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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS fv t-j,/.^. v <' i \ TO THE UNITED NATIONS f i ~^'

NEW YORK, N. V. tOOt7

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Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to bring to Your Excellency's attention the unthinkable inhuman practices of all kinds, causing great suffering, exercised on the enclaved Greek Cypriots in the occupied north of Cyprus by the Turkish occupation forces and imported Turks from Turkey, thus forcing them to abandon their ancestral homes and lands in order to accomodate the massive influx of imported mainland Turks in the calculated attempt to change the demographic composition of the Island. The conditions of horror, torture and continuous harassment and threats, which are now applied more effectively and intensively to the remaining indigenous Greek Cypriot inhabitants are disclosed in the reports dated 19thr 23rd and 25th October 1976, by the Head of Services on Humanitarian Matters Mr. A. Mat- soukaris, attached hereto as annexes I, II and III respectively. • «» . . . 2/

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

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated , . j.. ~-x>sfi&'m'.^r,^;^-^"-~~—m as a document of the Security Councxl. __m™~-~--' "" Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. v

Zenc/n kossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS £,,,,, / ', , £/,* TO THE UNITED NATIONS / , / .. r > 1 O2O SECOND AVENUE Tf . » " ' 's,^;

NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OOI7

Ref: 1?7/784/745 26th November 1976

Excellency, : On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to enclose copy of a Resolution passed by the House of Repre- sentatives of the Republic of Cyprus on 18th November 1976, with the request that it may be circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations-

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ON 18TH NOV. 1976

"At its meeting of 18th November 1976, the House of

Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus unanimously adopted

the following resolution:

„ 1. The House of Representatives, having considered the ..colonization by the Turkish invaders of the Cyprus territory under their occupation, which having begun sometime ago, it still continues today to an even greater extent with a view to partitioning Cyprus, contrary to all concepts of morality and justice and in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the United

Nations' General Assembly and Security Council on Cyprus;

2. Witnessing the daily expulsion of the enclaved Greek

Cypriots in the Turkish occupied areas from their homes and property in contravention of the relevant agreement concluded at Vienna under the auspices and guidance of the United Nations' -"Secretary-General and the settlement there of Turkish colonizers •* from Turkey in complete disregard of the United Nations'resolutions; 3. Noting the delaying tactics and intransigent attitude of'the Turkish Government which, showing contempt for the reso- • lutions adopted by the United Nations' Security Council and General " -^Assembly on Cyprus, pursues by the force of arms the enforcement

of its own arbitrary rule on the occupied territory and the .> creation of faits accomplisj

Appeals to the United Nations' Security Council and General Assembly to take all necessary action in order to put an

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to the inhuman expulsion of the enclaved and to the coloni-

zation of the occupied part of Cyprus by Turks from Turkey,

to press decisively for the urgent implementation of the reso-

lutions on Cyprus with a view to ensuring the independence,

sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus, and put an

•:end to the partitioning plans ..of the Turkish invaders".

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

S20 SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OOI7 /-\ c« f//.f ^ y^ / ^ Ref: 72/71

The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour to give herebelow a brief Aide Memoire of the points raised regarding certain aspects of the situation in Cyprus to be reflected in the forthcoming Report of the Secretary-General. The points are as follows: a) That the Turkish Cypriot side refused to resume negotiations on humanitarian matters and informed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to that effect; b) That the Turkish Cypriot side refused to accept the terms of the I.C.R.C. on the question of missing persons; c) That the present tragic situation of the enclaved persons and their systematic expulsions should be depicted clearly and categorically as a means for averting the total expulsion of all enclaved Greek Cypriots. Reference was made in this respect to the recent intensification of the harassment by beatings and other acts of violence . . . 2/

His Excellency The Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 -

as in the case of two Greek Cypriots in Rizokarpasso who were cruelly beaten for reporting to the occupation forces the theft of their animals by a Turkish settler. Similar instances occurred in Litherangomis and Rizo- karpasso. Specific violations of the 2 August 1975

agreement are daily occurences. Thus, despite the recent

approval (at the end of October 1976) for the functioning of the Rizokarpasso elementary school, the occupation authorities exert pressure and threaten -the remaining teachers to sign petitions for transfer to the south. Also, the Greek Ciymnasium of Aegialousa, which was kept closed

until now, will henceforth be used as a Turkish Lyceum for the Turkish colonizing settlers and Turkish Cypriots in the area. Similarly, the churches of Voukolis and

Tavros were converted into mosques while the four churches of Vathylakas and the church of Pentayia were desecrated and looted.

d) That the dangerous and explosive situation created because of the efforts of the Turkish occupation authorities to extend their control over the no'man's land in Avlona, Kaimakli and Pyla, following the settlement of Turkish Cypriots and mainland settlers in neighbouring areas, was also raised and UNFICYP's responsibilities in this respect were underlined.

2. On the question of Mr. Denktash's title, it was stressed that any reference to Mr. Denktash by the United Nations as

"President" is unacceptable. Should the arrangement for the

. . . 3/ - 3 - functioning of UNFICYP not be acceptable to Mr. Denktash under these circumstances, the Secretary-General could warn that he would report on the matter to the Security Council and, in any case, UNFICYP could insist in applying in practice the terms of this arrangement.

The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the assurances of his highest consideration.

New ^rk, 25t .ovejmber 1976 LW -V r»a.. AMCA COD* 812 jeea-

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

• 2O SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. TOO! 7

Ref: 55/75 10 November 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to the letters by the Permanent Representative of Turkey (S/12204, A/31/261, A/31/267, A/C. 3/31/7 and A/31/289), annexing letters from representatives of a so-called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" — a fictitious entity, set up by Ankara on the territory of .Cyprus which was invaded by Turkey in 1974 ,and still is under her aggressive occupation, in flagrant violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations. "-rWA. Sjoeh artificial set-up came in the wake of the genocidal uprooting and elimination from the invaded area of its majority Greek Cypriot inhabitants (80%), and was followed by

the massive implanting in their usurped homes and properties/ of alien population/ hastily transported from Turkey, in a pre-planned scheme to change by force the demographic structure of Cyprus. . These facts in themselves speak of the bogus character involved of such a "state" and of the criminality/ in the pretence that 40% of the territory of the Republic, which is now under the . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New YOrk 10017 -2- aggresslve occupation of Turkey and with an overwhelmingly transplanted population, largely alien to Cyprus, could even be thought of as na state" for the 18 % Turkish Cypriot minority. It is in reality but the sad manifestation of the multi- ple international crime, now being committed against Cyprus —a stigma on our present day civilization. The settlers from Turkey have already reached the figure of over li.0,000 in an ongoing process of colonization. By unlawfully granting to them -^as well as to the 1^0,000 Turkish troops and their families*- Cypriot citizenship, Ankara strives to establish by force in the occupied area population from Turkey, having little relevance to the distinctive Turkish Cypriot identity and standards, which are thereby to be submerged and phased away. Obviously, the pretended elections of "Turkish Cypriot leadership", emerging from such adulterated amalgam of population tcan hardly be representative of Turkish Cypriot interests or feeling. Needless to add that statements purporting to emanate from such "Turkish Cypriot leadership" are but the echo of the voice of the invader, in a manner reminiscent of Nazi practices in the Second World War. But even the name "Attila operation", given by Ankara to its invasion of Cyprus, is in emulation of the name "Undertaking Attila", under which Hitler officially designated his Blietzkreig operation No.19 of Dec.19^0 ("Blietzkrelg to Defeat

1935-19^0»;Holt,Rinehart and Winston*. Indeed the whole conduct of the aggression against Cyprus, followed by the rapid I ' -3-

unfoldment of fait a accomplia and international crimes, has been on the pattern of Hitler's policies and tactics, intro- duced now by Turkey in our present day United Nations world, Hitler's downward course to the rule of brute force, tolerated at first by the "appeasement" policy, was finally halted by World War II, What can halt present day aggression when the concept of balance of power proves bankrupt , as in the case of Cyprus, showing up the uselessness and the inherent perils of this outdated concept in an advanced technological era? International security through the United Nations, as specifically provided in the Charter, is the only positive alter-

native to anarchy and war0

The present problem of Cyprus in its implications and unavoidable repercussions, extends beyond the confines of Cyprus, It is a world problem of unprecedented gravity; in- asmuch as it is the most glaring example of the failure of the United Nations to function in its primary and paramount responsibility under the Charter and its raison d'etre that — -*> of providing the means for effective international security and peace, in place of escalating arms race and war "ffi. thin tl nnw..rmt.dntftrl rnnropt of balance of punier iiond«p«d manifesti

n +->»ft go aa nf fljirrr Thus the United Nations has been unable so far to provide direly needed international security to a small member state, continuously for two years i

being subjected to the most savage acts of aggression by a stronger neighbour, openly engaged in dismembering its territorial integrity and demolishing its independent existence^in contemptuous disregard of all basic human rights and in violation of the Charter, all tenets of international law and the specific United Nations Resolutions on Cyprus. All these violent actions, as though in a world of anarchy, now occur before the eyes of a seemingly apathetic international community and an ineffective United Nations. Ineffective, because of the non-implementation of the Security Council resolutions, being thus reduced to nothing more than paper resolutions, allowing the aggressor to continue and even intensify his aggressive acts. In our interdependent world the violation of the independence and territorial integrity of one member state in its repercussions directly affects all other member TTTt-f states •, w%6r cannot remain indifferent to the fate of Cyprus* Implementation of Security Council Resolutions is a compelling necessity to make the United Nations and its Security Council a meaningful instrument of international security and peace, as demanded by the Charter. Such implementation can, and should be, applied through complying with the specific and mandatory provisions of the Charter in its' relevant articles. / The burning international problem of Cyprus,at the present juncture^ compellingly needs the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX), endorsed by Security Council Resolution 365 (19714.) and re-affirmed by General Assembly Resolution 3295 demanding the withdrawal without further delay of the foreign armed forces from the Republic of Cyprus^ stad the cessation of foreign interference in its affairs and calling for urgent measures for the return of all regugees to their homes in safety* Contacts and negotiations between the parties concerned for a peaceful settlement cannot be conceived as positive or constructive while the invader holds in bondage forty per cent of the island1s territory and^ worse still, arrogantly continues his faits accomplis and acts of aggression against the people of Cyprus, as already stated above, Only after the measures for implementation of United Nations Resolutions are effectively initiated and pursued can there be meaningful and productive negotiations, w£»n freely conducted in a climate of good faith and cooperation towards the common goal of an independent, sovereign, territorially integral and non-aligned State of Cyprus, as set out in the aforesaid Resolutions, for a just and lasting solution,in the true interest of all

Cypriots, whether of Greek or Turkish origin alike/and in that of international security and peace« I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations. CCR970 a|P

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

• ao SECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. IOO17

Ref: 121/74 4 November 1976

Excellency, On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to refer to the problem of over 2,000 still missing persons, as a result of the invasin of Cyprus by Turkey in July/August 1974. Notwithstanding repeated efforts by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and in utter disregard of the General Assembly Resolution 3459 (XXX) of 9 December 1975, the Turkish Government continues not to give any information as to the fate of the missing persons, by pre- tending that there are no undeclared persons in their hands, thus evading its responsibility for the unaccounted disappearance of these persons. There is concrete evidence that a great number of the missing persons were taken as prisoners by the invading forces and were alive in their hands. Some appeared in photographs taken by foreign diplomats in prisoner-of-war camps or on ships transporting them to Turkey; some were visited by the Red Cross

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N. Y. 10017 - 2 - in places of detention; others appeared on lists of Prisoners of War prepared by the Turkish authorities themselves; some sent messages to their families over the Turkish radio; a number were, on the evidence of their co-prisoners, together with them after capture, but have not been released along with the remaining prisoners, and no explanation has so far been given as to their disappearance. The Turkish Government persists in not agreeing to any procedure for tracing the missing persons and refuses to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to enter the area under the occupation of the Turkish army. My Government feels that the constant agony regarding the fate of the missing persons which tragically affects the everyday life of their families, cannot be allowed to continue without due investigation. It, therefore, holds that every i possible means has to be applied for an international inquiry into the matter by the International Committee of the Red Cross, or by other appropriate way, in order to clear up its wholly unacceptable situation. Your Excellency is, therefore, requested to exert very further effort, in close cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, towards the tracing and accounting for persons missing, as provided by the said General Assembly Resolution 3450 (XXX) of 9 December 1975.

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I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Re Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations - X. | - •i- ^

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS ^uc Qa-^ B2O SECOND AVENUE V.J U V

NEW YORK. N. Y. IOOI7

Ref: 73/71 4 November 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to our letter of 20th July 1976 (A/31/143/Add.1) and to attach hereto copy of the text of the Political Declaration of the Fifth Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries, referring to the Question of Cyprus, with the request that it may be circulated as a General Assembly document under Item 118 (Question of Cyprus). Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

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

Attached: a/s POLITICAL DECLARATION AS ADOPTED BY THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE

XIII. CYPRUS The Conference reaffirms its solidarity with the Government and people of Cyprus and recalls General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) — endorsed by Security Council resolu-

tion 365 (1974) — which continues to provide the principles and the valid framework for the solution of the problem. It also recalls Security Council resolution 367 (1975) and General

Assembly resolution 3395 (XXX) as well as the Lima Declaration, which embody principles and conditions advocated by the Non- Aligned Countries through the Contact Group of Five. The Confe- rence notes with satisfaction that the United Nations resolutions called upon all States to respect the Non-Aligned status of Cyprus, In urging the immediate implementation of United Nations resolutions the Conference calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and Non-Alignment of Cyprus; demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign armed forces and other foreign military presence from Cyprus; and,calls for the initiation of urgent measures to ensure the safe return of all refugees to their homes. The Conference supports the continuation of meaningful and constructive negotiations between the representatives of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish- Cypriot communities freely conducted on an equal footing, which should lead to a mutually satisfactory and freely accepted agreement and emphasizes the need for the parties concerned to adhere

. . . 2/ - 2 - to the agreements reached at all previous rounds of talks held under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United

Nations. The Conference further emphasizes that all parties should refrain from taking unilateral action in the situation and deplores such action already taken, more particularly arbitrary actions to enforce a change in the demographic structure of the island in whatever way. The situation brought about by such action should not be allowed to influence the settlement of the Cyprus issue. The Conference considers that the United Nations should -take effective measures to ensure the implementation of its resolutions with regard to Cyprus. UN/TED NATIONS Dlstr_ GENERAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 .*->- ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Thirty-first session THIRD COMMITTEE Agenda item 69 (b)

ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Letter dated 2 November 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to refer to the communication from the Permanent Representative of Turkey, circulated in document A/C.3/31/7 dated 25 October 1976, containing nothing but falsities repeatedly stated in the past and conclusively refuted inter alia by our letters (a) E/5813 dated 27 April 1976, (b) A/31/151, S/121kb dated 16 July 1976, and (c) A/31/178, S/12179 dated 18 August 1976; I would, therefore, request that our above letters be considered as part of the documentation for item 69 (b) entitled "Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination" and be made available to the members of the Third Committee during the consideration of this item.

(Signed) Zenon ROSSIDES Ambassador Permanent Representative ofx Cyprus to the United Nations

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TO THE UNITED NATIONS

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NEW YORK, N. V. IO017

Ref: 74/71 1 November 1976

Excellency, On instructions from my Government, I have the

honour to enclose herewith copy of a letter addressed to Your Excellency by the President of the House of Repre

sentatives of Cyprus, Mr. Spyros Kyprianou, with the

request that it may be circulated as a document of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

ZenorVRos sides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N. Y. 10017 "29 October 1976

H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations New York, N. Y.

Your Excellency, The House of Representatives of Cyprus at its last session, 27th October 1976, having concluded its debate on the Cyprus Question, has unanimously resolved to convey to you its deepest anxiety and indignation for the lack of any progress towards the implementation of the United Nations' Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions on Cyprus. It has further decided to strongly urge Your Excellency to take, in your capacity as Secretary-General of the United Nations, all measures and steps necessary towards their implementation. The House of Representatives of Cyprus wishes to emphasize that no viable and just solution to the Cyprus problem •* is possible outside the framework of the United Nations resolutions. In view of the forthcoming new debate on Cyprus in the General Assembly, the House of Representatives urges all members of the United Nations not only to reaffirm the previous resolutions, but also to take all necessary steps for their implementation. These resolutions contain the most essential requirements for a lasting and peaceful solution. The world body has the obligation to give effect to its own verdict.

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Failure of the United Nations to do so will not only be at the expense of Cyprus, a small country, an equal member of the Organization, but in this particular case, it will be a failure for the United Nations themselves. It is unthinkable for the United Nations to allow this situation to continue indefinitely, as it is unthinkable for any of its members to prevent directly or indirectly the United Nations from following the right course in pursuance of the implementation of its own resolutions. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Ref: 121/74 26 October 1976

Excellency, On instructions from my Government I have the honour to refer to Your Excellency's letter of 14 October

1976 addressed to the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, in reference to the proposed investigation by the Committee of the International Red Cross to trace the over 2,000 missing persons or ascertain their fate and the inability of the above international body to proceed to such investigation

because, as stated in the letter, "it was not possible to

secure the agreement of both parties". What is thereby under- stood is that the Turkish side does not agree. My Government feels that the constant agony regarding the fate of the missing persons, tragically affecting the everyday life of their families, cannot be allowed to continue without due investigation. It, therefore, holds that every possible means have to be applied for an appropriate international inquiry into the matter, in order to clear up this unacceptable state of affairs. . . . 2/

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

Meanwhile, I have the honour to request that in Your Excellency's coming Report on the 31st of October 1976, this aspect of the situation and the refusal of Turkey to allow any inquiry, or any free movement of the International Red Cross in the occupied area, may be duly reflected. Please accept, Excellency,'the assurances of my highest consideration.

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 25, EL. VENIZELOS ST., NICOSIA, XT 109, TEL. 64653

Nicosia 2Uth September, 1976

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York.

wife and I have "been deeply touched lay your" kind message of sympathy following our recent ear accident and we would like to express to you our warm appreciation for your concern for us. With warm personal regards from Marvel and myself to Mrs. Waldheim and to you,

J. Cl. Christophides •T *? MR/jm - GCJ SG l b/f: KH/MP/MR/IL - RA

8 September 1976

I was very sorry to |ust learn that you and your wife have been injured in 3 ear accident. May x take this

Yours sincerely*

Kurt Waldheim

His Excellency Mr, John Cl. Christophides Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Foreign Ministry Nicosia MR/jm - cc:__SG_ b/f: KH/MR/MP/IL

September 1976

Dear Mr. Ajmbassador, fhe Seercetary-Geae-ifai wtiid very imeh it if y©«t could Kindly forward tSio «tt«eelk«A letter to His Excellency Mr. John CI. Ch^istopbiaes, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. A copy of this letter is for your information. Accept, Mr. Auvbass&dor, the aseurances of my highest consideration.

