Ho \'i r: ve R I r · ; ·• .l~OtH~F.O OUT, ~RIT'CSH TRi!.ATV f'UGtiTS IN r'HE PrRT V.!Q~ILO SE .. QESPECT~O. H~ AUO~n, (AFT~q S~YING,"OO~T HOLD ME TO TH!$ 1 ») TdAT H~ ~f.L.I~VF.O tr1'HF. GR~>:.:KS S'-HiULD ~!..SO SF ASSUfH~O RlGHi"S ~F J~E 0~ THE PO~T. !N A~Y EVENT.H€ SAID TW~ BASIC ~OtNT ~AS TMAT TU~~S W~RE MfT!RM!NEO TO H~VE CONTROL OP THIS PORT AS IT WAS THE ONLV AOEGU~TE OEfP ~ATaR POQT ON TH! XSLAND~ "KVRENIA", HE SA!O, "IS ~ SUMMFR RESORT .. FO~ SM~LL BOATS."

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• •,,., ,....._..,,., • .,.,,...._, "'c: TUc; C::VC:I'"IITI\IC:: <:S:rOCTAR'• WORLD AFFAIRS · ·/"'w.orld News Digest with Index f-'¥ished Weekly A Turkey Controls Northern Third of Cyprus. Greece Rejects Offer to Resume Negotiations; Greek Cypriots Kill U.S. Envoy ...... J"~ACTS 'i ON A ~ l9741ty hctu" fit., tnc. Fighting continues. After achieving its Cypriots in a school. Some 17 miles west ~;.ume 34, No. 1763 August 24, 1974 major military goal of gaining control of of Nicosia, fighting was reported at the northern third of Cyrpus-from the , a mixed Greek-Turkish vil­ eastern port of Famagusta to the town of lage. The Turks and Greek Cypriots each ~:z:'::I'IIM*IIIIIi••=----TH/S WEEK Lefka in the west-Turk~nilateral!x. an- blamed the other for the new fighting. Affairs nounced il ~ ug. 1.6-aiia aeclared More fighting was reported Aug. 18, tl' j ftswinfngness t . . iations in with Turkish forces battling the Greek Turkey announced cease-fire after gaining Geneva with Greece arid·· Bt'itain on the around Troulli, control of northern third of Cyprus; 8 island's politii::iil future. DeSpite its cease­ seven miles north of Larnaca. The com­ Greece rejected offer to resume nego­ fir-e anrnroncemeri('Tu"r'ldsh troops con­ mander of the United Nations Force in tiations; Greek Cypriots killed U.S. tinued fighting--south--Of Nicosia and by Cyprus (UNICYP), Maj. Gen. Prem ambassador. Aug. 18, when the cease-fire actually began Chand, protested that Troutli was south U.S.• Arab officials met. to hold, Turkey was estimated to control of the cease-fire line, but the Turks denied U.N. population parley opened. 40%.ofC)p.rus.J~~p. 661B1] this. Gold prices slid, rebounded; oil news. Embittered' over Turkey's military vic­ Turkish tanks turned north from Pyroi Pages 877-681 tory, Greece Aua. 16 refused both the toward Nicosia Aug. 18 and moved to U.S. Affairs 1Turkish offer lor "a' lesllm]?tion. of talks within four miles of the capital's outskirts. At least six tanks, accompanied by in­ President Ford nominated Rockefeller to """"d .a~:~·. invita:ti_on t?. visit ~ ashington be vice president. said he favored t~ilss the cns1s wtth President Ford. fantry, moved three miles west of the c Oii the Greek: Cypriots shot· to Nicosia-Larnaca road Aug. 19, going to­ leniency for war draft evaders Cyprus, and deserters, named new VA ad­ deDtl[JJn.:-t,;J;S. · ambassadat;:;;;:Ilo.dger .. P. ward the Nicosia-Limassol road. The ' ' '· 't ministrator; Ford continued busy round Davies, during. an anti-Ameri~an demon­ Turks controlled every main access road l sttatiorr· a'C the embassy Aug:-1'9:'tsee from Nicosia to the south except the one of activity. $Bid his 1976 candidacy betow}--c• . ,_, • • leading to the Greek was 'probable.' Congress OKd wage-price task force; Turkish troops early Aug. 16 seized the Cypriots Aug. 18 began to return to northern town of Morphou, southwest of Nicosia, where the cease-fire was holding. tight money conditions prevailed, with , and later captured the communi­ The Greek Cypriot government esti­ problems in cepital investment; float­ ties of Lefka, where there were many mated Aug. l8.that Turkish forces con­ ing rate note controversy; farm price Turkish Cypriots, and Karavo­ trolled 40% of Cypru·s i:md Greek Cypriot rises resumed, weether threatened prices. stasi on the coast of . [See refugees numbered 200,000, more than a 0 p.661D2] third of the Greek Cypriot population. House accepted impeachment report; Cypriot President Clerides appealed for Rebozo subpoena compliance or­ The Turks maintainec:!.ll~~;i'!Y.air strikes dered, cover-up trial delayed. and artillery fire in Nicosia, the capital, heip to· the United Nations High Com­ ABA voted equal treatment resolution. causing Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides missio~ for Refugees. Hell!!'LA~ 20 