Kurt Herndl Deputy Executive Assistant tso the Secretary-General

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SUNDAY'S ©?EEK CYPRIOT PAPERS REPORT THAI SRSG DE CUELLAR RET WITH THE (SEEK CYPRIOT NEGOTIATOR> MR* T. PAPADOPOULOS, / . _...... * OH SATURDAY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS EFFORTS FOR RESUMPTION

OF THE HUMANITAHIAS TALKS. AFTER THE MEETING, MB, PAPADOPOULOS SAID HE HOPED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO RESUME THESE TALKS, I ADDING THAT HE HAD SET OUT THE Q^EEK CYPRIOT SIDE'S VIEWS (_ TO SRSG DE CUELLAR, REPLYING TO A QUESTIONS, PAPADOPOULOE SAID

THE STUHaiKG ELOOCK IN THE WAY OF RESUMING THE INTERCOMMUNAL TALKS IS KNOWN AND ADDED THAT HE HAD REITERATED TO SRSG DE C CUELLAR THAT THE (SiEEK CYPRIOT SIDE WANTED SUBSTANTIVE AND CONDUCTIVE TALKS. IN REPLY TO A QUESTION, SRSG DE CUELLAR IS L - " REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT IT WAS TOO EARLY TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS C OF RESUMING THE TALKS. COMMENTING ON THE STATEMENT OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOT NEGOTIATOR. MR. ONAH. IN WHICH HE SAID THAT IF THE r QUESTION OF MISSING PERSONS IS RAISED FOR DISCUSSION, THEY r WILL NOT DISCUSS IT, MR. PAPADOPOULOS SAID THAT THE TURKISH GYPRIOT SIDE COULD NOT DICTATE TO THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE WHAT MATTERS TO RAISE AT THE TALKS ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES. HE SAID THAT THE FACT THAT THE TURKISH CYPRIOT SIDE REPEATEDLY CLAIMS THERE ARE NO UNDECLARED Q?EEK CYPRIOT PRISONERS, DOES NOT CLOSE c THE MATTER. MR, PAPADOPOULOS THEN SAID THAT THE TURKISH CYPRIOT c SIDE HAS NOT GIVES A REPLY OR EXPLANATION ABOUT THE FATS OF 35 HISSING PERSONS WHOSE CASES WERE INVESTIGATED BY THE JOINT c SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH ALSO INCLUDED AN INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE. HE SAID THER IS PROOF THEY WERE ALIVE 18 THE HANDS OF THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES, HE CONTINUED, SOME UNTIL 14 SEPT 1974. FILES, HE SAID, WILL ALL THE EVIDENCE WERE SUBMITTED c SIDE FtONTHS AGO, BUT, THE TURKISH CYPRIOT SIDE AVOIDES REPLYING. c CONSQUENTLY, SAID PAPADOPOULOS, THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE COULD NOT REGARD THE MATTER AS CLOSED AND WOULD CONTINUE TO RAISE IT. INDEPENDENT WEEKLY KYPROS SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS c \ SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND TACLED TO ALLAY HUMAN SUFFERING, THEY c _DO,,NOT .SERVE THE FUTOAMEHTffls^AIQSH^ c ON CYPRUS, THAT OF SOLVING POLITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GREEK CYPRIOTS A»D TURKISH CYPRIOTS. I NTERCOHPJUNAL TALKS AND c HUMANITARIAN TALKS, IT SAID, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS . IT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED THAT THIS DIFFERENCE, SAID THE PAPER, SHOULD BE BADE CLEAR SINCE, IT ADDED, THE TURKS WILL EXPLOIT THE HOLDING OF HUMANITARIAN TALKS IN ORDER TO DECEIVE WORLD OPINION c AND WEAKEN THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENTS RECOURSE TO THE UUUNNN. c PARA. PRO CLERIDES DAILY AGON REFERS TO REPORTS ON A8 OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA OR A SIMILAR EPIDEMIC IfJ TURKEY AND CALLS ON THE COMPETENT GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO TAKE PREVENT MEASURES SINCE, SAID THE PAPER, IT IS EASY FOR THE EPIDEMIC TO BE TRANSMITTED BY SETTLERS FROM T URKEY.

PARA* c FOREIGN MINISTER CHRIST OPHIDES WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED WHEN A CAR e HE WAS DRIVING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER CAR ON THE NICOSIA L1MASSOL ROAD. HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN LAW, L ALSO IN THE CAR, WERE INJURED TOO. CHIHSTOPHIDES WAS TAKEN TO i * NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL.+ "'" * it AaeA CODE 2I2i

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Ref : 253/71 31 Auust 1976 y n I\*TI Oft Excellency-. I have the honour to furnish herebelow Section XIII of the Political Declaration adopted by the Fifth Confe-

rence of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries , which was held in Colombo from 16 to 19 August 1976:

"XIII. CYPRUS ' The Conference reaffirms its solidarity with

the Government and people of Cyprus and. recalls General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) — endorsed by Security Council resolution 3G5 (1974) -- which continues to provide the principles and the valid

framework for the solution of the problem. It also ~~ * recalls Security Council resolution 3.67 (1975) and General Assembly resolution 3395 (XXX) , as well as the Lima Declaration, which embody principles and conditions advocated by the Non-Aligned Countries through the Contact Group of Five. The Conference notes with satisfaction that the United Nations resolutions called . . . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 ^ •*> _ 9 —

upon all States to respect the Non-aligned status of Cyprus. In urging the immediate implementation of United Nations resolutions, the Conference calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and Non-Alignment of Cyprus; demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign armed forces and other foreign military presence from Cyprus; and, calls for the initiation of urgent, measures to ensure, the safe return of all refugees to their homes. The Conference supports the continuation of meaningful and constructive negotiations between the representatives of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot coirununi-ties freely conducted on an

equal footing r which should, lead to a-mutually satisfactory and freely accepted agreement and emphasizes the need for the parties concerned to adhere to the agreements reached at all previous rounds of the talks held under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Conference further emphasizes that all parties should refrain from taking unilateral action in the situation and deplores such action already taken, more particularly arbitrary actions to enforce a change in the demographic structure of the island in whatever way. The situation brought about by such . . . 3/ — "1 _

actions should not be allowed to influence the settlement of the Cyprus issue. The Conference considers that the United Nations should take effective measures to ensure the implementation of its resolutions with regard to Cyprus".

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

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

Andreas J. Jacovides Ambassador Charge d!Affaires,a.i Coss.saeo *»«*coocs»a {Ma.MO| I ^

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Ref: 71/74 24 August 1976

Excellency' . Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention and that of the Members of the United Nations, to certain statements made by Mr. O.Asilturk, Minister of the Interior of Turkey, who has been visiting the area of the Republic of Cyprus occupied by the Turkish forces on a" fact-finding" mission. These statements have been broadcast over the clandes- tine Bayrak radio on 21st and 22nd August 1976, and have also appeared in reports published in the Turkish Cypriot dailies "Zaman" and "Halkin Sesi" of 22nd and 23rd August 1976, respectively. Referring to the possibility of UDI for the Turkish * occupied area of Cyprus, the Minister of the Interior of Turkey stated that "no one in Turkey is against the proclamation of the independent Turkish state of Cyprus — this is something o which we have in our minds. We heartily support it"... "If you proclaim your independence on 29 October — the Drurkish} Republic Day — we wish to visit you as the Council of Ministers as a . . . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - whole and hold our meeting here JjLn Kyrenia] ". Regarding Famagusta, Mr. Asilturk stated: "During my visit to the eastern region/ I came to the conclusion that Famagusta should be resettled at once because this would be in our national interest. The most important reason for this is to erase from the mind of world public opinion the wrong idea that we are keeping Famagusta in order to return it. It is impossible for us to give the region back. We never considered such a thing. Famagusta should be resettled at once". Referring to territorial concessions, the Turkish Minister said: "We are firmly determined on this issue. We shall let no one make even an inch of territorial concessions". Mr. Asilturk is also quoted as having called the 'occupied area as "part of the mother country". The above provocative and inflammatory statements, emanating from^.a responsible key member of the Turkish Cabinet, shockingly reveal the true intentions of Ankara against the independence, the sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the non-aligned Republic of Cyprus. They also demonstrate •-Turkey's intransigence and its contemptuous disregard and violation of the repeated United Nations resolutions with regard to Cyprus. On behalf of my Government, I wish to strongly protest the above statements and their ominous implications. The attitude they manifest does not augur well for the prospects of . . . 3/ finding a just and peaceful solution to the problem of Cyprus and this must be a matter of grave concern to the international community as a whole. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the General Assembly and of the Security

Council.

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

Andreas J. Jacovides Ambassador Charge d'Affaires,a.i. (9O6-33GO cons s;2 Q00.330, _ I f PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS Ot •« l\'!f' i C* M xf '•"' TO THE UNITED NATIONS j ^ ' 020 SECOND AVENUE C C f /*'!f' (..-'If >• £ f r f f NEW YORK, N. y. 10017 ., JJ •—~2 J /

'. Ref: 74/71 21 July 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to our" letter -of s "' 15 July 1976, which has been circulated as document of both the General Assembly and Security Council with symbols Nos. A/3/151 and S/12144 respectively, and to inform you that due to an oversight, the following words were omitted from the text of the letter. It is, therefore, kindly requested that a corrigendum be issued and circulated adding after the word "reply" on the first page, para. 1, third line, the words:"... to my letter of 26th April 1976 (E/5813,". - Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Joseph J. Stephanides Charge d'Affaires,a.i.

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 , ,--\ >-; :'• /Lt .; . ,^ LC^--^-^

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Ref: 127/74 20 August 1976

Excellency, Upon instructions from ray Government, and further

to our previous communication of 19 July 1976 (S/12145),

I have the honour to bring to Your Excellency's attention and to that of the members of the Security Council, new P '•'- ''^' I •) l\ -\/\ documented cases of inhuman expulsions of indigenoiis Greek .-~c'--'-v Cypriot inhabitants from the occupied area of the Republic -^' '1 o.v'-'5"' in whose usurped homes and lands Ankara is, as well known, systematically implanting thousands of mainland Turks, with f '"* the sinister aim of changing by force the demographic composition of the Island. Details of these despicable acts which are in sheer violation of the Vienna Humanitarian Agreement of 2 August 19'75,~ signed in the presence of the Secretary-Generalf- the relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and every basic norm of International Humanitarian Law, are given in the attached Annex "A" together with an illustrative photograph as Annex "B".

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

It should be a matter of great concern that, in the absence of appropriate and effective remedial action, the insidious efforts of Turkey and its instruments in Cyprus have recently been highly intensified and such expulsions have now taken the form of a forced massive exodus. Ankara's abhorrent objective is the complete elimination of the Greek Cypriot population from the occupied area through practices of the worst form of racial discrimination against these unfortunate people, whose only "crime" is that they want to remain in their ancestral homes and lands.

It is to be hoped that Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council will find it possible to undertake, as a matter of urgency, the warranted steps for the purpose of putting an end to these cruel and condemnable acts which further •£e*ic<£a aggravate an already extremely .grave situation andfSrender any efforts for a just and durable solution of -the Cyprus problem nugatory. — •* Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of rny highest consideration . I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

Joseph J. Stephanides Charge d'Affaires,a.i

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Ref: 71/74 17 August 1976

~ . K I have the honour to refer to a letter dated 5 August 1976, from the Turkish representative (document A/31/170, S/12/162) with an annex signed "N. Atalay", who misrepresents himself as the "representative" of the so- called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" — a fictitious entity projected by Ankara for the obvious purpose of fur- thering its partitionist and annexaticnist aims against the Republic of Cyprus, and whose purported set-up was unanimously rejected by the United Nation's membership and condemned by the Lima Declaration of the Non-Aligned Countries. The author of the aforementioned letter being in a difficult position to effectively deny the well-documented facts contained in our letter of 15 July 1976 (A/31/131, S/12144), resorts into an impermissible personal attack against the Permanent Representative of the Republic and goes on to repeat the same false Turkish propaganda allegations regarding . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 -2- which silencing answers were given time and again from both the rostrums of the General Assembly and the Security Council (documents S/PV.1795, 30 Aug. 1974; A/SPC/PV.923, 20 Oct. 1974; A/PV.2411, 19 Nov. 1975; and our letter E/5813, 27 April 1976). Suffice it to mention that the obvious aim of this repetition of totally fallacious allegations is to divert the attention of b&e international community from the real and burning issue i.e. the unprecedented, in a United Nations era, international crime of the invasion and occupation by the Turkish army of 40% of the territory of Cyprus, a sovereign non-aligned state member of this Organization, and the unthinkable atrocities and other gross violations of international human rights committed by the Turkish military against the indigenous Cypriot people in ,the occupied area. It is indeed a tragic irony that while Ankara and their instruments, the extremist Turkish Cypriot leadership, spread through their words and deeds, hatred and division in the Island, the Turkish representative speaks in his letter of "...the interest of Cyprus as a whole....". Yet, only recently, Mr. R. Denktash stated on 14 August 1976, that "Cyprus is Turkish"; and the Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi wrote on 15 August 1976, that : "The hatred of the Turkish youth will never be extinguished until the last Greek Cypriot is eliminated from this island...". Is it not true that following the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey, the indigenous Greek Cypriot population of the invaded . . . 3/ area were forcibly expelled from their ancestral .homes and lands by the invading forces and rendered destitute refugees in their own country on the plain ground of their racial and ethnic origin? Is this a "...completely distorted picture of the situation..." as the letter of the Turkish representative alleges? And is it not also a fact that the expelled Greek Cypriots are being replaced by massive transportation of thousands of mainland Turks in a systematic colonizing process with the •sinister aim of changing by force the ages long demographic character of Cyprus? - And can it be denied that the Greek Cypriot inhabitants remaining in the north are being uprooted at an unabated and recently intensified pace, through "cruel tactics of oppression, harassment and brute force? -JSuch inhuman acts are being described by the Turkish leadership as "voluntary departures". But as the Foreign -•Minister of Cyprus put it only recently, during the Security Council debate on Cyprus, "Who would wish to abandon his -ancestral home and the fruits of long labour.without serious reasons connected with his very existence? Who would even -decide freely to abandon his land and property in order to go and live under sub-human conditions in a refugee camp?" Let it be added here that, as numerous incidents indicate, the Turkish Cypriots are equally suffering from the oppressive conduct of the Turkish army of occupation and the daily reported . . . v - 4 -

criminal activities of the settlers imported from mainland

Turkey. And is it not a fact that Turkey contemptuously

disregarded and blatantly violated each and every provision of the repeated United Nations resolutions on Cyprus, including the landmark General Assembly Resolution 3212 which she herself voted for?

And moreover, can it be denied that Ankara has flagrantly violated every single commitment undertaken by the

Turkish side in an intercommunal Humanitarian Agreement,

reached in the presence of the Secretary-General, during the

Vienna talks of August 1975, after having fully cashed itt on its share in the Agreement? The manifest duplicity in the above mentioned letter of the Turkish Representative, of paying lip service to the intercommunal talks, can deceive no one. For indeed, Ankara has been using such process as a smokescreen for the purpose of misleading world opinion as to its insidious efforts to

consolidate, through such faits accomplis its military strangle- hold over the occupied area of Cyprus.

Ankara's record in the intercommunal negotiations which she herself brought, as well known, to a deadlock

eloquently speaks for itself. - 5 -

This is the present situation in Cyprus. No organized propaganda can cover it up. And it sho.uld be a matter of grave concern, affecting in its implications the whole international community. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council and of the General Assembly. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Joseph J, Stephanides Charge d1 Affaires, a.i. C93G.33GO con* aia

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Ref: 74/71 15 July 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to a letter by the Repre- sentative of Turkey dated 28th May 1976 (A/31/97) attaching as Appendix a document by Mr. Denktash purporting to be a reply and circulated as a document of the General Assembly in its

31st Session. This document/ however, does not even attempt to give an answer to the plain facts stated in my said letter. They refer to international crimes perpetrated in the occupied area of Cyprus by the foreign invader in a series of violations covering the whole range of basic human rights enumerated in that letter.

For these charges responsibility for reply lies squarely on the

invader, Turkey. We fully understand Mr. Denktash1 difficulties and inability to .give an answer to those charges. Unenviable is the task of trying to justify so grave an international issue of aggression as that against Cyprus and its people, in disregard of all concepts of international legality in a civilized society. As to the . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - responsible party/ Ankara, the silence of its Representative is eloquent enough. The burning and grave problem now is the still continuing acts of aggression against Cyprus by Turkey. The ongoing expulsion of the remaining indigenous Greek Cypriot people from the north through the ins&d&cus practice of terror, and of constant threats to life as a means of forcing them to abandon their homes and properties and seek refuge in the south thus joining the camps of destitute refugees. Examples of the cruel harassments involved are given in my letter of 13 July 1976. They are characteristic of the unthinkable depths of inhumanity to which the invader's occupying forces have sunk, assisted in this work by the crude criminality of colonizers imported from Turkey. It might also be recalled that all these actions in the north violate the commitments in the Vienna Agreement of 2 August ^ 1975, as shown in the Reports by the Secretary-General (S/11900, 8 Aug. 1975 and S/11789, 5 Aug. 1975), which specifically provide for "the safety and normal life of the remaining Greek Cypriots in the north. Ankara's reneging on this agreement is one more evidence of its bad faith in the talks, for she uses them as a pretence of peaceful negotiations to mislead world opinion, and divert attention from its illegal attempts to change the demographic structure of the Island. Mr. Denktash understandably bypasses all these aspects and dwells on the constitutional problem, as though everything . . . 3/ - 3 - else was normal, by trying to show that bizonal federation is the only solution. I would in this respect refer him to the eminent Consti- i tutional authority Lord Radcliffe who, in his Report on Cyprus, categorically declared that neither partition nor federation is in any way applicable to the Island, for a number of reasons not the least of which is the fact that there is no natural pattern of territorial separation . Also that any movement of population would be both inhuman and impractical "in its economic effects. Does Mr. Denktash believe that Turkey by its armed invasion and acts of aggression in Cyprus has magically created the necessary pre-conditions for federation and partition? Such kind of separation Lord Radcliffe's innocent mind could never have even f conceived. The present military rulers of Turkey and their spokesman Mr. Denktash will have to understand that situations which are the direct offspring of aggression and violence can produce no realities but international crimes. Such crimes constitute a stigina on mankind's present state of civilization. If allowed to persist, they could cause its -ultimate destruction. No state or constitutional structure can possibly be built on crimes, nor, when the foundations is a criminally forced situation, can any just or at all workable solution be found. On these burning issues, Mr. Denktash is silent. Instead, he continues to harp on the obsolete argument of enosis (by'his own admission "outmoded") to which he is desperately struggling

. . . 4/ to impart the semblance of life to serve as a convenient argument. In his diversionary tactics, Mr. Denktash evokes and re-evokes pretences of evil treatment of the Turkish Cypriot minority by the Government from 1964 to 1974. These allegations have been fully and unanswerably refuted by a series of quotations from the six montly Reports of the Secretary-General for the period in question, 1964 to 1974. They abundantly show that the human rights of the Turkish Cypriots were grossly violated by their own leadership directed from "Ankara and by the TMT terrorist organization under the command of officers from Turkey, who imposed upon them to be placed in enclaves. They were then deprived of their freedom of movement and for years constantly

• prevented from returning to-their homes"and properties although it was well known there was no problem of security as the Reports of the Secretary-General state. These prohibitions of movement of the Turkish Cypriots by •* i their leadership were according to the Reports "dictated by a political purpose namely, to reinforce the claim that the two main communities of Cyprus cannot live peacefully together in o the island without some sort of geographical separation". (S/5764, para. 113). The Reports on the whole bear out the Government's contentions that "... the hardships suffered by the Turkish Cypriot population are the direct result of the leadership's self-isolation policy imposed by force on the rank and file". (S/6426, para. 106). . . . 5/ - 5 -

These Reports were quoted in extensp in the Security Council (S/PV.1795, 30 Aug. 1975), in the Special Committee (A/SPC/PV.923, 20 Oct. 1974), in the General Assembly (XXX) (A/PV.2411, 19 Nov. 1975) and in my recent letter E/5813, to which Mr. Denktash' document in question is the purported reply. The representatives .of Turkey who 'participated at the meetings where the Reports were produced, did not dispute their accuracy or their obvious effects. Why these inane repetitions of exploded charges? They are reminiscent of the repetitive tactics in the policy of the "big lie". They have, however , never proved to be of any avail. We express the hope that the still persisting and outdated negativeness of force and domination and all the devious ways employed in their service, will not continue forever* end that respect for justice and moral values will eventually emerge and lead the world out of its present confusion and anarchy. ^ I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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

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Ref: 127/74 15 July 1976

Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government and further to our communication of 18 May 1976 (S/12077) I have the honour to bring to the attention of Your Excellency and of the members of the Security Council the recent intensifi-

cation of the unabated forcible expulsions of indigenous Greek Cypriot population from their homes and properties

in the occupied north of Cyprus, further aggravating the grave situation on the Island. -Details of the intensified continuing expulsions -are provided in the attached Annex,, In order to conceive the magnitude of the expulsions and their recent intensification it should be noted that within the period 1 January 1976 to July 12, 1976 ,

JL,875 Greek Cypriots have been expelled from the occupied

area. The continuing wave of expulsions coupled with :-the massive colonization of the area by mainland Turks, which flagrantly violates the Vienna Humanitarian Agreement of August 2, 1975 and the relevant United Nations Resolutions,

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

clearly manifests the deliberate inhumanity of the Turkish occupation forces and their agents in Cyprus to expell all the remaining Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the north. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zeno\j£ Rbssides jassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

Attached:a/s Annex

Greek Cypriot Inhabitants of Areas of the Republic under Turkish Military Occupation Who Have Been Forcibly Expelled

1 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Pantelitsa Kkoli 26 Pella Pais 2. Maritsa Kkoli 60 3. Yiagkos M. HadjiTtooulias 71 4. Eleni M. loannou 62 5. Papayiannis HadgiZacharia Yioka 50 Rizokarpasso 6. Theodora Papaioannou 48 7. Petrakis Papaioannou 15 8. Maroulla Savva Lazari 20 9. ^Alexandros Sofokli 65 Neta 10. "Eleni A. Sofokli 52 11. Kyriakou Andrea 50 12. Anastasia Andrea 18 13. Maroulla Andrea 20 14. Aggela Andrea 23 15. Christakis Andrea 16 16. Panayiotis Andrea 14 3 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Nikolas Argyrou 69 Kyrenia 2. Eleni Argyrou 75 n 3. Eleni Athanasi 56 Vathylaka 4. Maria Athanasi 28 5. Androulla Toumazou 17 6. Toumazos A. Toumazoy 14 7. Prodromes Agathaggelou 16 8. Evallou Papagianni 90 Vasili 9. Kleanthis Floudiotis 77 Kyrenia 10. Chrystalla Floudioti 62 n 4 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Georgios Kiamilos 81 Kyrenia 2. Kyriakos Stylianou 76 Komi Kepir 3. Koumis Kontou 30 Ayios Andronikos 4.:. Eleftheria Kontou 30 5. Maria Kontou 2 6. Christina Kontou 32 ' 7. Fotini Kontou 32 8. Georgios Kontou 71 - 2 -

5 May 1976 Age Expelled from 1. .Savvas Partasis 57 Pella Pais 2. Maritsa Partasi 72 3. Filokypros Stavrou 81 4. Efrosini Stavrou 80 5. Kostis Kattarai 74 6. Paraskevi Kattami 73 7. Eleni Christophi 60 8. Panayiota Christou 40 Lithragkomis 9. Flourentzou Nikola 41 Neta: 10. Maroulla Nikola 14 11. Vasilou Nikola 13 12. Tasos Nikola 10 13. Nikolas Michael 46 14. Michalakis N. Michael 18 15. Panayiotis N. Michael 16 16. Chrysostomos Kyriakou 68 Karakoumi 17. * Panayiota Kyriakou 70 6 May 1976 Age Expelled from 1. Stephanis Papageorgiou 69 Neta 2. Kyriakou Papageorgiou 70 3. Eugenia Pavli 60 4. Katerina Pavli 30 5. Andreas Stephani 30 6. Xenoula A. Stephani 33 ' 7. Stephos A. Stephani 7 8. Pavlis Michael 65 9. Maria Athanasi 86 Pella Pais 10. Kostas Char. Karakostas 66 11. Chrystalleni Karakosta 55 IT II 12. Anastasis Ella' 58 Myrtou 13. . Thesalloniki Elia 65 n » 14. Kyriakos Stylli 86 n 15. Georgios Charalambous 59 Kyrenia 16. Kalypso G. Charalambous 56 7 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Loizos Xenofontos 45 Neta 2. Koulla Xenofontos 54 3. Panikos Xenofontos 19 4. Androulla Xenofontos 14 5". Aggela Xenofontos 12 6. Aggelos Xenofontos 90 7. Georgios Xenofontos 68 8. Stavros Chr. Konstantinides 80 Kyrenia 9. Athanasios A. Ragouzeou 70 n 10. Christodoulos Tilliros 38 Ayios Andronikos ~ 3 -

7 May 1976 (continued) Age Expelled from 11. Chambis Chr. Tilliros 13 Ayios Andronikos 12. Katina Chr. Tillirou 3 13. Christina Chr. Tillirou 11 II 14. Androulla Chr. Tillirou 19 • II 15. Panikos Chr. Tillirou 8 II 16. Prokopia Chr. Tillirou 7 17. Charalambos Savvides 37 Pella Pais 18. Pavlos A. Flourou 57 Rizokarpasso 19. Anastasis Flourou 37 II 20. Miltiades.Charidimou 66 n 21. Kyriakou Vasili 69 Vathylaka 22. Vasilis Giorki 81 8 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Pantelis Stylli Paroutis 68 Myrtou 2. Eleni Stylli Parouti 73 3.' loulia HadjiSofokli 60 4. Glykeria HadjiSofokli 60 5. Eleni HadjiSofokli 80 6. Michael HadjiSawas 62 Pella Pais 7. Eleni HadjiSavva 72 8. Despina Gerokosta 60 9. Georgios A. Kallas 40 Neta 10. Georgios HadjiSavva 63 Pella Pais 11. Xenou A. Kalla . 30 Netas 12. Stasoula A. Kalla 10 13. Niki A. Kalla 9 14. Panikos A. Kalla 5 15. Kyriakou A. Kalla 5 16. Androulla A. Kalla 4 17. Tasos A. Kalla 1 18. Kyriakou Anastasi 60 19. Sofia Kalla 23 10 May 1976 Age Explelled from 1. Michael Demetris 54 Neta 2. Antonis Michael 42 3. Theodoula Michael 48 4. Melani Michael 24 5. Andreas Michael 17 6. Koula Michael 12 .7. Argyra Antoni 43 8. Andreas Antoni 16 9. Demetroula Antoni 11 n 10. Kyriakou Antoni 10 it 11. Georgios Antoni 10 - 4 -

10 May 1976 (continued) Ag_g_ Expelled from 12. Koula Demetri 80 Neta 13. Sta.vros Theocharous 65 Myrtou 14. Petros Michael 85. 11 15. Petros Filippou 56 16. Efsevia Filippou 60 17. Evridiki Petri 80 18. Avgoustou Kosti 70 19. Christodoulos Charalambous 75 11 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Chrystallou HadgiKosta 72 Pella Pais 2. Maria Efstathiou 35 3. Despina Efstathiou 67 4. Charita Alexandrou 60 5. Andreas Alexandrou 25 6". Melpomeni Giannaki 58 7. loulia Nikolaou 85 8. Paraskevi loakim 79 it 9. Nikolas Demetriou 55 Neta 10. Andriani N. Demetriou 50 11. Aggeliki N. Demetriou 24 12. Koulla N. Demetriou 14 13. Demetrou N. Demetriou 10 14. Katinou Anastasi 43. 15. Grigoris Anastasi 14' 16. Despoula Anastasi 10 12 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Sinesos Th. Kannas 36. Rizokarpasso 2. Giorgoulla Th. Kanna 26 3. Andreas Th. Kanna 11 4. Anastasis Th. Kanna 10 5. Panayiotis Th. Kanna 6 6. Nikolas Th. Kanna 5 7. Theodoulos Th. Kanna ' 3 8. Kyriakos Th. Kanna Infant 9. Andreas Saxiades 58 Kyrenia 10. Irini Saxiade 60 ii 11. Stavrinos HadjiYiannis 66. Pella Pais 12. Eleni HadjiYianni 68 ,.13. Kakoullou Sawa 70 14. Eleni S. HadjiYianni 45 15. Androulla S. HadjiYianni 39 - 5 -

13 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Panayiotis Petropoulos 74 Pella Pais 2. Anna Petropoulou 63 ii n 3. Vasilis Nikola 32 Kyrenia 4. Fotini Nikola 45 5. Anastasia Nikola 29 6. Kyriacos Lazaris 12 7. Kyriacos Hasiepis 40 8. Eleni Hasiepi 38 9. Chrystallou Papandreou 80 10. Xenis Fani 95 11. Gerolemis Nicola 77 Neta 12. Eleni Gerolemi 70 13. Michael Papalisandrou 39 14. Andriani Papalisandrou 33 15. Efthymia Papalisandrou 13 16. Lisandros Papalisandrou 11 17. Pantelitsa Papalisandrou 10 18. Varnavas Papalisandrou 7 19. Panayiotis Papalisandrou Infant 20. Eftymia Pantela 28 14 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Giorkis Karakostas 92 Pella Pais 2. Eleni G. Karakosta 85 ii n 3. Antigoni HadgiPanayi 53 4. Grigoris HadgiPanayi 64 5. Eleni Sekkidou 60 6. Eleni Georgiou 73 7. Kalliopi Georgiou 72 8. Kalomira Georgiou 35 9. Florentia Antoni 43 Eptakomi 10. Aggela Antoni 16 11. Militsa Christophi 19 12. Maria Christophi 16 13. Maroulla Tsaggari ° 21 14. Katerina Tsaggari 10 15. Kyriakou Tsaggari 15 15 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Theodoros Pistola 55 Pella Pais 2. Chrystalla Th. Pistola 62 3. Katina Yiannakou 66 4. Paraskevi Yiannakou 60 5. Yiannakis Karakosta 66 6. Anastasia G. Karakosta 62 - 6 -

15 May 1976(continued) Expelled from 7. Androulla Moisi 31 Lithrangomi 8. Ourania Gerolemou 60 Neta 9. Geroleraos Kallas 60 10. Koumis Kallas 70 11. Soteris Patsalos 63 Eyialousa 12. Georgia Patsalou 60 13. Christodoulos.Fieri 82 Koilanemos 14. Varvara Fieri 63 17 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Kostas Giorki HadjiKosta 64 Patriki 2. Eleni K. Hadjikosta 64 3. Andreas Psaras 69 Pella Pais 4. Maria Psara 52 5. Androulla Psara 18 6. Theodores Triggis 52 7. Anastasia Triggi 51 8. Andreas HadjiDemetriou 44 9. Chrystalla A. HadjiDemetriou 44 10. Eleni Kirou Panagi 53 11. Maria Kirou Panagi 21 12. Gharitini Georgiou 80 13. Kyros Panayi 60 14. Soterakis HadjiPanagi 16 18 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Kostas Stavrou 50 Pella Pais 2. Despina K. Stavrou 49 3. Soterculla K. Stavrou 14 4. Androulla K. Stavrou 16 5. Georgios Oustayianni 74 6. Anastasia Oustayianni 76 7. Eleni Oustayianni 37 8. Andreas Tsaggaris 56 9. Chrystalla Tsaggari 48 10. Michael Ttofi 74 Neta 11. Anastasia Ttofi 73 12. Andreas HadjiTtofi 58 13. Sofia HadjiTtofi 52 14. Demetris D. Chambi 65 Koma tou Yialou 15. Noria Konstantinou 43 16. Eleni Konstantinou 11 !?.•. Trifonas Zacharia 50 18. Eleni Konstantinou 80 19. Theodora Panagi 64 «_ • *7 •—

19 May 1976 Age Expelied from 1. Yiannakos Kakouri " .88 Pella Pais 2. Eleni Yiannakou 70 3. Stavros Stavrou 40 4. Maroulla Stavrou 42 5. Louiza Stavrou 13 6. Charalambos Stavrou 11 7. Kostas Stavrou 8 8. Vasilis Elia 66 9. Maritsa Elia 16 10. Soteroulla Elia . 17 11. Onoufrios Nikola 75 Neta 12. Athina Nikola . 60 13. Andrianou Nikola 29 14. Fouiitzou Nikola 24 15. Loukia Nikola 21 20 May 1976 Expelled from 1. 'Kyriakos G. Karakostas 49 Pella Pais 2. Krinoulla Karakosta 45 3. Androulla Karakosta 15 4. Eleni Karakosta 56 5. Maria Karakosta 57 - 6. Meropi Karakosta 46 IT 7. Katina Konstantinou 48 II 8. Eleni Savva HadjiNikola 82 II 9. Annikou Poumpa 65 II 10. Alisavou HadjiSava 100 11. Papamichael Nikola ^ 71 Koilaneraos 12. Andriani Nikola 60 13. Katelou Prodromou 63 14. Andrianou Lazarou 83 15. Michael Ttooulis 81 16. Aggelou M. Ttoouli 66 17. Pantelis-Papageorgiou 84 18. Eleni Papageorgiou 0 70 19. Christodoulos Giorki 55 20. Christinou D. Toumpa 60 21. Evallou Giorki 80 22. Konstantis Kyriakou 80 Vookolida 23. Andrianou Kyriakou 67 24. ^. Kyriakou Deraetri 84 Koma tou Yialou 25. ' Theognosia Christofi 80 n ti 11 21 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Savvas Gerokostas 17 Pella Pais 2. Katina Gerokosta 46 3. Christoforos Gerokosta 17 21 May 1976 Age Expelled from 4. Andreas Gerokosta 14 Pella Pais 5. Eleni Gerokosta 75- ti it 6. Eleni Tafini 72 n n 7. Nikos Poyiatzi 78 Kyrenia 8. Polixeni Poyiatzi 78 9. Kyriakos Chambi 80 Koilanemos 10. Styliani Themistokli 80 11. Panagis Panteli 50 12. Eleni Panteli 40 13. Soteroulla Panagi 14 14. Pantelis Panteli 5 15. Savoulla Panteli 10 16. Pieris Panteli 12 17. Eftymia Klitou 40 18. Pieris Klitou 47 19. < Klio Klitou 12 20. Christakis Klitou 9 ir 21. Andreas Klitou 6 n 22 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Artemis Kosta 37 Pella Pais 2. Maria Artemi 35 3. Andreas Artemi 14 4. Konstantia Attemi 11 5. Eleni Artemi 8 6. Christodoulos Papalouka 58 7. Eleni Papalouka 61 8. Kalipso Papalouka 23 9. Pantelis Xenofou 58 Vathylaka 10. Andriani Xenofou 52 11. Panayiotis Xenofou 23 12. Theofoula. Achillea 40 13. Girgoulla Achillea 10 14. Koulla Achillea 8 15. Christakis Achillea 1 16. Koulla Michael 65 17. Xenou Michael 23 24 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Demetra Demetriou 26 Ayios Andronikos 2 .''• Panikos Demetriou 24 3. Yianoulla Demetriou 4 4. Andreas Demetriou 1 5. Marikou Ttouli 80 6. Katerina Leonti 80 .7. Katerina Chambi 75 . 24 May 1976 (continued) Age Expelled from 8. Christakis Pavlou 40 Pella Pais 9. Despina Pavlou 36 10. Sawas Eliades . 67 11. Eftymia Frangou , 45 12. Despoula Rossidou 15' 13. Georgios Menelaou " 63 14. Katina Msnelaou - 67 , I 15. Androulla Pavlou ' ' 15 16. Katina Nikolaou ' 12 17. Georgios Nikolaou 9 18. Eleni Frangou 90 .25 May 1976 , Expelled from 1. Theodpsis Xenofou . 67 Vathylaka 2. Sotera Xenofou 25 3. Androulla N. Demetri . 20 4. Demetra N. Demetri 28 5. -Aggelou Theodosi 60 6. Anna Kyriakou • 80 Ayia Triada 7. Georgios N. HadjiDemetri 53 Eyialousa 8. Chambis libizi 56 Koma tou Yialou 9. Charalambos Christodoulou 69 Pella Pais 10. Fragkeska Christodoulou 69 11. Grigoris Giannaki 69 12. Despina Giannaki 54 13. Andreas Chr. Nikola • 57 14. Georgios Moustakas 63 15. Paraskevi Moustaka 63 16. Nikolas Karakosta 75 17. Maria N. Karakosta 70 26 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Andreas Demetri Ttoouli 46 Ayios Andronikos 2. Andriani Demetri Ttoouli 17 3. Michael Ttofi 65 ii 4. Eftymia Ttofi ' 38 11 5. Moysis Michael. • 23 ii 6. Sotera N. Michael 23 n it 7. Michalakis M. Michael 22 ii ii 8. Nikolas Finas 65 11 n 9. Loutsia N. Fina 65 ii n 10. Andriani N. Fina 37 n ii 11. Katina N. Fina 16 n n 12. "''-Fotina Loizou 53 n ti 13. Katina Loizou 15 14. Sofokli HadjiYiannis 64 Pella Pais 15. Georgios HadjiSavva 64 - 10 -

26 May 1976 (continued) Expelled from 16. Eleni HadjiSavva 70 Pella Pais 17. Nikolas Leontiou 61 18. Charalambos HadjiLoizou 77 19. Eleni Leontiou 65 20. Eleni HadjiLoizou 67 27 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Yiannis Christofi 53 Vathylaka 2. Maria Christofi 50 3. Andreas Christofi 7 4. Androulla Christofi 11 5. Maroulla Alexandrou 32 6. Samson Alexandrou 2 7. Androulla Alexandrou 1 8. ' Neofytos HadjiPavlou 62 Eyialousa 9. Eleni HadjiPavlou 63 10. Andriani Tsielepi 62 11. Kostakis Andrea 48 Pella Pais 12. Maroulla Andreau 47 13. Soteroulla Andreou 22 14. Pantelis Theofilou 65 15. Irini P. Theofilou 65 16. Yiannis Stylianou 54 17. Eleni G. Stylianou 51 18. Androulla Skordi 43 28 May 1976 Expelled from

1. Kostas Karakostas 58 Pella Pais 2. Athanasia Karakosta 54 3. • Charalambos Loizides 50 4. Eleni Loizidou 50 5. Maroulla A. Manoli 40 6. Manolis A. Manoli 2 7. Skevoulla Manoli 9 8. Andreas Manoli 38 9. Ttofis Alexandrou 30 Vathylaka 10. Koulla Alexandrou 29 11. Georgios Alexandrou 7 12. Alexia Alexandrou 4 13..:. Eleni Stavrou 38 14. Georgios Stavrou 12 15. Melanthi Stavrou 11 16. Anastasis Stavrou 10 17. Despina Stavrou 8 18. Ttofis Patsialis 75 Koma tou Yialou 19. Marikkou Pitsiali 75 - 11 -

29 May 1976 Age Expelled from 1. Loizos Piskalistis 60 Pella Pais 2. Eleni Piskalisti 58 Ka 3. Kostas Adamou 59 - I 4. Anna Adamou 45 fe 5. Androulla Adamou 15 £-' 6. Yiannis Savva • 52 .- a 7. Kalliopi Sawa 50 8. Spyrou Lambri 80 9. Georgios Solompnides 54 10. Anastasia Solomonidou 47 •11. Nikos Solomonides 11 12. Andriani Michael 39 Patriki 13. Kyriakos Michael 2 14. Pezounou Varnava 76 15. Despinou Papa Loizou 80 •31 May 1976 Expelled from 1. Demetrios Karakosta 58 Pella Pais 2. Eleni Karakosta 55 2 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Chrystalla Andreau 15 Vathylaka 2. Sofronis Andrecu 14 3. Eleni Z'achariou 70 Rizokarpasso 4. "Nikolas Giorki Karsa 63 5. Georgios Kyriakou Karsa 21 3 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Kyriakos Theofilou 84 Ayios Theodores 2. Markettou Petri Karafili '70 Koma tou Yialou 3. Antonis Theodorou 73 4 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Kyriakos HadjiDemetri 60 Pella Pais 2. Irini Kyriakou 75 5 June 1976 Expelled from 1._ Loukas Chr. Papaloukas 33 Pella Pais 2.' Irini Chr. Papalouka 28 3. Eleni Chr. Papalouka 6 4. Maria Chr. Papalouka 2 - 12 -