that to flee the capital for six hours to the a solutiOn to the refugee pro&ie Wl& a Omnibus aid bill signed; other. housing southern coastal city of Limassol. Cypriot condition for his participation in any new developments. Transit aid reduced by half, U.S. citizens officials later said Clerides went to Limas­ 6eut9a1Jellcl!"tatk~A::U;N: spokesman could own gold. sol to examine the refugee problem, but an said Aug. ~ ~hat the Turkish army re­ unidentified diplomat called it a "panic" fusedioaiiOwSwedish O:N. troops i.n the Consumer protection development$. move. Intensive gunfire across the so-called Fa.magusta·area to cfe1iver foo(l;· water or Press developments. ..Green Line" separating the Turkish and medicine to thousands of refugees . Pages 681-690 E Cypriot communities of Nicosia also A statement issued by the Turkish gen­ Other Nations forced evacuation of the British High eral staff Au.s.IS accused Gr~Cypriots First Australian trade deficit since '87. Commission building. Thousands of of muroering "A:ug. 14 six Turkish civilian Indians agreed to end parte sit-in. Nicosia residents fled south because of the hostages, including a child, in in Ecuador took over share of oil firm. heavy Turkish attack. western Cyprus. Turkish Information Ethiopian army power firm. Turkish Premier Bulent Ecevit called a Minister Orban Birgit the same day asked ' ' Anti-U.S. sentiment in Greece. cease-fire Aug. 16 and declared that all for international action to stop alleged New Indian president. of Turkey's m1htary objectives had been atrocities against Turkish Cypriots. Since Pay raise accord in Ireland. met. He also called for the Cyprus pt:ace . the start of the Cyprus crisis in mid-July, Report on Japanese inflation. negotiations to resume in Geneva and said Greece and Turkey had each accused the Strike ban in . he was prepared to meet personally with other of civilian atrocities, including mur­ U.S. pulled jets out of . F Greek Premier Constantine Caramanlis der, rape and looting. [Seep. 640B3] Oil figured in Nigerian growth. ..whencver_he_wishes." Ecevit told a news Turkish authorities 1\'!K:.-~ .•.showed Fundamental rights restored in . conference in Ankara: "We are now in a newsmen~ in the eastern Turk­ Philippine civilians armed. situation where the foundations have been ish Cyprffif village of Aloa, where they Somalia-Soviet treaty signed. laid for the new federal state of Cyprus in said 57 Turkish Cypriot bodies were 2 emergency decrees dropped in South which the rights and security of the Turk­ buried, although only seven were im­ Korea; more dissidents arrested. ish Cypriots will be guaranteed." mediately found. The Turks said the vic­ Soviet rail line linked to new oil policy. The .Turkish ceasrr~~J!l£h~ (::leride.s tims had been killed by Greek Cypriots tied Ubya to thwarted plot. accepted, halted the... . URfHlt .Ji..D.In. after the Turkish invasion. West German minister quit in budget rift (Cyprus time) Ayg,J_6._except for sporadic (The chief of the Turkish general staff, Pages 690-697 firing in some Nicosia suburbs. Th~:: ceasrr Gen. Semih Sancar, disclosed Aug. 17 that Miscellaneous fire brok~n~Aug. 17 as a Turkish 250 Turkish troops had been killed and News of b8lileball. armored column captured the village of 550 wounded since the Turkish invasion Pyroi, a Turkish Cypriot community 10 Report analyzes health insurance effect. . He said the second stage of the '':~ 166 await execution in U.S. miles southeast of Nicosia, on the road to Turkish offensive, which began Aug. 14, the eastern coastal city of Larnaca, home came after the problem of the Turkish ft, Pages 697-70: of a large Turkish Cypriot community minorities in enclaves under Greek where several hundred residents were Cypriot control had been ..left for a week being held prisoners by the Greek to the politicians.") REFERENCES in bnck

were J0.-40 unarmed policemen, sent when Greek descent dCI!Ionstrated peacefully tn !~~L·{)· ~.io. n ... c. l!J.l~..·· .. h !f~{o···r.. , an··· intern a­ the U.S. requested more protection in an- front of the W.h!te _House Aug. 18 to, t1onaf confer~~!,':$= ..:-- '.. N: auspices to ticipation ofthe demonstrations. protest ':J.S. pobet~S m the Cyprus cnsiS. s~y,pt~.Pt,Ob' m:1it'ii'"'sfateintnt The demonstrators threw stones and set Many Sign~ .earn~ by th~ marchers issued by the officult 'press agency Tass, atleast eight embassy cars afire. Eye wit- called for KJssmger s res1gnat1on.) the government ·said the conference nessesrep()ne