7 June 1976 Age Expelled from 1. Athanasis Savva Vorkas 53 Pella Pais 2. Despina Savva Vorka 45 3. Andreas Savva Vorkas 17 4. Soteria Savva .Vorka 19 5. Maria Sawa Vorka 9 6. Katerina Savva Vorka 8 7. Georgia Savva Vorka 3 8. Eleni D. Oustayianni 70 9. Maria G. Theodosi 68 8 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Michael Vasiliou 46 Ayios Andronikos 2. Maritsa M. Vasiliou 23 3.- Vasiliki M. Vasiliou 23 4. Evridiki M. Vasiliou 21 5. Despina M. Vasiliou 19 6. Fotis M. Vasiliou 17 7. Annezou Christodoulou 45 8. Despina Christodoulou 19 9. Andreas Christodoulou 13 10. Salomi Christodolou 13 11. Flourentza Gavriel 71 12. Christodoulos Foti 48 13. Sotiris Christodoulou Foti 16 14. Andriana Evagorou 43 Risokarpasso 15. Nikolas Evagora 45 16. Fanos Evagorou -- 18 11 17. Evagoroulla Evagorou 15 it 18. Yiannakis Evagorou 13 19. Demetroula Evagorou 12 20. Savvakis Evagorou 11 9 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Yiannis Kounnamas 63 Kyrenia 2. Maroulla Kounnama 58 n 3. Yiannis Sentoukas 46 Pella Pais 4. Georgia Sentouka 44 5. Androulla Sentouka 20 6. Charalambos Pavlou 40 V7. Anna Pavlou 40 8. Demetris Pavlou 7 9. Andreas Pavlou 12 10... Pantelis Pavlou 5 11. Glykeria HadjiLoizou 72 12. Despina Panagi 78 Koma tou Yialou 13. Floros Savvides 38 Eyialousa - 13 -

10 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Sotiris Leontiou 30 Pella Pais 2. Agathi Leontiou 25 3. Elena Leontiou 6 4. Charalambos Leontiou 5 5. Nikos Leontiou 3 6. Andreas Lefteri 54 Vathylaka 7. Andriani A. Lefteri 34 n 8. Michalina Lefteri 2 9. Sotira Lefteri 6 10. Lefteris Lefteri 4 it 11. Flora Papagou 42 Vasili 12. Errikos Panagi 3 n 13. Andriani Michael 40 n 14. Georgios Ttofalli 77 n 15. Anastasis HadjiTtofi 80 Neta 16. HadjiMaria Anastasi 80 n ' 7. 11 June 1976 Expelled from

1. Kostas HadjiAggelis 76 Kyrenia 2. Eleni Kosta 77 3. Andreas Gerokosta 73 Pella Pais 4. Maria Gerokosta 73 12 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Antonis Toumazou 41 Vathylaka 2. Athina Toumazou 47 3. Xenis Toumazou 12 4. Christina Toumazou 8 5. Andreas Konstanti 37 6. Alexandra Konstanti 24 7. Margarita Konstanti 54 8. Prodromes Xenofontos 56 9. Maria Xenofontos 54 10. Founta Georgiou 56 11. Andreas Georgiou 17 12. loulianos Evripidou 46 Pella Pais 13. Krinoulla Evripidou 47 14. Maria Evripidou 8 15. Christina Evripidou 6 '•- 14 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Antonis Pantehis 51 Pella Pais 2. Maroulla Pantehi 41 3. Athinoulla Pantehi • 41 4. Andreas Pantehi 15 - 14 -

14 June 1976(continued) Expelled from 5. Solomos Savatsias 73 Fella Pais 6. Klio Havatsia 76 it ii 7. Fotis Fieri 32 Vathylaka 8. Melani Fieri 30 9. Andreas Fieri 12 10. Pieris Fieri 11 11. Eleni Fieri 8 12. Marios Fieri 5 13. Anastasis Zacharia 23 14. Androulla A. Zacharia 20 15. Yiannoula Panayiotou 23 Vathylaka 16. Fontzios Panayiotou 23 17. Maria Panayiotou 27 18. Demetriou Charalambous 14 19. •Andriani Michael 32 15 June 1976 Expelled from

1. Sotiris G. Prodromou 33 Vathylaka 2. Alexandra Prodromou 20 3. Georgia Prodromou 2 4. Yiannis Lisandrou Santi 53 5. Sotera Lisandrou 34 6. Alexandros Lisandrou 11 7. Androulla Lisandrou 9 8. Georgios Prodromou 75 9. Kyriakos Prodromou 70 10. Andriani Prodromou 52 11. Nicos Athanasi 39 Pella Pais 12. Afroulla N. Athanasi 37 13. Maria N. Athanasi 11 14. Athanasia N. Athanasi 9 15. Nikolaos Christodoulou 70 16. Konstantia Christodoulou 29 16 June 1976 Expelled from • , • . ... o 1. Kostas I. Kasio.u 52 Pella Pais 2. Eleni K. Kasiou 40 n n 3. Alexandra I. Kasiou 20 4. Stelios I. Kasiou 15 5. Chrysanthos Themistokli 50 Vathylaka 6. ;'Fotini Chr. Themistokli 43 7. Christakis Chr. Themistokli 5 8. Tofalis Spyrou 34 9. Tasoula T. Spyrou 32 10. Socratis T. Spyrou 1 11. Sofianos.Spyrou 70 - 15 -

16 June 1976 (continued) Expelled from 12. Savoulla Andronikou 16 Vathylaka 13. Demetris Michael 70 n 14. Milia D. Michael 70 17 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Andreas G. Karakostas 46 Pella Pais 2. Despina Karakosta 46 ii n 3. Katina Karakosta 10 n it 4. Eleni Karakosta 9 n n 5. Georgios Karakosta 7 n n 6. Zacharias A. Nikola 52 Vathylaka 7. Kalliopi Zacharia 49 8. Sotiris Zacharia 15 9. Michalakis Zacharia 11 10. Christina Alexandrou 63 11. 'Andriani Konstanti 51 12. Michael Lisandrou 74 13. Christina M. Lisandrou 69 14. Nikolaos Lisandrou Santis 15. Eleni N. Lisandrou Santis 18 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Papalisandros Michael 73 Neta 2. Eftyraia Papalisandrou 78 3. Michael Yianni 80 4. Maria M. Yianni 80 5. Michael Varnava 67 6. Aggelou M. Varnava. "- 67 7. Marikou Demetri 60 8. Christina Andrea 12 Vathylaka 9. Despoula Christoforou 16 Lithrangomi 10. Demetris Fisenzou 80 Leonarisso 11. Anastasis Gerolemou 80 Neta 19 June 1976 Expelled from 1. • Kostis Georgiou Katsis 69 Vathylaka 2. Katerina Georgiou Katsi 69 3. Panayiotis Georgiou 63 4. Aggelou Panayioti 58 5..:. Andreas G. Prodromou 40 6. Thedoula G. Prodromou 29 7. Kyriakoulla G. Prodromou 10 8. ' Militsa G. Prodromou 7 9. Georgoulla G. Prodromou 4 10. Michael L. Lisandrou 57 11. Kollou L. Lisandrou 50 - 16 -

21 June 1976 Age Expelled from 1. Socratis Foti 46 Ayios Aiidronikos 2. Katerina S. Foti 42 n it 3. Despina S. Foti 19 4. Yiannakis S. Foti 17 5. Fotis S. Foti 15 6. Andreas S. Foti 13 7. Adonis S. Foti 8 8. Fisenzos Markou 60 9. Maroulla Lisandrou 63 10. Fotini Lisandrou 16

22 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Lisandros G. Kourousi 59 Ayios Andronikos 2. Christina Lisandrou 55 3. 'Kakoullis Lisandrou 26 4. Georgios Nikola 57 5. Milia Nikola 60 6. Sotira Nikola 22 7. Vasoula Nikola . 20 8. Christofis Loizou 72 9. Chrystallou Christofi 78 23 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Nikolas Fragkeskou 64 Pella Pais 2. Theodora Fragkeskou 55 3. Eleni Fragkeskou 23 4. Eleftheria Fragkeskou 19 5. loannis Mpakas 31 6. Maroulla Mpaka 35 7. • Eleni Mpaka 9 8. Lora 'Mpaka 8 9. Niki Mpaka 6 10. Androulla Mpaka 3 11. Pantelitsa Mpaka 2 12. Georgoulla Mpaka Infant II II 13. Anastasis Papatheodorou 37 Ayios Andronikos 14. Maroulla Papatheodorou 29 15. Flora Papatheodorou 7 16. Theodora Papatheodorou 5 17> Gerolemis lona 37 18. Myrofora lona 26 19. Maria lona 7 20. Anna lona 5 21. Yiannis Lisandrou 78 22. Andrianou G. Lysandrou 67 - 17 -

24 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Sawas Hadjiloannou 83 Pella Pais 2. Androniki A. Protopapa 60 3. Katerina A. Protopapa 29 4. Alexandros Protopapa 50 25 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Andreas Demetri Ttofi 43 Ayios Andronikos 2. Varvara A. Demetri Ttofi -40 3. Fotoulla A. Demetri Ttofi 15 4, Maria A. Demetri Ttofi 10 5. Lisandros A. Demetri 16 6. Demetrakis A. Demetri Ttofi 11 7. Kostakis A. Demetri Ttofi 6 8. Marikkou Kosta 78 9. Sawas HadjiSavva 72 Pella Pais 10. Maria HadjiSavva 66 11. Despina HadjiSavva 68 26 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Georgios Stavrou 68 Pella Pais 2. Elerii Stavrou 60 3. Stella Stavrou Kontemenioti 32 4. Glafkos Kontemeniotis 7 5. Fivos Kontemeniotis 87 6. Nikolas Karakosta 66 7. Eleni Karakosta 66 27 June 1976 Expelled 'from 1. Andreas A. Kallas 44 Ayios Andronikos 2. Andriani A. Kalla 44 3. Despina F. Markou 78 4. Andreas Chrisostomou 57 5. Michalakisia Chrisostomou 15 6. Eleni A. Chrisostomcu 50 7. Parashos A. Chrisostomou 13 8. Demetroulla A. Chrisostomou 10 9. Annezou Sotiri 72 10. Christodoulos A. Chrisostomou 8 11. Christina Papazacharia 18 Ayia Triada 12. Fotis Markou 75 Ayios Andronikos 28 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Andreas HadjiSavva 66 Pella Pais 2. Eleni HadjiSavva 57 3. Christalla HadjiSavva 29 - 18 -

28 June 1976(continued) Expelled from

4, Kostas Panagi 63 Pella Pais 5, Antigoni K. Panagi 67 it ; ti 6. Trifonis Praos 78 Trikorao 7. Panayiotis Skaros 67 ii 8. Yiannis Ttofas 63 Ayios Andronikos 9. Annezou G. Ttofa 70 10. Maria Theori 60 11. Prokopis Stavrou 31 12. Fotini P. Stavrou 34 13. Andreas P. Stavrou 2 14. Kyriakou Christodoulou 70 15. Panayiotis Andreou 25 16. Androulla Andreou 24 17. Elena Andreou 4 29 June 1976 Expelled from 1. •Sawas Georgiou 40 Pella Pais 2. Soteroulla Sawa 31 (wife and children) " 3. Andeas 13 4. Georgios 10 5. Michalakis 9 6. Vasoula 5 7. Lefteris Georgiou 72 Leonarisso 8. Frangos HadjiMichael 74 ' Vasili 9. Christina Fragkou 57 n 10. loannis Leontiou Tavlanta 55 Ayia Triada 11. Maria I. Tavlanta 57 ii n 12. Pikris Lisandrou Zantis 40 Ayios Andronikos 13. Margarita L. Zanti 35 14. Anna L. Zanti 17 15. Antonis L. Zanti 15 16. Lisandros L. Zanti 13 17. Marios L. Zanti 11 18. Nikos L. Zanti 9 19. Andreas David 33 20. Mirofora A. David 27 21. Panayiotis A. David 4 22. David A. David 2% 23. Michalakis A. David 1 30 June 1976 Expelled from 1. Yiannis Pallikaros 66 Pella Pais 2. Eleni Tsaggari Pallikarou 51 3. Georgia Tsaggari Pallikarou 29 4. Maria Savva Gerou 76 19 -

30 June 1976(continued) Age Expel led_froim

5. Georgios Nikolaou 24 Ayia Triada 6. Elli G. Nikolaou 23 n n 7. Petrakis Nikolaou 4 ii n 8. Nikos Nikolaou 1 ir K 9. Yiannis Kourousi 46 Ayios Andronikos 10. Elpida G. Kourousi 45 11. Paraskevou Kourousi 20 12. Anna Kourousi 14 it 13. Panayiotis'Kourousi 15 11 14. Georgios Kourousi 12 15. Simos Kourousi 9 II 16. Georgios L. Kourousi 80 II 17. Panayiotis loannou 25 II • \ 1 July 1976 Expelled from

1. Antonis Zacharia 45 Ayios Andronikos 2. Vasilou Zacharia 44 3. Eleni Zacharia 18 4. Zacharoulla Zacharia 15 5. Androulla Zacharia 14 6. Leontis Zacharia 13 7. Georgoulla Zacharia .9 8. Giorkis Nikolettis 74 9. Salomi Nikoletti 74 10. Panayiota Kyriakou 32 Ayia Triada 11. Maria A. Kagiatou 16 i'Vr 'A !.

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

82O EECOND AVENUE

NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17

Ref: 127/74 13 July 1976

Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to bring to your notice the inhuman methods of physical violence and threats to life systematically applied in the north of Cyprus and by Turkish occupation forces/by imported mainland Turks, so as to terrorize collectively and individually the remaining Greek Cypriot people in the north with the purpose of forcing them to sign written consents to be transferred to the south, thus having to abandon their homes and properties in order to save their immi- nently threatened lives. Details of the unspeakable inhumanities inflicted upon the Greek Cypriot population in the north are contained in a Report dated 17 June 1976, by the Head of Service on Humanitarian Matters, Mr. A. Matsoukaris, hereto attached as Annex. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances o£-*ny highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 Enclosed: a/» ANNEX REPORT OF MR. A. MATSOUKARIS, HEAD OF SERVICE ON HUMANITARIAN MATTERS - 17 JUNE 1976 NICOSIA, CYPRUS

A report in the Special News Bulletin (9 June 1976), \ officialmouthpiece of the Turkish Cypriot leadership, headlined • "U.N. Confirms Vvillingness of Greeks to Move South" stated: - j "U.N. Force officials stationed at Vathylakas village in the j Karpass region have put on record that they are fully aware of j the voluntary desire of the Greek Cypriot residents of the village to move to Southern Cyprus". It was further reported in the same issue that the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Vathylakas village during the visit of Mr. Denktash to the village on 7 June 1976 applied to him and asked him to speed up arrangements for their transfer to the Govern- ment controlled areas. Concerning the above reports, information was gathered from a senior UNFICYP official that Mr. Denktash had visited Vathy- lakas on 7 June 1976 and subsequently left a note with the U.N. "liaison post" there which stated: -"Vathylakas Greek population complains that although they have applied to go South we are not speeding up their departure. I told them we have no objection. U.N. can verify this and we shall move them immediately". Further- more, the U.N. official explained that, because of the conditions prevailing as regards the freedom of movement and the terms of reference of UNFICYP in the North and the jurisdiction of men manning "liaison posts ""~in the Turkish held areas, UNFICYP men were ^not in a position to confirm the above claim of Mr. Denktash. In addition, the U.N. was not aware of any applications by the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Vathylakas village for transfer to the South, and in any case they did not enjoy freedom for the verification of the real wishes of the applicants nor were they allowed to undertake the transfer of enclaved Greek Cypriots by UNFICYP vehicles. Enclaved Greek-Cypriots recently moved to the Government controlled areas informed us that on 7 June 1976,. Mr. Denktash had visited Vathylakas village and spoken to the enclaved Greek- Cypriots. who had gathered in the village coffee-shop. Mr. Denktash enquired about the situation in the village and asked how the Greek inhabitants there were faring. The following is information gathered by the Government services concerning the said visit of Mr. Denktash. The former headman of Vathylakas village, named Prodromes Xenophontos, aged 66, and other inhabitants of the village told . . . 2/ - 2 -

Mr. Denktash that since the settlement of mainland Turks in the village, the life of the inhabitants had become unbearable and for these reasons they all had to submit applications for transfer to the Greek sector. They asked him to see to it that the remaining 300 Greek inhabitants were moved to the South by UNFICYP vehicles. On 9 June 1976 and 10 June 1976, Police Superintendent Niazi of Galatia Police HQ., accompanied by a Turkish army officer, visited Vathylakas village and carried out investigations concerning the reasons for which the Vathylakas inhabitants had submitted applications en masse for transfer. The inhabitants, despite the blackmail and threats against them and the dangers they were facing, set out to them the real reasons which were all kinds of pressures and threats to which they were being subjected, i.e. stoning of houses, house-breaking and rapes of undefended women.

Superintendent Niazi assured the Greek Cypriot people of Vathylakas that all measures will be taken for their security and that from then on they would have nothing to fear. Following these assurances about their security they told Niazi that they would like to stay at Vathylakas whereupn Mr. Niazi told them: - "No, your applications have been sent to Mr. Denktash and nothing can be done. You must go".

t Irrespective of the above, the result of Mr. Niazi's inquiry into the Vathylakas events was that four Turkish Cypriot soldiers have, as of 11 June 1976, been posted at the village to look after the Greek Cypriot people. It is probable or rather certain that the Turkish side will exploit the case of Vathylakas village for propaganda purposes and put forward once more the allegation that Greek-Cypriots in the North leave Turksih-held areas on their own free will and without any pressure being exerted on them. Below we give specific cases and events which occured in the village in the last month but- have only just now come to our knowledge. These events show beyond any doubt that the actions of the Turkish side to force Greek-Cypriots to leave their homes and properties have of late been stepped up and taken an open and organised form.

The property, honour and life of Greek Cypriots in the North have become meaningless and the target of vandalism of brutal, uncouth and backward Turkish settlers who, in collaboration with the Turkish police authorities, threaten,, beat up, steal and rape

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the remaining unfortunate enclaved and at times these brutal settlers resort to murder, as in the well-known case at Koma tou Yialou village.

VATHYLAKAS 1. Vathylakas is an all-Greek village and before the Turkish invasion was inhabited by about 530 Greek-Cypriots and no Turkish-Cypriots. During the second phase of the Turkish invasion and the occupation of the village by the Turks, about 450 inhabitants remained in the village.

The number of enclaved Greek-Cypriots in the village on December 31, 1975 was about 395, but today, June 17th 1976, this number has decreased to 254 but they too have been made to submit applications for transfer to the Government controlled areas as a result of unbearable pressure, blackmail, threats, stoning of houses at night, robberies, beatings and rapes of aged women.

In the last few days the Turkish Cypriot police have com- menced a systematic transfer of Vathylakas inhabitants to the South and it is obvious that if this policy continues it is safe to assume that within a fortnight not even one Greek-Cypriot will be left in Vathylakas village. Since June 10th 1976, 65 Greek Cypriots were transferred as follows: - Date No. of Persons Transferred 10.6.76 6 12.6.76 11 14.6.76 13 15.6.76 12 16.6.76 13 17.6.76 10

65 2. At Vathylakas village there is a U.TSI. "liaison post" manned by six men of the Swedish Contingent. As from October 1975, the Turkish military authorities ordered the men of the liaison post not to come in contact with the Greek-Cypriots there and not to circulate in the village streets. With a view to forcing the U.N. men to confine themselves within their Post they established outside it a Turkish post manned by Turkish troops.