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housewives in Quito to stage a demon­ Arroyo reported the congress had which he was regarded by Ethiopia's stration 25. The women were dis­ agreed to ask the Inter-American Com­ rural masses who constituted 95% of the persed by anti-riot police. Elsewhere in the mission on Human Rights, of the Organi­ nation's population. city police clashed with students armed zation of American States, to send a In the cities, however, criticism of the with staves and rocks. mission "to verify the violations of indi­ emperor mounted with newspapers pub­ There was a general demand in late vidual rights" committed by the regime. lishing unprecedented calls Aug. 16 and April for 50% wage increases to offset The congress had also appealed to the 19 for the abolition of the monarchy. inflation, according to the Mexican news­ government to allow Velasco Ibarra, 81, (The Addis Ababa newspaper Ethiopia paper Excelsior April 26. The Quito daily to return to Ecuador, Arroyo said. Herald published a report Aug. 18 that El Comercio urged the government April Conservative Party leader Francisco there were some 335,000 prostitutes in 25 to exercise firm control over specula­ Salazar Alvarado charged the regime had Ethiopia, 10,000 of whom; were in the tors who profited from "the hunger of the "done nothing substantial to benefit the capital. The paper also c,ited statistics people." country," and he referred to the "govern­ that nine million of Ethi~ia's 27 mil­ Price increases generally were blamed mental opulence which contrasts with the lion people were afflicted with venereal on Ecuador's new and massive oil income. poverty of the people," it was reported disease. Such reports had generally been The country's traditional social structure Aug. 17. suppressed by the government in the past, prevented this money from being readily Arroyo and Salazar were denounced as was the case with the ·drought and absorbed, and converted it into inflation, Aug. 17 by Government Minister Alfredo famine plaguing the country. [See p. ,. according to the London newsletter Latin Poveda, who called them "adventurers of 152A3]) ! the old politics" who lacked "a base" and America March 15. The situation was ag­ cOftlinw-More · of the em­ gravated by falling agricultural produc­ were "full of demagoguery." "Happily, A"nts the people have learned to scorn the old peror's closest associates were taken into tion, due partly to bad weather in 1973 military custody Aug. 9-17 on charges and partly to declining investment by politicians who created anarchy in the country and who are responsible for the of corruption and malfeasance, (See p. large landowners who opposed the 653E3] Selassie's chief bodyguard and government's agrarian reform program, nation's economic situation and current problems," Poveda asserted. aide de camp were arrested and his per­ Latin America reported. sonal treasurer, who had taken refuge in Rodriguez Lara accused the land­ French arms purchase. The government the palace, surrendered to the army fol­ owners of cutting production, despite confirmed the purchase of $25 million lowing an AFC announcement that the government subsidies and tax rebates on worth of French army tanks, cannon and palace could not provide sanctuary. The imported seeds and fertilizers, in a direct artillery shells, it was reported May 9. property, bank accounts and belongings challenge to the reform program, ac­ of all three men were confiscated by the cording to Latin America. Ethiopia military. [Seep. 606G2] The program, introduced in 1973, was Army power firm, emperor weakened. The total arrested thus far exceeded 150. aimed at increasing production but not They were being kept in army barracks changing social structures. No limit was In a forceful show of strength Aug. 16, at 4th Army Division headquarters in placed on the size of land holdings and, the armed forces which had virtually con­ Addis Ababa, the Washington Post re­ with certain exceptions, only unused land trolled Ethiopia since continued to ported Aug. 23. could be expropriated. The reform would strip Emperor Haile Selassie of power bring uncultivated or badly used land into and