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Indicative of how strict the confinement of the U.N. men within their Liaision -Post are the.following: - a) The window-glasses of the U.N. "liaison •. post" at Vathylakas have been painted so that the U.N. men may be prevented from seeing what goes on in the village. b) Early June 1976, one of the UNFICYP men manning the Post came out and began doing some exercises in front of it to stretch his limbs. The Turkish soldiers from the nearby Turkish post forced him at gun-point to enter the Post immediately. c) On 15 May 1976, when the owner of the building accomo- dating the U.N. "liaision post", named Nicholas Meleti, aged 68, approached the Post and tried to talk to the U.N. men, to see whether any damage had been done to the furniture of his house and also to ask whether he could take some of his own belongings which were in the "liaison post", he was arrested by Turkish soldiers and detained for six hours. He was set free, only after-he had explained to them that he had obtained a permit from Police Ser- geant Halil of Leonarisso Police Station before going to the U.N. post. d) In March 1975, Georghios Yiannakis of Vathylakas, aged 40, a farmer, was arrested'and ill-treated by Turkish soldiers when he committed the serious crime of offering the men in the U.N. "liaision post" some oranges he had just picked from his garden. He was handed over to the Turkish police and after a long interrogation he was set free after being warned that if he talked to UNFICYP mert, again he would be punished in an exemplary manner. •* e) The men of the U.N. Liaison Post at Vathylakas cannot enjoy the sunshine even on the terrace of their post. Specifically, on the 12t or 2nd of June 1976, a Turkish army officer banned them from climbing up on the terrace of their premises to bathe in the sun themselves apparently to prevent them from seeing from there what was going onoin the village. f) Between the 1st and 3rd June 1976, there was a shortage of water at Vathylakas. When men of the U.N. Liaison Post asked the Turkish soldiers to allow them to obtain some water, the Turks ordered Greek-Cypriots to bring two jerry-cans of water to them. To rule out the possibility.of Greek-Cypriots talking with the U.N. men, the Turkish soldiers ordered the Greek-Cypriots to leave the jerry-cans outside the post and go. The U.N. men were allowed to pick up the jerry-cans after the jGreek-Cypriots had left the place. 3. Early in 1976, 13 families of.Turkish mainland Turks, totalling about 150 persons, settled at Vathylakas village. Another 16 families, totalling about 150 persons, settled on 16 May 1976. Two Turkish-Cypriot families, one from Ay. Symeon and one from Galinoporni,also settled in the village. The head of the family from Galinoporni named Hussein, acts as liaison between the Turkish Cypriot administration and the Turkish settlers at Vathylakas. The Turkish settlers by their attitude and behaviour made the life of the enclaved unbearable. Almost daily they asked Greek-Cypriots for foodstuffs and other necessities and when they refused, the reply followed in the next few days when the Turks stoned or knocked on the doors of their houses at night or entered the yards of the houses and stole anything not locked up. The Turkish settlers openly threaten the Greek-Cypriots of Vathylakas and particularly the youths to whom they give to understand by gesticulations that they will cut off their heads. The Turkish settlers often proceed from threats by gesticulations to actual threats. Thus in April 1976, a Turkish settler brandishing a butcher's knife, threatened to kill 15-year old Sofronios Andreou while he was in the yard of his house. Following this, he made an application and was transferred to the Greek sector on 2 Juno 1976. The Turkish settlers have, since in early May 1976, become extremely audacious. They have begun to threaten, to steal, and to throw at night stones on the roofs, doors and windows-of Greek- Cypriot houses. They were many times seen enjoying themselves with the Turkish-Cypriot inhabitants of Ay. Symeon village. In many cases, when the merriment was over theywent outside the houses of Greek-Cypriots, using abusive and obscene language, making threats and often firing shots in the air for intimidation. The above provocations and incidents were reported to the Turkish police but there has been no change and the whole attitude and conduct of the Turkish police indicates that everything is being done with the tolerance of the Turkish authorities. The following incident is typical: - On 27 May 1976, unknown Turks stole from the yard of the house of Antonis Toumazos, aged 41, a small water turbine, valued at about &150. When he reported the matter to the police the Turkish Cypriot Sergeant of the Leonarisso Police Station, named Halil (known as Halil of Kridhia village) told him not to make a complaint becuase the turbine had not been stolen but that he had sold it. When Toumaais in amazement asked "to whom have I sold it?". Sergeant Halil replied in anger "you sold it, do you understand?" Following this conversation Toumazis realized, to his regret, what it was about and instead of any other action he made an application and was transferred to the South on 12 June 1976.

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4. Outside the village there are stationed about 130 Turkish soldiers. Of them, one company, about 80-100 men come every day to the village in parade, and do physical training and exercises in the streets. They are naked from the waist upwards. They shout and sing military songs without interfering directly with the enclave.d Greek-Cypriots, who prefer to shut themselves in their houses as long as the Turkish soldiers are in the village. This action of the Turkish troops, however, constitutes indirect intimidation and pressure.for the enclaved inhabitants of Vathylakas •At the night, the Turkish soldiers patrol the village, carry out exercises, they shout and stone houses. Generally, their whole behaviour has terrified Greek-Cypriot inhabitants. Fhe rest of this paragraph is omitted as containing details of bestialities committed by Turkish soldiers too offensive for inclusion/^ 5. On the 5th of May 1976, and at about 10:00 p.m., three Turkish settlers stoned the houses of Adamos Tofalli, aged 67, George Nicholas, aged 53 and Koulla. Michael, aged 65. 6. Maroulla Alecou Papamichael, aged 32, lived with her two small children aged 3 and 2 and also her aunt named Phanou Petrou, aged 50, of Ay. Trias (her husband, who was taken prisoner was released and lived in the Greek sector). Her house is situated on the outskirts of the village. On 8th May 1976, at about 11:30 p.m., three armed Turks entered her house in the following way: One of them with the help of the others climbed up the window of the house, smashed it and entered the room, he then opened the door of the house through which the others also got in. They then started to threaten and intimidate the two women and the children. They continued to do this until 3:30 a.m. in the morning when they left. In the morning it was learnt that Mrs. Maroulla Papamichael has been raped by the Turks and following this, Maroulla was compelled to submit an application for transfer to areas under state control and reported, at the same time, the incident to the Turkish police. Until she was transferred to Hie I £outh, she left her house and lived in the house of her father-in-law which is situated in the centre of the village. She was transferred to the Government controlled areas on 27th May 1976, and is ready to make a statement and to answer questions, in private, by anybody interested in the human, .dramas taking place in the Turkish held areas, despite the fact that it is very difficult for a married Greek-Cypriot woman to speak about her ill-treatment and rape. 7. On 10th May 1976, a Turkish settler named Ali, aged 22, (he has been appointed recently as acting village headman of the Turkish settlers at Vathylakas), while drunk entered the coffee shop frequented by Greek Cypriots customers and brandishing a large . . . 7/ — 7 — knife forced eight of them to follow him to the Turkish coffee shop of the village and to drink coffee and watch him play billiard, The terrified Greek-Cypriots v/ent to the Turkish coffee shop where they stayed motionless for two hours. 8. In the night of 13th to 14th May 1976, Turkish soldiers and Turkish settlers at Vathylakas stoned one after another the houses of 14 Greek-Cypriot inhabitants of Vathylakas. The stoning of houses started at 11 p.m. of 13th May 1976. and stopped at 3 p.m. of the following day. During the stone-pelting.shots were fired in the air to intimidate the enclaved Greek-Cypriots. As a result of the stone throwing the window panes of most of the houses were shattered. The houses which were stoned belonged to: - 1. Tofalis Spyrou, aged 34 . 2. Chrysanthos Themistocleous, aged 50 3. Mrs. Sofianou Andrea, aged 34 4. Tofalas Dimitri Messiou, aged 53 5. Michael Mishilos, aged 39 6. Sotiris Georghiou Kekkos, aged 33 7. George Michael, aged 46 8. Prodromes Xenophontos, aged 50 9. Michael Kyrkou, aged 72 10. Andreas Lada, aged 53 11. Mrs. Tina Tofali, aged 65 12. Constantis Anastassi, aged 50 13. Mrs. Koula Michael, aged 70 14. Adamos Tofali, aged 66 Shots were fired outside the houses of Tofalis Spyrou, aged 34 and Constantis Anastassi, aged 50. On the same night, i.e. 13th to 14th May 1976, two Turkish settlers had broken into the house of Tofalis Spyrou, aged 34 and started upturning the mattresses and other clothing in a search for money as the latter had some days earlier sold his sheep. The armed Turkish bandits asked Tofalis Spyrou to deliver them the money but the latter started crying for help. As a result of the cries of Tofalis Spyrou and the noise which was created the armed intruders were compelled to leave the house, firing in the air. At 0030 and 0315 hours of 14th May 1976, the same, bandits came again outside the house of Tofalis Spyrou and while stoning it called him to get out of the house. The house of Mrs. Sofianou Andreou, aged 34, was repeatedly stoned during the stone-throwing night of 13th to 14th May 1976.- In the morning of 14th May 1976, the smashed sky-lights and window-panes as well as the stones thrown against the houses were shown to a representative of the International Committee of

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the Red Cross who, accompanied by a Turkish-Cypriot "liaison officer", happened to visit the village. The case was reported also to the Turkish police. 9. On 16 May 1976, armed Turks broke into the house of Gerolemis Yianni, aged 76, in day-time and after ill-treating him demanded that he should give his money. After removing anything valuable they found, they left the house. As'the house of Gerolemis is situated on the outskirts of the village he abandoned it and moved to the house of his daughter-in-law Frountza Georghiou Gerolemi. 10. On 16th May 1976, two armed Turks, evidently settlers, entered at night the house of Tofalas Demetri Messiou, aged 53, and with the bayonets and knives tore up the mattresses of his daughters named Kyriakou Tofala, aged 19 and Morphoula Tofala, aged 17, hoping to find hidden money. Then they started to threaten and intimidate the two girls at gun-point and tried to rape them. The armed Turks remained in the house and annoyed the Tofalas family until early morning and it has been learnt that the wife of Tofala, named Annezou Tofala, aged 54, had been raped. The two daughters of Tofala may have also been ill-treated but they deny this, for obvious reasons. Following this incident, the Tofala family made applications to leave Vathylakas and it is expected that they will be transferred to the South within the next few days when more details will become known. 11. On 17th May 1976, the House of Andreas and Trygona Gerolemi, aged 50 and 45 respectively, was broken into in full day- light and various valuables and clothing items were stolen from it. In the night of the same day, i.e. 17 May 1976, shots were fired outside the house of Andreas Gerolemi. Following these incidents and as his house is on the outskirts of the village, the Gerolemi couple had to leave the house and move to the house of their daughter Andronikou Andrea Christoforou, which is situated in the. centre of the village. 12. A Turkish settler who established himself recently at Vathylakas, with a wife and three children, asked to marry a 16 year-old Greek Cypriot girl named Chrystalla Andreas who is living next to his house. "Chrystalla is very smart and I would like to have two women", he said. As this statement of the Turkish settler was made in public, all the inhabitants who have daughters have begun to worry about the fate of their children and to make applications for their transfer to the Government controlled, areas. 13. On 20th May 1976, the Turkish .Cypriot Police Sergeant of-the Leonarriso Police Station, named Halii, accompanied by a . . . 9/ - 9 -

Turkish army officer, visited the house of Andreas Sofroniou, aged 55, and asked him to explain to them why he had said at the village coffee shop in the presence of fellow villagers that he was not going to make application to leave and they rebuked him for his behaviour. They then asked him to produce the ownership title of his house where, he lived since they suspected, they said, that it belonged to his father and not to him and if this was so he would have to leave the house immediately. When they were satisfied from the ownership title shown to them they left. The evening of the same day. i.e. 20th May 1976, the house of Andreas Sofroniou was stoned. The following day Andreas Sofroniou reported the incident to the Turkish Police Sergeant Halil, who promised that he would see to it that it would not be repeated. 14. After the above incidents which were reported by the enclaved Greek-Cypriots to the police, Turkish Police Sergeant Halil of the Leonarisso Police Station told them that he had a conversation with the Turkish settlers of the village and told them not to annoy the Greeks again "since everybody would leave the village, most of them having already made applications". The same Turkish-Cypriot Police Sergeant Halil visited on the 21st May 1976, the village of Vathylakas and through the Greek- Cypriot village headman named Christoforos Panteli, aged 62, re- commended to the Greek-Cypriot inhabitants to make applications for their transfer to the South since Vathylakas is in the Turkish sector, he said, and that they had to leave bacause partition had been effected and it would be better for them to go to the South. As soon as they signed the applications, he" told them, he would personally give them every assistance. 15. At about 10:30 p.m. on June 1, 1976, two Turkish - settlers entered by force the house of Lefkou Demetri, aged 65, who lives in the outskirts of the village alone since her husband is in the Government controlled area.- They both ill-treated and raped her and stayed with her for about four hours. When they left they took away all her money and valuables she had. The incident was reported the following day by Sofianou Andrea, aged 34, to the Turkish police through a Turkish-Cypriot named Hussein of Galino- porni, who acts as liaision between the Turkish Cypriot administration and the Turkish settlers at Vathylakas. 'The Police transferred Lefkou Demetri for examination to the Famagusta Hospital where the Turkish doctors found out that she had been raped and had injuries on her chest. Information received from enclaved Greek-Cypriots recently transferred to the Government controlled areas was that the unfortunate old woman was raped and sodomized by both men. It appears also that the satyres had bitten her on the breats in order to satisfy fully their animal instincts. The village headman of the Turkish settlers named Mustafa Serin, aged 40, was identified and taken under police custody. Another settler, named Ali, aged

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22, acting as village headman in the absence of Mustafa Serin, was reported to be involved in the incident but is was not made known if he had been arrested. On the 16th June 1976, Mustafa Serin was released on bail and returned to the village. After the reporting of the incident to the Galatia Police Headquarters and the arrest of Mustafa Serin, the Turkish policemen of Leonarisso Police Station suggested to Lefkou Demetri and Sofianou Andrea to withdraw or change their complaint since other- wise they would not be allowed to come to the South; These black- mailing visits by the police are continuing until today. 16. Since May 1976, the Turkish Police have restricted the issue of exit permits to Greek-Cypriot shepherds and farmers to areas outside their villages. Following this, Greek-Cypriot shepherds have begun to sell their animals to the Turkish Authorities at ridiculously low prices. Flocks bought by the Turkish Authorities from Greek- Cypriot owners are distributed to Turkish settlers who incidentally, grazed the animals in grain fields owned by Greek-Cypriots. 17. Ayios Georghios Church and Ayios Theodores and Ayios Constantinos Chapels at Vathylakas village, have been broken into and money, icons and other items have been stolen. On 16 May 1976, Ayios Georghios Church was broken into once again and a chalice and spoon were stolen and the, icons were taken down from the eco- nostasis and were poured over with oil. Apparently the intention was to put them on fire but the culprits must have changed their mind at the last moment. During church mass Turkish settlers walk into the Vathylakas church and provoke the congregation by smoking, gum-chewing,' laughing and other gesticulations» The village priest and other Greek-Cypriot villagers have reported the above incidents to the Turkish police. 18. Between 0030 and 0300 hours on 17 June 1976, a Turkish Police Officer of Nicosia Divisional Police Headquarters, Sergeant Halil of Leonarisso Police Station, adn I-nspector Hasanaki of Galatia Regional Police Headquarters, visited the house of the Greek-Cypriot headman of Vathylakas village and other Greek-Cypriot houses in the village and after waking up the owners asked them whether there had been any stoning of houses, thefts, robberies or rapings in the village. All answers given by the people who were terrified for.being awaken in the middle of the night were tape-recorded. 19. This action by the Turkish Police and the pressures being exercised by Turkish policemen with a view to amending state- . . . ll/ - 11 - ments made by Lcfkou Demetri and Sofianou Andrea, and the whole attitude and conduct of Serfeant Halil of Leonarisso Police Station tend to show that an attempt is being made to cove up events at Vathylakas and justify the Turkish contention that enclaved Greek-Cypriots leave the Turkish held area of the Island on their own free will. The above events which have been reported to the UNFICYP show beyond any doubt that the life fo enclaved Greek-Cypriots has become real hell, and there is no room for normal life as provided in the Vienna III agreements.

It is, therefore, obvious that enclaved Greek-Cypriots are not leaving on their own free will but are compelled by unbearable living conditions to leave and save, if possible, their honour and their lives. 15 Jxma 1976 8* ICalinkin 3514G 5283

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RESOLUTION 391 (1976)

Adopted "by the Security Council at its 1927th meeting, on 15 June 1976

The Security Council,

Noting from the report of the Secretary-General of 5 June 1976 (S/12093) that in existing circumstances the presence of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus is essential not only to help maintain quiet in the island but also to facilitate the continued search for a peaceful settlement»

Noting from the report the conditions prevailing in the island,

Noting also from the report that the freedom of movement of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus and its civil police (UNCIVPOL) is still restricted in the north of the island, that progress is being made in discussions regarding the stationing, deployment and functioning of the United Nations Peace- keeping Force in Cyprus and expressing the hope that those discussions will lead speedily to the elimination of all existing difficulties ,

Noting further that, in paragraph 70 of his report, the Secretary-General" expresses the view that the best hope of achieving a just and lasting settlement of the Cyprus problem lies in negotiations between the representatives of the two communities and that the usefulness of those negotiations depends upon the willingness of all parties concerned to show the necessary flexibility, taking into account not only their own interests but also the legitimate aspirations and requirements of the opposing side,

Expressing its concern at actions which increase tension between the two communities and tend to affect adversely the efforts towards a just and lasting peace in Cyprus,

Emphasizing the need for the parties concerned to adhere to the agreements reached at all previous rounds of the talks held under the auspices of the Secretary-General and expressing the hope that future talks will be meaningful and productive,

Noting also the concurrence of the parties concerned in the recommendation by the Secretary-General that the Security Council extend the stationing of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus for a further period of six months,

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Hoting that the Government of Cyprus has agreed that in view of the prevailing conditions in the island it is necessary to keep the Force in Cyprus beyond 15 June 1976,

1. Reaffirms the provisions of resolution 186 (196*0 of h March 196^, as well as subsequent resolutions and decisions on the establishment and maintenance of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus and other aspects of the situation in Cyprus;

2. Reaffirms once again its resolution 365 (197U) of 13 December 197**, by which it endorsed General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX), adopted unanimously on 1 November 197^ s and calls once again for their urgent and effective implementation and that of its resolution 367 (1975);

3. Urges the parties concerned to act with the utmost restraint to refrain from any unilateral or other action likely to affect adversely the prospects of negotiations and to continue and accelerate determined co-operative efforts to achieve the objectives of the Security Council;

k. Extends once more the stationing in Cyprus of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force, established under Security Council resolution 186 (19610, 'or a further period ending 15 December 1976, in the expectation that by then sufficient progress towards a final solution will make possible a withdrawal or substantial reduction of the Force;

5- Appeals again to all parties concerned to extend their fullest co-operation so as to enable the United Nations Peace-keeping Force to perform its duties effectively;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the mission of good offices entrusted to him by paragraph 6 of resolution 367 (1975)» "to keep the Security Council informed of the progress made and to submit a report on the implementation of this resolution by 30 October 1976. 82O SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17