staged an impromptu military parade Church challenges army, Constitution. production; give employment and a higher through the streets of Addis Ababa. [See Abuna Tewoflos, patriarch of the Ethi­ living standard to many impoverished p. 606Gl] opian Coptic Orthodox Church, issued a peasants; help enlarge the domestic The emperor's Crown Council, Court strong attack on the Armed Forces Com­ market; and help absorb the oil money. of Justice and military committee were mittee and the proposed new Constitution The reform threatened the landowners' abolished by the Armed Forces Com­ Aug. 18. The Constitution would separate power by introducing new counter­ mittee (AFC). The military committee was church and state and remove the emperor balancing economic interests in the transferred to the Ministry of Defense as head of the church. [Seep. 653C3] countryside in the form of small land­ in order to integrate the Imperial Body­ Tewoflos' statement charged that the owners and cooperatives with purchasing guard with the other armed forces entities. military was seeking to disestablish the power, Latin America commented. The Imperial Bodyguard had been con­ church and "give leeway to other, non­ sidered the sole military faction loyal Ethiopian and non-African religions." : .... Elections barred for 5 years. President to the emperor. However, a number of Guillermo Rodriguez Lara said July II Eritrean deputies quit, ELF talks sought. guards participated in the unannounced Twenty-three Eritrean members of the that elections and other political activities parade of military troops and equipment would remain suspended for five years, Chamber of Deputies resigned Aug. 16 to through the capital. The show of strength, protest the government's alleged neglect during which time his administration which included repeated fly·overs by U.S.­ would carry out a national development of the province. They charged that provided jet fighters, was seen as a warn­ Eritrean prisoners had not been released program. (See 1973, pp. 1092G3, 692C2] ing to the shrinking opposition to the He warned politicians July 25 not to under the July 3 amnesty (See p. 653F3) AFC and its program of reforms. and said the military was conducting mas­ call for elections, asserting: "The time of (Thousands of members of the body­ republican misrepresentation will not sacres in the province. guard had marched on the emperor's Premier Michael Imru called for a return. Demagogues will not reign by palace Aug. 13 demanding $14 million in virtue of their privileges again, nor will the "peaceful dialogue" with the Eritrean "· unpaid salaries for service in the United Liberation Front (ELF), the separatist permanently privileged recover their eco­ Nations operation in the Congo [now nomic domination." rebel movement, Aug. 20 as a step toward Zaire] more than 10 years ago. According improving the province's relations with Rodriguez Lara was challenged by two to the Washington Post Aug. 16, the the central government. (Seep. 606F3) political groups, the National Velasquista emperor and Premier Michael Imru re­ Federation (supporters of the exiled ex­ jected their demands; the AFC supported .. Greece President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, who that decision.) was overthrown by the current regime) The AFC was carrying out its programs Anti-U.S. sentiment mounts. Public and and the Conservative Party. with caution, giving no indication that it official actions reflected growing anti-U.S. Alfonso Arroyo Robelly, newly des­ would depose the emperor who, under the sentiment throughout Greece. Waves of ignated leader of the Velasquistas, said draft Constitution presently being stud­ demons~rations..sw-ged"m"·J'\thens, • S'a'lo­ Aug. 14 that his party had adopted a ied, would be reduced to a figurehead. Ob­ nika·and Cr* .wl;l~ere . .tho~• .¥41C3llY position of "belligerent and combative op­ servers believed that the committee was denoutte~·'1he U.S. role in the Cyprus position" to the military regime at a se­ seeking to maintain the emperor, rather crisis for which Washington was held to cret national congress Aug. 10. He said than removing him and declaring a re­ blame because of its past support of the Velasquistas would act clandestinely. public, because of the reverence with Greek military junta that had mounted the FACTS ON FILE