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•To the Editor:' •; :--i'C !. -p$;J;. &*^f 'This double Internationa! crime of On June 1? you-published a letter;-/ : unparalleled dimensions, with the obvi- signed by N.'Atalay as representative ous aim of changing the demographic of a so-called Turkish Federated State' character of the island, makes up the of Cyprus*-a 'hypothetical entity that!'; substance %of what is cynically pre- exists neither legally nor de facto and - sented by Ankara as the 'Turkish •whose purported creation has been Federated State of Cyprus." overwhelmingly denounced, 'by. the '• Furthermore, Turkey is also violat- United Nations membership. •*' ;:';•:?•'., ing the treaty of establishment of the "t Cyprus, with a history of civilization ' Republic of Cyprjus (I960), which ex- * of 3,000 years, has always been oho pressly excludes any change in the . .unbroken unit Since its establishment .demographic composition of Cyprus in I960, the... Republic of Cyprus la and specifically provides that in grant- indisputably a single entity, whose ing citizenship even to persons of .legitimate President and Government Cyprtot origin the demographic ratio of ; are universally recognized as such. The ( 4 to 1 has to be strictly maintained. : myth of a separate Turkish state is but. • Ankara is ruthlessly pursuing its . a vain attempt by Ankara, to create V policy of partition with an eye to confusion and cover up, the burning annexation. That was the purpose of issue of Turkey's aggression and cop- ' the long-prepared "Attila" invasion . tinuing occupation by its forces of 40 of the island and the aggression that • percent of the territory of the repub- followed in its wake to dismember lic, in flagrant violation of unanimous ' Cyprus and destroy its territorial in- ; tegrity and independence. That is the General Assembly and Security Council purpose of Ankara's insistence on a resolutions demanding the forces' with- "loose" federation pattern. drawal "without further delay" and. ;, The present, unacceptable situation the "urgent return of all refugees tQ,' ' cannot be tolerated. Such use of force ; their homes." . i4 ; •••'•;;'•<•-*,'~ -.•• «.•-:<., against a small, defenseless member : What the artificial establishment ' state of the United Nations, still re- by Ankara of this separate state con* ,<• maining unchecked, signals to the notes and represents is tha genocidal world that brute force is now rampant. elimination and uprooting from the Its repercussions would seriously ag- occupied area.,of its indigenous, popu-: gravate developments in an already 'lation, with over 200,000 Greek * inflammable region and beyond.- < Cypriote being rendered destitute refu- ZENON Rossnms gees. In their homes and properties1' >: '/S Permanent Representative of s 1 ;a massive population from/Turkey Is ;'; M i Cyprus to the United Nations currently being implanted.; -y- • l -"i1^. ft 3» !• \ < New Vork, June 23,1976 (.-.-3-3369BQ-; O ,, ^*"-Aeoo«awJJB86-M

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Ref: 127/74 17 May 1976

Excellency, On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to bring to the attention of Your Excellency and of the members of the Security Council the new and disturbing situation which has developed in Cyprus as a result of the systematic policy of expulsion by.the Turkish occupation forces of the Greek Cypriots who remained in the occupied areas in northern Cyprus after the Turkish invasion of July/August 1974. Through tactics of harassment and oppression as well as through brute physical eviction, their number which stood at approximately 14,000 after the termination of the military operations in August 1974 and at 9,307 upon the conclusion of the Vienna humanitarian agreement of 2 August 1975 (S/11789 dated 5 August 1975), has now dwindled to 7,783 and is constantly diminishing through a gradual but steady process of additional forced expulsions. According.to verified information, the intention of the o Turkish occupation authorities and their instruments in Cyprus is to proceed relentlessly and to complete the expulsion of all the remaining Greek Cypriots from.their ancestral homes and lands, first 1 . . . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General j United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 -

from the Kyrenia region and then from the Karpass peninsula. In order to perceive the gravity of the situation in pers- pective, it should be recalled that under para. 5 of the unanimously adopted General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) — which was endorsed by the Security Council in its resolution 365 (1974) — "all the refugees should return to their homes in safety" and the parties concerned were called upon to "undertake urgent measures to that end". This, as well as the other provisions of this Resolution, remained contemptuously unimplemented by Turkey, despite the fact that in the meanwhile it was repeated and endorsed by other United Nations bodies and important international forums which considered the matter, such as the Kingston Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference (PO 113 -(3) dated 13 June 1975) and the .Lima Conference of the Foreign -Ministers of the Non-Aligned Countries (S/10217 dated 5 September 1975, para. 64), and thus nearly two hundred "thousand Greek Cypriots continue to remain refugees. During the third round of the intercommunal talks in Vienna, held from 31 July to 2 August 1975, the humanitarian agreement referred to above was reached.under the auspices of Your Excellency, o Ttiaking provision for normalization of the life and freedom of movement under the protection of the UNFICYP of the remaining Greek Cypriots in the occupied areas -and providing, as a corollary, the possibility for the Turkish Cypriots-remaining in /the areas under the control of the Government "to proceed north with their belongings tinder an organized programme and with the assistance of UNFICYP" (S/11789 cited above). This humanitarian agreement (which, it should

. . . 3/ - 3 - be remembered, left unremedied the tragic situation of the much larger number of the refugees displaced during the invasion despite the call of General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX) and of the Security Council Resolution 365 (1974), referred to above), was carried out fully both in its letter and its spirit by my Govern- ment which, by September 1975, duly completed the performance of its part of the agreement (as recognized in the Secretary-General's Report S/11789/Add. 2 dated 13 September 1975). The Turkish side, while paying lip service to this agreement for reasons which are obvious, failed to honour its corresponding commitment. Despite the subsequent call by the General Assembly in its resolution 3395 (XXX) and by the Security Council in its resolution 383 (1975) and all of Your Excellency's efforts and those of your. Special Representative in Cyprus, the'Turkish side not only persists in its attitude of ignoring this expression of the collective will of the international community for the voluntary return of all i refugees to their homes in safety but also continues systematically to violate even the 2 August 1975 humanitarian agreement, thus rendering more of the indigenous Greek Cypriots destitute refugees in their own country. Details of the systematic violation of this specific agreement are provided in the attached memoranda (Annexes I and II) and an example of the human suffering involved is -tellingly expressed on the face of the old man in the attached photograph (Annex III). As has been repeatedly stated in past debates before United Nations bodies and further documented in letters circulated to the . . . 4/ - 4 -

General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social

Council (most recently in S/12050 dated 12 April 1976 and E/5819 dated 6 May 1976), the expulsions and uprootings of the indigenous Greek Cypriot population are coupled with an anachronistic process of colonization through the massive importation of population from

Turkey in a systematic effort to alter by force the demographic character of Cyprus. These remain among the wider issues which,

together with the imperative need for the withdrawal of the Turkish

occupation forces and the cessation of foreign interference in the

affairs of the Republic, go to the root of the Cyprus question. The immediate issue, however, to which upon instructions from my Government I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention and that of the members of the S'ecurity Council on this occasion for urgently needed remedial action, is that of the continued and intensified systematic expulsions of Greek Cypriots from in disregard of the .United Nations resolutions on Cyprus and the occupied areas^in flagrant violation of the August 2, 1975 ^ Vienna agreement and the most basic norms of humanitarian law. Any

action which Your Excellency and the Security Council may be able

to take in order to prevent the continuation of this inhuman process o and to ensure the implementation by the Turkish side of what it solemnly agreed upon, will be a positive contribution in averting the further deterioration of the situation in Cyprus regarding which the Security Council has a continuing and special responsibility. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

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Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest

consideration.

Andreas J. Jacovides Ambassador Charge d1Affaires a.i.

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Ref: 82/71, 74/71 11 May 1976

Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to a statement made by the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. S. Demirel, to the Asso- ciated Press correspondent in Ankara on 9 May 1976, on relations between Greece and Turkey. In the course of that statement, he is reported to have said: "We are not afraid Greece will be aggressive against us. It should be very expensive for them... We could have occupied the whole of Cyprus and we can still do it to-day". This grave threat against the independence of a small, defenceless, non-aligned member state of the United Nations is too obvious to require elaboration. It flagrantly contradicts the fundamental principles of International Law and United Nations Charter and demonstrates once again Ankara's contemptuous disregard of the United Nations resolutions on Cyprus. This statement constitutes an open admission of the fact that the Turkish armed forces are in aggressive occupation of a large part of the territory of Cyprus. . . . 2/

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

It is both significant and revealing that, instead of complying with the relevant United Nations resolutions adopted by an overwhelming majority which "demand the withdrawal without further delay of all foreign armed forces and foreign military 1 presence and personnel from the Republic of Cyprus and the cessation of all foreign interference in its affairs", the Prime Minister of Turkey ominously speaks of the possibility of the occupation of the whole island by the Turkish army. Furthermore, it should not be overlooked that Mr. Demirel makes this threat, not in the context of the situa- i tion in Cyprus itself nor in relation to the so-called "protection" j- of the Turkish Cypriots — as Turkish propaganda has been at pains ;- to allege until now — , but in the context of the differences ; between two outside powers. • t On behalf of my Government, -I wish to protest strongly { t this provocative statement by the Prime Minister of Turkey which • { tends to aggravate further the situation in Cyprus regarding ( {• which the Security Council has a continuing responsibility. j I should be grateful if this letter were circulated j •\\ as a document of the Security Council. ii !. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my j: (i highest consideration. |;

Andreas J. Jacovides Ambassador Charge d1 Affaires a.i. V « f»ae. AHCA CODE 212 )aB6-

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Ref : 71/74 6 May 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to refer to a letter from the Permanent Representative of Turkey with annexed enclosures under the name of Mr. N. Atalay, which was circulated as a document of the Economic and Social Council (E/5815, dated 30 April 1976). Its contents are nothing more than sterile repetition of false propaganda, effectively and conclusively refuted in the course of past debates on the Cyprus question before the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies and most recently in our letter dated 26th April 1976 (E/5813) . Consequently, I will not follow the Turkish Represen- tative 's example by repeating these refutations. Independently of the evident abuse of the Secretariat's facilities in causing the circulation of bulky documents nominally emanating from the "representative" of a non-existent and non- recognized entity, the effort of the representative of Turkey plainly is to blur the picture and to deflect attention from the . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - main issue, which is the abominable international crime perpetrated against the Republic of Cyprus, a small and defenceless non- aligned member of the United Nations, by the Turkish occupation forces and their instruments in Cyprus. More particularly, in relation to agenda item 3 of the Economic and Social Council viz. "Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination", this international crime has taken the form of racial discrimination on a massive scale and as a matter of policy. The Turkish forces, occupying by force of arms some forty per cent of the territory of Cyprus, forcibly expelled most of the indigenous Greek Cypriots from their ancestral homes and lands in that area on the sole criterion of their ethnic origin and have sought to replace them by Turkish Cypriots a removed from the rest of the Island as well as by the importation on a substantial scale of Turks from mainland Turkey in a new and anachronistic form of colonization. I will not deal here with the political objective of the systematic alteration of the demographic character of Cyprus as this may be said not to fall under the purview of item 3. The fact is however amply demonstrated that some two hundred thousand Greek Cypriots have been forcibly o uprooted and rendered destitute refugees in their own country in pursuit of this political objective. In this process, count- less crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law were committed by the Turkish occupation forces including murders, rapes, robberies, lootings, massive forcible expulsions, illegal detentions, misappropriation of movable and immovable

. . . 2/ - 3 - property, inhuman treatment, forced expatriation, forced labour and separation of families — all of which present a picture of racial and ethnic discrimination of abysmal dimensions unparalleled in the era of the United Nations. "Attila" was the code-name of the Turkish military invasion of Cyprus and its results are indeed worthy of the name. Specific facts and figures are fully substantiated in documents placed before the United Nations bodies such as the Human Rights Commission, the Commission on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi- nation as well as of the Security Council and of the General Assembly. Not only has the resultant situation not been alleviated, despite the relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions calling, inter alia, for the speedy withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus and urgent return of all refugees to their homes in safety, but it is systematically further aggravated daily. The excerpts from the "New York Times" issue of 22 April 1976 from Nicosia, Cyprus cited herebelow aptly illustrate the present situation: "...The Turks have now stepped up their campaign to expel the Greek Cypriots remaining in the north and to create a purely Turkish state. Only about 8,000 Greeks are left in the area, mostly in the remote Karpas Peninsula, and their numbers are dwindling daily. The Turkish tactic, diplomatic sources report, is to call in the leaders of an ethnic Greek community and give them a choice: Leave immediately and take nothing with you, or sign an official request to leave and take your belongings. Once the leaders yield to this pressure, the rest usually follow, and the Turks can say that everyone left voluntarily. . . . 4/ - 4 -

The ethnic Turks were only 20 per cent of Cyprus before the invasion and afterward they found themselves with far more land than they could colonize. Accordingly, the Denktash administration has been en- couraging families like the Kekliks to immigrate from Turkey and increase the Turkish population. Turkish Cypriot officials insist that the only new- comers in the north are either.Turkish Cypriots who had left years ago, seasonal workers needed for the harvest or technicians imported for specific jobs. But inter- views with Mr. Keklik and at least half a dozen other settlers belie that claim. Diplomats estimate that 15,000 people from the mainland are already here and some groups of settlers are clearly organized and encouraged in Turkey.'.1.

In the light of these established facts, it is perhaps understandable that the representative of Turkey would attempt to confuse the issue through diversionary tactics aimed at shifting the responsibility away from his own Government for the massive violations of human rights in Cyprus with which it is burdened and for the contemptuous disregard and non-implementation by Turkey of the relevant United Nations resolutions.B ut this cannot be allowed to hide the truth or to mislead away from it those to whom his letter under reply is addressed. It is my earnest hope that Your Excellency and the members of the Economic and Social Council will not lose sight of the extreme gravity of the situation in Cyprus and its implications to the whole international community, both in the general terms of the maintenance of peace and security and, more specifically, in terms of the observance of human rights so flagrantly violated by the Turkish occupation forces. . . . 5/ I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as an official document of the Economic and Social Council under agenda item 3, "Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination". Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. •JL. Andreas J. Jacovides Ambassador Charge d1 Affaires a.i. . "0 w-jCr:

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Ref: 71/74 29 April 1976

Excellency, I have the honour to bring to your notice and to that of the membership of the Security Council the following event characteristic of the extreme policy of Ankara and its instruments in preventing and suppressing even by the most violent methods any indication of goodwill between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots and any tendency towards mutual understanding and conciliation, A Greek Cypriot national guardsman and a Turkish Cypriot . militia man, both from the same village of Kouklia, who showed signs of good feelings towards each other and frequently entered into friendly conversations,, reminiscing nostalgically of the good days they lived together at Kouklia, Paphos, were marked out by officers of the Turkish army of occupation. On the 9th of April, 1976, when the Greek Cypriot guardsman, 19 years old, Michael Sophocleous, went from his post along the "green line", to offer cigarettes to his Turkish Cypriot fellow villager, a Turkish army officer came forward and shot the Greek Cypriot guardsman three times through the head at point- blank range. Members of the UNFICYP who witnessed the event rushed to the spot and carried him to the hospital where he died. This incident brings out the tragedy of unwanted enmity and fighting imposed upon the people by outside forces contrary to their own deeper feelings and intrinsic interests, s The spirit of conciliation and the yearning for a return to normal conditions of friendliness and cooperation has repeatedly shown itself over the years among the Cypriots, Greek and Turkish alike. As the Secretary-General in his report S/8446 of March 1968 observed: "Ordinary Greek and Turkish Cypriot people desire to live together in peace and harmony". In the same report,

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - the Secretary-General further remarked: "How gratifying was to observe the ease with which ordinary people of both communities were beginning to resume their former amicable relations ...". Reference has already been made~ in my letter of 31 March 1976, S/12032, to the attestation by the World Council of Churches contained in a report prepared after the invasion by a fact-finding mission, as to the inherent feeling of solidarity and friendliness between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. This feeling, we hope, will at the end flower in the hearts of all the Cypriots despite all actions of force to destroy it. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

Accept,. Excellency/ the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations cc

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Ref : 84/75 26 April 1976

Excellency, I Jiave the honour to refer to a letter from the Representative of Turkey (S/5799 dated 19 April 1976) with --annexed document from an "Acting Representative" of a so- called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" — a non-existent entity, which neither is nor could be recognized. As well ..known, the Republic of Cyprus is not a federation. The allegation in the said document that the Republic founded in 1960 •--was a form of federation is patently incorrect. The Constitu- tion since its establishment by the 1960 Agreements is clearly that of a unitary . state. This is a reality admitted from all -.sides. The Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Denktash is on record stating that "the 1960 Agreements created a bicommunal ..unitary state" (Secretary-General's Report, 19 May 1971). Similar xecognition of the unitary state was made by the Representative of Turkey in the Security Council (S/PV.1474 of 1969). This ^appears also in the Secretary-General's Report of December 1970. -in reference to the "agreed basis of an independent, sovereign and unitary State" . Mr. Denktash must surely know that he violates the very -structural basis of the Republic's Constitution when he calls himself "President" of such arbitrary- "Turkish Federated State". 'By doing so, he purports to negate the very source of legality on which he relies for the .Turkish Gypriot claim for rights beyond the normal minority rights. ' He, therefore, would •-logically have to abandon either of these two conflicting lines. Unless Mr. Denktash thinks that as the agent of the invader power - in military occupation of part of Cyprus , he can at will force a structural change of the Constitution. Regarding the series of fictional tales about ill- treatment of the Turkish Cypriot community by the Governemnt, ,jref erred to in the said letter, I need only recall the conclusive -evidence to the contrary contained in the Secretary-General's 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim .^Secretary-General. United Nations New York, New York 10017 ti-.i*'.*- -^ "-I.5.*

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six monthly reports over the whole period in question (1964- -1974). (See relevant excerpts in Annex "A" attached hereto). Full quotations from these reports were --given in the Security Council on 13 December .1974^ (S/PV* 1819) as well as in the Special Political Committee -on/29Ôc'toT>e? 1974 (A/SPC/PV. 923) and in the General Assembly Plenary on 8 .Oct. ' 75. These catego- rical reports are unanswerable. 'The .futility, therefore, of --repeating such already demolished allegations is manifest. Their repetition can only be explained a.s a -diversionary tactic to - create confusion in the hope of blurring the issue of Turkey's violation of all human rights in Cyprus after its invasion of - the island. The plain truth of the matter is that the freedom of movement of the Turkish Cypriots, their right to live in -their .villages and carry on their agricultural and other occupations, —or to have freely trade relations or ^<5her legitimate associa- tions ,- were denied to the Turkish Cypriots placed in the enclaves .by their so-called leadership. They were prevented from going ôut of such enclaves, except on special permits (more often denied --*t o them) by such leadership acting under the command of officers .from Turkey. The oppressive restrictions on their movement were -"^designed to break, by separation, the existing amicable relations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and forcibly prevent the -tendency of the rank and file from both side for reconciliation resumption of friendly contacts. As the Secretary-General ~in his xeport ^relevantly remarks t - "... the lack of movement"" of Turkish Cypriots outside their areas is also believed to be dictated by a political I purpose, namely, to reinforce the claim that the two main i communities of Cyprus cannot live peacefully together in [ the island wihôut some sort of geographical separation". (S/5764, para. 113) . o And in another report, it is stated that:- "The Turkish Cypriot leaders have adhered to a rigid ,stand against any measures which might involve having members of the two communities live and work together, or which might place Turkish Cypriots in situations where they would have to acknowledge the .authority of Govern- -ment agents. Indeed, since the Turkish Cypriot leadership is committed to physical and geographical separation of the communities as a political goal , it is not likely to encourage activities by Turkish Cypriots which may be interpreted as demonstrating the merits of an alternative , • • • 3/ - 3 -

policy. The result has been a seemingly deliberate policy of self-segregation by the Turkish Cypriots". (S/6426, para. 106). The Government's contention is thus borne out thati - "... the hardships suffered by the Turkish Cypriot population are the direct result of the leadership's self- isolation policy, imposed by force on the rank and file". (S/6426, para. 106). In its ill-advised policy of forcing the partition of - Cyprus by all means, Ankara has displayed unparallel contempt for and vJ£>lation of human rights in Cyprus and also total unconcern for the true interests of the Turkish Cypriots. Such violations cover the whole gamut of human rights:— from the fierce napalm bombing of undefended cities wreaking wholesale destruction; the burning to death of innocent men, women and children; the massive execution of unarmed civilians; the savage rape of women of all ages arid the cold blood elimination of prisoners . In the wake of all this came the systematic expulsion of the Greek Cypriot majority people from the invaded areas, rendered destitute refugees to the figure of 200,000, while their usurped homes and lands were being massive-ly colonized by population from —Turkey, in a horrendous genocidal practice of racial discrimination. The magnitude of this international crime extends beyond the confines of Cyprus in its implications and repercussions. The fact that a small non-aligned member state of the United Nations has been the victim of so ferocious a treatment and continues to be under the threat and aggressive occupation of the invader, without any effective remedy under the Charter, is amatter affecting -the whole structure of the international community. It should, therefore, be a concern for all member states of the United Nations. More particularly so for the Membership of the Economic and Social Council in relation to the present "Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination" — an item that is directly relevant to the present grave situation in the occupied territory of Cyprus.

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as an official document of the Economic and Social 'Council under the agenda item 3, "Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination". Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my consideration.

ZenoJ jassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Attached: a/s A N N E . X

The allegation of financial exploitation of the Turkish Cypriots through "forced"' payment of direct and indirect taxes without any corresponding benefits to the Turkish community, is a deliberate untruth. Because as is well known, following the- unreasonable rejection by the Turkish Cypriot side of the regular

Income Tax Law^ } direct taxes from members of the Turkish Cypriots, since 1961, were collected by the Turkish Communal Chamber. As regards indirect taxes, all Turkish Cypriots outside the enclaves, equally benefited from the public services provided by the relevant tax funds.

Electricity: As regards the supply of electricity, the very reverse is true. The Turkish Cypriots in the enclaves were enjoying Uninterrupted use of these services since 1963 without any payment and therefore at the expense of the other consumers, whose bills had to bear the relevant additional cost. In fact, outstanding bills for electricity and water consumed by Turkish Cypriots but not paid is estimated to be of the order of 6.5 million Cyprus pounds. That is amply affirmed by the Secretary-General in his semi- annual periodical reports to the Security Council. Secretary- General report of December 1967, S/8286 /?.ar!asia?:es: "Ever since December 1963, Turkish Cypriots in certain ...reas, notably the main enclave and the Turkish quarter of "ic<~sia, have refused to pay ~ 2 ~

their electricity and water bills although they have continued benefiting from these public utilities", (para. 139). In his report of December 1973, the Secretary-General stated: "... UNFICYP felt it necessary to draw the Turkish Cypriot x ..leader ship1 s attention to-cases wh^re "ill ages were several months behind in their electricity payments, as well as to ins- .jtances of tampering with meters and illegal connexions". (S/11137, para. 63). Despite this, the Turkish leadership does not hesitate to complain of discrimination against the Turkish Consumers!

Social Insurance: Regarding Social Insurance, the normal contri- ; tmtions by the Turkish Cypriots in the enclaves were discontinued -as part of the rebellious effort to disrupt the functioning of the state. As a result, the corresponding payment of benefits ^was not possible. Those of the enclaved Turkish Cypriots who —circumvented the Turkish commanders' orders and paid their con- tributions received their due benefits.

Loans Through the Cyprus Development Bank and the Loan Commis- sioners (State Loans): Such loans are, under the law, granted upon the mortgage of immovable property. There was no possibility of effecting such mortgage of property belonging to the Turkish .and Cypriots in the enclaves/under the military command of those in . . . 3/ - Ji i i ili'n M"Ift HI in _

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control, who were in rebellion against the law of the land. In xespect of Turkish Cypriots living outside the enclaves (approximately 50% of the Turkish Cypriot population), loans were granted on the established criteria for all citizens.

Religious Institutions; Soon after the troubles of December 1963, the Government took steps to protect all mosques or other Turkish ssnonuments within the state-controlled areas. Considerable repairs and maintenance were undertaken and every effort was made to re- condition such religious institutions and reopen them to worship- pers. Sadly enough, churches within the Turkish enclaves suffered a wholly different treatment. It is worth mentioning that the Turkish army of invasion in furtherance of its divisive aims and partitionist objectives, -has been committing all kinds of vandalian and sacriligious activities and other atrocities. The Saint Lucas and Saint Jacob Churches in Nicosia were completely destroyed. Similarly, the Makedonitissa Church and the Monasteries of Achiropietou, Chrisostomos, Chrysor- royiatissa and Saint Neofytos were sacriligiously desecrated. The Saint Marina Church, near Dherinia village Famagusta, the church of St. George in Nicosia and of St. Demetrios at Kamaikli were deliberately burnt down. The church of the Saviour at Lefkoniko has been turned into a store-house; the church of St. Andrew at Panagra has been turned into a flock-shed, having been first looted.

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There is concrete evidence of .looting of sacred ornaments and

Ar-.-. -especially -of holy icons ./Such-use of the sacredness of religion to promote political aims through indoctrination of the simple -people is one of the scourges of mankind that should be eradi- cated from our interdependent world.

-Partitionist Policies of the Turkish Leadership; In a further attempt to blur the issue of the international crime of the invasion and aggression in Cyprus, the Turkish side alleges that the Government of Cyprus mistreated and ultimately forced the Turkish Cypriots to abandon their villages and seek refuge in the -enclaves. ^In order to prove the falsity of these charges, one need *<" '• only refer to the semi-anhualreports by the Secretary-General for .the period 1964 to 1974, which explicitly indicate where the responsibility lies. For, it is an undeniable fact that the Turkish Cypriot minority had full freedom of movement, as far as the Govern- .ment is concerned, throughout the island, and it was the Greek Cypriot majority, strange at it may sound, that had been all these years deprived of its freedom of -movement by the arbitrary action -of the Turkish Cypriot leadership. Paragraph 55 of Report S/9239 states: - "Wheareas Turkish Cypriots may move freely throughout ±he island" — "except in a .few militarily restricted areas", — "access to Turkish Cypriot

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enclaves, a number of Turkish Cypriot villages and certain roads continues to be denied to Greek Cypriots. This abnormal situation, if not remedied, could mar the present favourable atmosphere because there is a growing impatience and discontent — :among Greek Cypriots now that the Turkish Cypriots have enjoye'd full freedom of movement over the whole island for some time, -whilst the Greek Cypriots are still prevented from using some of .the Republic's main roads". Paragraph 109 of the Report S/3611 reads: - "Except in rare and special cases, the Turkish Cypriot leadership denies sentry into areas under its control to all Greek Cypriots, whether ^government officials or private individuals. This ban appears to « be inforced as a matter of -political principle and with little -attempt at justification on practical grounds". indeed, there can be no doubt that the bulk of the ...JTurkish Cypriots are the victims of the extremist policy of their leadership, inspired from Ankara to create the conditions for partition, with an eye to annexation. The segregation and for- -cible retention of Turkish Cypriot enclaves over the years has « :^been politically motivated pursuit of the Turkish Cypriot leadership under the direction of military officers from Turkey and the Turkish underground organization, TMT, that was terrorizing the Turkish Cypriots into submission. Characteristic is the following order issued by the Turkish Cypriot leadership, printed in black and white and cir-

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•ciliated to Turkish Cypriots, to stop them from having any relations with the Greek Cypriots: "Turkish Cypriots not in possession of a permit are forbidden to enter the Greek Cypriot sector. Those who disobey the order with a view to having trade connexions with the Greek Cypriots or any talks with them should pay a £25.000 fine or should be punished with impriso.nment. A fine of ... will be imposed on: (i) Those who converse or enter into any negotiations with Greek Cypriots or accompany any stranger into our sector; (ii) Those who come into contact with Greek Cypriots for any official work; (iii) Those who appear before the Greek Cypriot courts". (S/PV.1270, para. 43). Under the same policy of separatism, the Turkish Cypriots in the enclaves were not ^allowed by their leadership to return -to their homes and properties. The Government not only did not obstruct such return, as alleged by the Turkish side but, on the contrary, offered every assistance to that end. The report of the Secretary-General states: "... the Government was prepared to provide concrete assistance (for their return) as follows: (a) to repair or totally reconstruct all Turkish Cypriot houses which might have been damaged or destroyed in any village; (b) to give financial

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^assistance for the rehabilitation of all the Turkish Cypriots who had been forced by their leadership to abandon their villages; ^

. . . 8/ Incitement to Hat red :- The allegation that the Government of Cyprus was promoting racial hatred 'and discrimination against the Turkish Cypriotes' is so manifest a --misrepresentation as to mislead noone. For indeed, as evidenced'rom the reports of the Secretary- General already quoted, the Cyprus Government spared no effort to promote co-operation and re-establishment of the --amicable relations that existed between Greek and Turkish Cypriots for generations against the stubborn obstruction { of the Turkish Cypriot leadership. • :| Among the repetitions of such proven misrepresentations . ; I in the said annex, is the outworn cliche of Enosis. This "| Jias long been a lame attempt to cover the divisive and 1 - annexationist activities of Ankara- The present dire need ! for such cover brings the cliche into greater use. ,1 The pretended fear of Enosis is well known to be so out- landish as to be ludicrous. It is therefore idle to try -by such threadbear tatters and false quotations to ';! -cover 1?he crudity of Ankara's divisive conduct in Cyprus [ ' i f As sfeewa in the reports of the Secretary-General, the ? f .Turkish Cypriot leadership has. -been systematically promoting [ division and hatred. •? ; -'"The following poem published after the Turkish invasion -of Cyprus, in a number of Turkish dailies and particularly ' : .-as repeated over the '"Official .Turkish Cypriot Radio Station Bayrak" speaks of itself. It sadly reflects the •^mentality and level of civilization of those responsible. ;

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As long as vengeance fills my veins, f iAs long as my heart beats for Turkism, • As long as the World "Greek" exists in dictionaries, ..I swear,« this hate will not leave me^ i • A thousand Greek heads will not wash away this hate I will crush the heads of ten thousand of them, : I will pull out the teeth of twenty thousand of them, I will throw into the sea the bodies of thirty ':, -"thousand of them, * -But, I swear, this hate will never leave me. •• .,; -""A "thousand Greek heads will -not wash away this hate. As long as my fists can be raised in the air, i -As long as 120 thousand hearts can.beat together, - —As-long as forty millions support me, •<* I swear, this hate will not leave me. j A thousand Greek heads will not wash away this hate". A comforting thought however3 is that the hatred did not take seed as expected. This can be judged from the feelings of the bulk of ordinary Turkish Cypriot people, as has -been timidly shown on many occasions, to which specific -reference has been made in Document S/12032 of 13.3-76. The assasination by the terrorist organization T.M.T - manned by officers from Turkey,, of Turkish Cypriot lawyers and journalists, Gurkan and Hikmet as well as the murder in cold blood of the prominent syndicalist Dervish Kavazoglou, who all advocated peaceful co-operation with the Greek Cypriots, are but a manifestation of the racist policies followed by the Turkish Cypriot leadership on instructions •from Ankara. f98G-336O •^

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Excellency, I have *the honour to refer to a document from the Permanent Representative of Turkey S/12048, annexing aletter da^ted_J12_Agr_il_JL2L7_6 from Mr._Rauf Denktagh7 in which~~€Ee latter e'xpounds over his refusal to accept de'liveryof part~cTf the " Greek ^ypriot prg^posals on_jthe pretext, that _tSey^_contairr " a false or any reference to the Secretary-General's role in the Vienna talks". He does not, however, proceed to specify where the alleged falsi£y~Tri]e^_jiCLrL^tJae---gxaunds or nisj^eneral ' objection. It is evident from this arbitrariness that Mr. Denktash believes his position of strength in negotiating as the agent of the invader power, entitles him not to go beyond a mere expression of his will — as clearly emerges from the said letter itself. Neither the accuracy of the reference to the Secretary- General 's statement, nor Its legitimacy can be put in question. ItTTs an admitted fact that the Greek Cyrpiot proposals were formulated in accordance with the procedural suggestions made by the Secretary-General at the 5th round of talks in order to break the deadlock on the territorial aspect. Mr. Denktash1s unreasonable objection is but a diversionary tactic to evade once more the duty heavily falling upon Ankara — from whom he takes his instructions — to produce concrete proposals on the territorial aspect. As the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Mr. 3. Cl. Christo- phides, in a recent statement put it: "The conclusion to be drawn from such abnormality is that Mr. Denktash thinks he has the right to return any part of the proposals which is not to his liking. This,however, amounts to a demand that he himself should

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 formulate the proposals of the Greek Cypriot side in which case the process of negotiations is turned into a travesty. Any demand by the Turkish Cypriot side for amendments to the Greek Cypriot proposals is rejected as undermining the negotiations. In the circumstances and in the event of a deadlock, the entire responsibility will rest with the Turkish side, which is re- sorting to internationally inadmissible methods. .. Such tactics do not constitute a dialogue and do not lead to a solution of the problem, but to the destruction of all hopes reposed in the negotiations".

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

enon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations •tl.' oOS-3 3OO AREA COD! 212 f oee-33301 . U-_. ft.lv,

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Excellency,

I have 'the honour to refer to a document from the Permanent Representative of Turkey S/12048, annexing a letter dated 12 April 1976 from Mr. Rauf Denktash, in which the latter expounds over his refusal to accept delivery of part of the Greek Cypriot proposals on the pretext that they contain "a false or any reference to the Secretary-General's role in the Vienna talks". He does not, however, proceed to specify where the alleged falsity lies nor the grounds of his general objection. It is evident from this arbitrariness that Mr. Denktash believes his position of strength in negotiating as the agent of the invader power, entitles him not to go beyond a mere expression of his will — as clearly emerges from the said letter itself.

Neither the accuracy of the reference to the Secretary- General's statement, nor its legitimacy can be put in question. It is an admitted fact that the Greek Cyrpiot proposals were formulated in accordance with the procedural suggestions made by the Secretary-General at the 5th round of talks in order to break the deadlock on the territorial aspect.

Mr. Denktash's unreasonable objection is but a diversionary tactic to evade once more the duty heavily falling upon Ankara — from whom he takes his instructions — to produce concrete proposals on the territorial aspect. As the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Mr. J. Cl. Christo- phides, in a recent statement put it: "The conclusion to be drawn from such abnormality is that Mr. Denktash thinks he has the right to return any part of the proposals which is not to his liking. This,however, amounts to a demand that he himself should . . . . 2/

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Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, and further to my communication of 17 February 1976 (S/11982), I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's 'attention and that of the membership of the Security Council, to the continuing wave of forcible expulsions of indigenous Greek Cypriot population from their homes and properties in the occupied areas of the Republic, in flagrant breach of the specific humanitarian agreements made at the Vienna intercommunal talks of 2 August 1975, and of the assurances subsequently given at the 6th round of the Vienna talks that these agreements will be respected. Report S/12031, 31 March 1976. Details of the intensified wave of expulsions are contained in Annex "A" attached hereto.together with an illustrative photograph in Annex "B". These repeated breaches of specific agreements —- characteristic of the attitude of the Turkish side towards the talks — are calculated to undermine all prospects of meaningful negotiations. More importantly, such expulsions and uprootings of the indigenous Greek Cypriot population, coupled with the current racial colonization of the area by massive population from Turkey, constitute a double international crime: that of changing the demographic character of Cyprus and that of inflict- ing by force the most abhorrent form of racial discrimination upon its people. All these illegal acts are^ furthermore being perpetrated in direct violation of specific General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX) endorsed by Security Council Resolution 365 (1974) and re-affirmed by General Assembly Resolution 3395 (XXX). Such manifestations of utter contempt of mandatory and unanimous decisions of the Security Council and , indeed, of all elementary

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tenets of a civilized international society, are unprecedented in modern history. If allowed to continue without the needed remedial and effective action, as provided by the Charter, they would prove to be the most ominous portents of a downward course to international anarchy, in a fast eroding process into the moral fibre of the world community. The fundamental and inalienable human right of the majority indigenous people in the invaded area to return to their homes and lands from which they have been forcibly displaced, is a matter of primordial significance as going to the very essence of the United Nations function. Such return and restitution is an absolute right the enforcement of which cannot be.further postponed. The implementation of the aforesaid United Nations resolutions in their urgent parts has, therefore, become a compelling necessity for any progress towards a just and lasting solution of the problem. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

*Zenon Ross ides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

Attached: a/s Annex "A" Annex "B" -asao

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Excellency, Turkey's recent activities to establish a military base on territory of the Republic, as though it had been annexed to Turkey, rendered manifest its possessory moves over such territory and were the subject of my protest to the Secretary-General S/12014 of 16th March 1976. The protest also referred to the illegal and inhuman expulsion of the remaining Greek Cypriots from their homes and lands in the area, including all Turkish Cypriots, in a striking unconcern even for the latter's suffering. Responsibility for reply obviously lay on Ankara. Yet its representative to the United Nations, presumably in an effort to evade such responsibility, circulated a letter (S/12015 of 18th March 1976) signed by the representative of a self-styled "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus", whereas it is well-known that there is no federation in Cyprus, and no such federated state/r%cognized or in existence at all. That phantom state, in its reference to an 18 per cent ethnic minority, is put forward by way of covering up Turkey's aggressive occupation of 40 per cent of the territory of Cyprus. \ (^Ironically, it is moreover represented as having "control and jurisdiction" over the invaded area, although it is common knowledge that a Turkish Cypriot leadership exists and acts only on the directions of Ankara>from whom they openly take all their instructions. It has been amply demonstrated that the real interests of the Turkish Cypriots, individually and collectively as an entity are of little concern to that ruling set up,whose main target has been to promote division and strife, with partition in prospect.

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

What the present projection of a so-called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" vividly, though tragically, recalls is the unprecedented international crime of invasion against a small non-aligned member state of the United Nations, the wholesale expulsion of the indigenous majority people from their homes and lands in the invaded area, and its racial colonization by massive population currently transported from Turkey. All this in flagrant violation of unanimous Resolu- tions on Cyprus by the General Assembly and Security Council. Such contemptuous defiance of basic principles of international law and the Charter, and even of elementary standards of civilized international conduct, remaining in effect unremedied, has no parallel in the history of the United Nations and even before it. An analogous situation of aggressive occupation of a small country was not long tolerated by the international community and led to the Second World War. In the present times, because of the advent of the nuclear weapon, there cannot be world wars. But, situations of such rampant aggression and anarchy cannot be allowed to prevail. Furthermore, a most dangerous precedent will be set, with all engulfing consequences and repercussions. The remedy lies in providing for basic collective security through the due implementation of the Charter of the United Nations, a matter which has become an imperative call. The victims in this case maybe only the people of Cyprus, of whatever origin,whose inherent attachment to their homeland is common and inseparable, and whose legitimate rights and interests to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, are being sacrificed in the service of alien aims and purposes. But the issue is far wider, for those aims and purposes are in themselves negative and destructive to the moral fibre and the essential structure of a world community so manifestly interdependent in our days. The sense of common interests between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots as the rightful inhabitants of this island more clearly emerged since the foreign invasion. Many are the instances reported of such feelings of solidarity,despite all ruthless military measures for their suppression. In his Report, Mr. Kenneth Ziebel, Executive Secretary of the World Council of Churches, on a visiting mission to Cyprus after the invasion, writes the following: "Numerous incidents are related in which Turkish- Cypriots aided Greek-Cypriots against the Turkish invaders or even, incredibly enough, in which

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Turkish Cypriots sought the help of Greek Cypriot friends for protection of themselves from the Turkish invaders".

The good spirit of friendliness and solidarity is not lacking in the Cypriot people, Greek and Turkish .alike. It is ever alive and can at any moment flower.when not deliberately and tyrannically frustrated from outside. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Excellency: Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to draw to Your Excellency's attention to the following: In a document issued by Mr. Celik on the instructions of Mr. Denktash — the Turkish Cypriot negotiator— and circulated through the Representative of Turkey (Doc. A/10310 -• S/11859 October 24, 1975), it was stated that "there are more than 300,000 Turks of Cypriot origin in Turkey alone". Yet in a subsequent statement on 23 February 1976, Mr. Denktash gave a drastically reduced figure, when at the end of the last round of the Vienna talks, in an interview to the British Broadcasting Corporation he stated that, "In Turkey alone . live 90,00 Turkish Cypriots". The plain truth of the matter is that the total number of Turkish Cypriots who emigrated during the 20 years from 1955 to July 1975, does not exceed 17,164, of whom only 302 went to Turkey. The corresponding number of Greek Cypriots who emigrated during that period is 79,185. These figures are taken from the official statistics data under British administration and after independence as shown in the annex attached . Such gross misrepresentations reveal the degree of responsibility and veracity that can be attached to statements emanating from that source. They are but an example demonstrating the methods of a campaign calculated to deceive world opinion, in an attempt to cover Ankara's schemes for altering the demographic character of the island, with an eye to annexation. . . . /2 His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 - 2 - Y

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

Attached: a/s ANNEX

Turkish Cypriots emigrated from Cypurs from 1955 until July 1975

Total Number 37.164 1955 " 862 1966 538 1956 ' 893 1967 900 1957 928 1968 503 1958 608 1969 337 1959 1248 1970" 567

1960 2220 1971 612 1961 2543 1972 449 1962 870 1973 430 1963 453 1974 587 1964 992 1975 58 1965 566

Cypriot citizens of Turkish origin who have emigrated to Turkey during the years 1956-1974

1956 5 1965 36 1957 13 1966 21 1958 16 1967 15 1959 7 1968 30 1960 12 1969 12 1961 1 1970 14 1962 4 1971 35 1963 1972 19 1964 47 1973 3 1965 1974 12 Total Number 302

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Greek' Cypriots emigrated from Cyprus from 1955 until July 1975

Total Number 79.185

\ 1955 4817 1966 2855 1956 3621 1967 2540 1957 3534 1968 2169 1958 3897 1969 2027 1959 4211 1970 1741 1960 11764' 1971 1649

1961 10726 1972 868 1962 5056 1973 881 1963 2305 1974 2757 • 1964 . 3995 1975 5392 1965 2380 (QOG-33CO

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Excellency, I have the honour to refer to a communication circulated by the Representative of Turkey and bearing the signature' of Mr. Denktash (S/11984 of 17th February 1976) and wish to point out that it is, to say the least, ironic for the Turkish- Cypriot interlocutor to remonstrate over my letter to you (S/11975 of 10th February 1976) as trying to influence the intercommunal negotiations, while he completely ignores the renewed wave of aggressive and looting activities by the Turkish forces, embarked upon on the very eve of the negotiations, and calculated seriously to affect the whole negotiation process. Such activities, aside of their other implications, manifestly create an oppressive and threatening climate, rendering it still more obvious that the negotiations in question are conducted from a position of force and violence, thereby tending to destroy their very meaning and purport as a means of"seeking an agreed solution to the problem. Needless to recall that, as required by the relevant United Nations Resolutions, the negotiations are to be conducted "freely" on an equal footing. These basic elements to any negotiation process are lamentably lacking. It remains to be seen how far in the coming months Ankara will make the needed move for meaningful negotiations by initiating positive steps for the substantial withdrawal of its invasion forces and the return of the refugees to their homes, in compliance- long overdue -- with .the urgent call of the General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions. Is it too much to expect that Mr. Denktash's professed concern for the negotiating process not being influenced, may be expressed in that positive direction?

2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General ^ United Nations u^Yx'-ir New York, New York 10017 — 2 —

I shall be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

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LETTER DATED lU FEBRUARY 1976 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS. ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

In sequence to my previous communications and in further reference to the systematic harassment and expulsion of the Greek-Cypriot inhabitants of the north, in flagrant and continuing breach by the Turkish side of the United Nations sponsored agreement in the Vienna talks of 2 August for the protection, normalization and freedom of movement of the remaining Greek Cypriots in the occupied areas (S/11952 of January 1976), I have the honour to give in the annex attached hereto details of recent expulsions.

For these inhuman activities - in violation of solemn commitments under the Geneva Conventions of 19^-9 - to be pursued in demonstrable bad faith to the aforesaid agreement while such talks are about to be resumed in Vienna, is an unparalleled display of the decline of reason in the international field, to the point of irrationality in human communication. Such activities, running counter to the very essence of the talks, would reduce them to an almost perfunctory exercise contrary to the declared purport of such talks under your auspices.

In registering on behalf of my Government a relevant protest in respect of Ankara's policy, involved in the above activities, I express the hope and trust that Your Excellency, realizing the wider implications of the dangers involved and in your concern for constructive negotiations will take all warranted steps for the termination and reversal of these activities so that the talks this time might prove meaningful and positive.

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Zenon ROSSIDES Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

76-03665 S/11982 English Page 2

Annex

On 10 January 1976, the following Greek-Cypriot inhabitants of the village of Kazafani were forcibly expelled:

(a) Irini Grigoriou 80 years old (b) Gregoris Hatziathanasi 86 years old (c) Eleni Grigoriou 35 years old

On 12 January 1976, Panayiota Georghiou, 37 years old, from the village of Ayios Epiktitos, was forcibly expelled.

On 22 January 1976, the following Greek-Cypriot inhabitants of Ayios Epiktitos were forcibly expelled:

(a) Michael Tserkezos 5^- years old (b) Olympia M. Tserkezos 55 years old (c) Dina M. Tserkezos l6 years old (d) Antonis G. Organos 26 years old (e) Anasthasios G. Orfanos 21 years old (f) Marios G. Orfanos 5 months old (g) Avraam Tserkezos 96 years old (h) Sotiris M. Mazonos 69 years old

On 2 February 1976, the following Greek-Cypriot inhabitants of Ayios Epiktitos were forcibly expelled:

(a) George Christodoulou kQ years old (b) Eleni Christodoulou 1*5 years old (c) Costas Christodoulou 15 years old (d) Michael Christodoulou 13 years old (e) Chrysostomos Christodoulou 12 years old (f) Nicos Christodoulou 5 years old (g) Dimitra Christodoulou U years old

On 2 February 1976, Irini Kaliadon3.inhabitant of the township of Karavas9 was forcibly expelled.

On 3 February 1976D the following Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the township of Rizokarpason were forcibly expelled:

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Excellency, In sequence to my previous communications and in further reference to the systematic harassment and expulsion of the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the north, in flagrant and continuing breach by the Turkish side of the United Nations sponsored agreement in the Vienna talks of August 2 for the protection, normalization and freedom of movement of the remaining Greek Cypriots in the occupied areas (S/11952 of Jan. 29th) , I have the honour to give in the Annex attached hereto details of recent expulsions. For these inhuman activities — in violation of solemn commitments under the Geneva Conventions 1949 — to be pursued in demonstrable bad faith to the aforesaid agreement while such talks are about to be resumed in Vienna, is an unparalleled display of the decline of reason in the international field, to the point of irrationality in human communication. Such activities running counter to the very essence of the talks, would reduce them to an almost perfunctory exercise contrary to the declared purport of such talks under your auspices. In registering on behalf of my Government a relevant protest in respect of Ankara's policy, involved in the above activities, I express the hope and trust that Your Excellency, realizing the wider implications of the dangers involved, and in your concern for constructive negotiations, will take all warranted steps for the termination and reversal of these activities so that the talks this time might prove meaningful and positive.

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

On January 10th, 1976, the following Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the village of Kazafani were forcibly expelled: a) Irini Grigoriou - 80 years old b) Gregoris Hatziathanasi - 86 years old c) Eleni Grigoriou - 35 years old

On January 12th, 1976, Panayiota Georghiou, 37 years old from the village of Ayios Epiktitos was forcibly expelled,

On January 22nd, 1976, the following Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Ayios Epiktitos were forcibly expelled: a) Michael Tserkezos 54 years old' b) Olympia M. Tserkezos 55 years old c) Dina M. Tserkezos 16 years old d) Antonis G. Organos 26 years old e) Anasthasios G. Orfanos 21 years old f) Marios G. Orfanos 5 months old g) Avraam Tserkezos 96 years old h) Sotiris M. Mazonos 69 years old

On February 2nd, 1976, the following Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Ayios Epiktitos were forcibly expelled: a) George Christodoulou 48 years old b) Eleni Christodoulou 45 years old c) Costas Christodoulou 15 years old d) Michael Christodoulou 13 years old e) Chrysostomos Christodoulou 12 years old f) Nicos Christodoulou 5 years old g) Dimitra "Christodoulou 4 years old

On February 2nd, 1976, Irini Kaliadon, inhabitant of the township of Karavas, was forcibly expelled.

On February 3rd, 1976, the following Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the township of Rizokarpason were forcibly expelled: a) Vasilios Melanariotis - 66 years old b) Eleni Melanariotis - 74 years old c) Nicos Melanariotis - 37 years old - 2 -

I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

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„ Excellencyv / Upon instructions -from my Government, and in further reference to the glaring inconsistency between the agreed procedure of intercommunal negotiations and the growingly oppressive and threatening activities of Ankara in Cyprus, I wish to draw Your Excellency's attention to the following. On the eve of the proposed resumption of the talks later this month, increased military activities are being initiated by the Turkish forces towards occupying the new town of Famagusta. This town was not occupied during the second invasion of August 1974 and remained sealed off. But its 50,000 inhabitants who had fled the invaders were not allowed to return. It has been, however, the general understanding and expectation that these inhabitants would soon be allowed to ^return to their homes and properties, thereby substantially alleviating the refugee problem and- -generally creating a more positive climate for meaningful negotiations in good faith. . . . 2/

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This expectation was clearly expressed by the Secretary- General in the March 1975 round of talk as a natural and needed first step in those negotiations. •» Sadly, however, this essential element, offering itself as the most naturally convenient approach to. negotiations, has so far unreasonably not materialized. Moreover, activities in the contrary directions as stated above, are now in progress. (For details, see Annex attached). In preparing for the coming talks, the aforesaid activities of the occupation forces can not be glossed over; nor can the continuing expulsion of the remaining Greek Cypriot inhabitants from the north (in breach of the relevant Vienna agreement of August 2*) be ignored; nor indeed the arrogant bid by the Turkish Cypriot negotiator for military occupation by Turkey of the whole island of Cyprus, can be overlooked.** This situation, so ominous in itself and so contradictory to the very concept and purport of the talks, is wholly unacceptable to my Government. Your Excellency is,therefore, earnestly requested to take urgent and effective action towards the arrest and reversal of these negative developments in order to faciliate the proposed resumption of meaningful intercommunal talks.

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In such talks, arrangements for the return of the inhabitants of the New Famagusta town to their homes should be one of the preliminary items on the agenda followed by equally positive response thus engendering progress in a fitting frame of mind for mutual understanding and•accommoda- tion, toward the agreed solution for an independent, sovereign and territorially integral Republic of Cyprus. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. •

Zenoh Rossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

Attached: a/s ZR/fbc ANNEX

* According to confirmed reports of indisputable authority, a systematic looting of the new town of Famagusta that begun late in December 1975, has been increasingly intensified and is now fully under way. Every day (from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.) the Turkish military break into private homes, hotels, shops and other establishments and carry away the spoil on scores of army trucks to the old city of Fama- gusta. Furthermore, they change street names into Turkish names and in effect proceed to all kinds of -preparations for installing in this town massively transported colonizers from the mainland of Turkey. In addition, according to verified information, the Turkish troops in total disrespect for the sanctity of religious institutions, broke into the churches of Saint Synesios and Holy Trinity of Rizokarpason; they also completely destroyed the treasured ancient icons of the Archangelos Michael in the same township. All this in an astonishing continuance of wanton destruction and plunder on the "Attila" pattern. »*

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Excellency, •' \ i": Further to my communication of the 29th January, I wish to draw your attention to a public statement made by the Turkish Cypriot negotiator, Mr. Denktash (published

in his newspaper "Zaman" of 24th January 1976) , in which he repeats and endorses the statement of Mr. Osman Orek who with remarkable irrationality refers to the part of the territory of Cyprus not under Turkey's military occupation as the "unliberated Turkish areas of Cyprus" . "Liberation" is thus used in reference to the aggressive military occupation of territory of Cyprus and

the expulsion therefrom of its majority inhabitants to be supplanted in their usurped homes by massive colonization

from the aggressor country. obviously The above statements are /an attempt to put across the idea of such "liberation" extending to the whole territory of the Republic of Cyprus through its being totally overrun by the "Attila" invaders. The significance of such statements lies in their providing one more pointer to . . . 2/

His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New YOrk 10017 Ankara's hardly veiled plans of territorial expansion over

Cyprus. Such utterances, however, are in no sense the voice of the Turkish Cypriots, nor do they reflect their feelings or thinking. They are but the channeled voice of the invader, emboldened in a downward course of aggression by the international community's failure ,so farvto take the needed effective action for curbing it — as required by the Charter. Coming from the mouth of the Turkish Cypriot negotiator, and broadly publicized by him on the eve of the resumption of intercommunal talks, these utterances acquire particular significance, as clearly indicating the aims of the Turkish side in the talks. These aims are patently in sharp and irreconciliable contrast to the very purport,of free and meaningful negotiations for a just solution in accordance with the

General Assembly and Security Council Resolutionstunanimously" adopted. In light of these and other developments mentioned in my previous communications, I have the honour on behalf that of my Government to request/Your Excellency take due note of the above' and proceed to such steps as may be deemed appropriate and necessary, in order to cope with the dangers from this deteriorating situation, resulting from the delayed implementation of the United Nations Resolutions.

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I should be grateful -if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Zenon Rossid.es" Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations

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VIOLATIONS OF THE VIENNA AGREEMENT OF AUGUST 2 IN THE INTERCOMMUNAL TALKS

With regard to "the priority" provisions of the agreement for the reunification of families, out of 937 entitled to return under the relevant commitments, the Turkish side allowed only 327 persons to move to the north, refusing permission to the rest.

On the agreed educational facilities, in spite of the fact that a concrete plan for the operation of 3 secondary and 10 elementary schools as well as a list of educationists were submitted, the Turkish leadership refused "approval". In one case where such "approval" was given, it was negated by not fixing the relevant date. Regarding medical facilities and care for the Greek- Cypriot population by Greek-Cypriot medical practitioners stationed in the occupied areas, the Turkish side, far from complying with their commitments, forced the only one remaining in the whole area to leave. As to the commitment to allow freedom of movement of the Greek-Cypriot people in the north, there is not even a semblance of' such freedom of movement from the villages where they live. Each Greek-Cypriot, furthermore, has to report to the "Turkish police" twice a day at fixed hours. If one is late even by few minutes, he is subjected to beatings and other ill treatment.

More importantly, there is no freedom of movement for UNFICYP. They cannot make contact with the Greek-Cypriots j| or render any necessary assistance. In spite of the planned " *a establishment of liaison posts as required in the area, the ! Turkish army not only refused to allow such establishment but \\ also banned those UNFICYP members manning already existing jv posts, from going anywhere without a permit from the Turkish i| military. Moreover, next to each UNFICYP "liaison post", a ja Turkish post has been planted to keep the UNFICYP men under || surveillance and prevent any contact between them and the T Greek Cypriots contrary to the express provisions of the agreement. Beyond the refusal of the Turkish side to carry out its aforesaid commitments, the very opposite policy is systematically followed through the continuing expulsion of the

. . . 2/ remaining Gre^k-Cypriots in the occupied areas and the massive settlement of colonists from Turkey in their places,

Arrests, searches, beatings, threats, various modes of intimidation, destruction of property, firing of shots at houses and other acts of terror are among the means of expelling these unfortunate people whose only "crime" is that they want to continue living in their ancestral homes and lands.

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Excellency, Upon instructions from my.Government, and further to my earlier letters on the subject, I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the ever increasing cases of harassment and forcible expulsion of the remaining Greek-Cypriot people in the occupied areas of Cyprus, in breach of specific commitments undertaken by the Turkish side in an intercommunal humanitarian agreement during the Vienna talks of August last in the presence of the Secretary- General . Such agreement is to the effect "that Greek Cypriots at present in the north of the island are free to stay and that they will be given every help to lead a normal life, including facilities for education and for the practice of their religion, as well as medical care by their own doctors and freedom of movement in the north". (Sec.-Gen.'s Report S/-1789, 5 August 1975, para. 2). Also that "the UNFICYP will have free and normal access t.n C?ree>x villages and habitations in the north"^ (para. 4). ^—And— it was further stipulated that "in connexion with the implementation of the above agreement, priority will be given to the reunification of families, which may also involve the transfer af a number of Greek Cypriots, at present in the south, to the north". (para. 5). The Turkish side has flagrantly violated everyone of its aforesaid commitments after having fully cashed in on its share in the agreement. Details o-f the violations are hereto attached. At a time when general expectations turn to the intercommunal talks as a means for a just solution of the problem and the implementation of the United Nations Resolutions on

CC His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General L/^in^] United Nations ^ New York, New York 10017 C ^ :rurJf •! M-. co. J.u be no more direct blow to the e; ---neatness ;\rv: prosr jt- of t;ho talks than such display of bad 'aith from the 'Jur..,.ish r;ide, in deliberately refusing to perform it;: expecued oonrriitinents undertaken in the Vienna irvcer- coir'iiunal talks. A prime necessity in any effort to advance positively the procedure of the talks is to obtain from Turkey the due carrying out of the Turkish commitments in the August 2 agreement. More particularly as such commitments by their humanitarian nature are also Turkey's obligations under international law, the Geneva Conventions of 1949, as well as under the Resolutions on Cyprus. unanimously adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Councilman of which are by the •conduct and practices of Turkey's army in Cyprus increasingly and blatantly violated. Needless to stressjonce again that all the above practices, coupled by the massive importation of population from Turkey, are but a further manifestation of Ankara's sinister plan to alter the ages long demographic character of the island, using in the meantime the intercomrnunal talks as a smoke-screen to confuse and deceive world opinion. While strongly protesting on behalf of my Government the above practices, I hope and trust that Your Excellency will take a.ll necessary steps towards arresting these ominous developmentst which are calculated to render any negotiations devoid of content and meaning.

I should be grateful if this letter" were circulated as a document of the Security Council.

Accept, ^Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. _ ^ „

Zenon Rossides ! Ambassador I Permanent Representative of ; Cyprus to the United Nations I

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Ref: 127/74 15 January 1976

Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to a highly .provocative statement by Mr. Osman Orek who, presenting himself as "Vice President and Minister of Defence" of the so-called Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, alleged on

January 9thf 1976, in a statement published in the "Special News Bulletin11 ; issued by the Turkish Cypriot leadership, that he considers the non-occupied areas of the Republic as "unliberated Turkish areas" , adding that the Greek Cypriots who 'remained in the north are free "to cross over to the unliberated Turkish areas if they so desired" . The above arrogant and inflammatory statement along with recent similar statements by Turkish leaders clearly xeveal the aggressive intentions of Turkey and are calculated to undermine any positive efforts for the resumption of

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - meaningful and constructive negotiations in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions. I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a document of the Security Council. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Joseph J. Stephanides Charge d'Affaires,a.i. Nf/TED Distr. GENERAL

ENERAL A/RES/3^50 (XXX) 15 January 1976 SSE

Thirtieth session Agenda item 12

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

/on the report of the Third Committee (A/1028k/Add. 1)7

3^50 (XXX). Missing persons in Cyprus

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 3212 (XXIX) of 1 November 197^,

Noting resolution k (XXXI) adopted by the Commission on Human Rights on 13 February 1975,

Gravely concerned about the fate of a considerable number of Cypriots who are missing as a result of armed conflict in Cyprus,

Appreciating the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross in this field,

- Reaffirming the basic human need of families in Cyprus to be informed about missing relatives,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to exert every effort, in close co-operation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to assist in the tracing and accounting for persons missing as a result of armed conflict in Cyprus;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Commission, on Human Rights at its thirty-second session with information relevant to the implementation of the present resolution.

2^33rd plenary meeting 9 December 1975

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