UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 43 Date 02/06/2006 Time 12:09:14PM S-0869-0003-14-00001 Expanded Number S-0869-0003-14-00001 items-in-Peace-keeping operations - Cyprus - press releases Date Created 31/12/1963 Record Type Archival Item Container S-0869-0003: Peace-Keeping Operations Files of the Secretary-General: U Thant: Cyprus Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit JCR.13 (4-59) j_- *• ROUTING SLIP Comments for the record should not be written on this slip. REFERRAL SHEET PT.108 should be used instead. TY")» I APPROVAL YOUR INFORMATION MAY WE CONFER? AS REQUESTED YOUR SIGNATURE FOR ACTION NOTE AND FILE REPLY FOR MY SIGNATURE NOTE AND RETURN PREPARE DRAFT YOUR COMMENTS ATTACH RELATED PAPERS DATE: FROM: London Inforaatioa Wo. 11/63 (25-31 December). 51 December 196? • ' . '. ' ' • • !' ." i- v, '-.'• «'• * ' 1. Cyprus ' ' . '.-" ' The ma^or issue of the week was Cyprus and the various organ* of the press reacted predictably to the news* Alaost all newspaper* deplored the situation and echoed the comment of the Liverpool Pout that "determined efforts should be made to prevent further bloodshed"• The Daily Mirror featured a cartoon showing '<>•- Archbishop Makarios telephoning to London for "a battalion of colonialist oppressors" The Daily Worker considered it "an imperialist struggle" while the Daily Sxpress deplored the use of British troops in "a police aat&ea*. The Observer felt Britain ffiuat decide whether "to be a policeman or a mediator ia Cyprus'*. The Scotsman hopwd the solution could be found in Cyprus itself, while the Yorkshire Post doubted whether UH could help in view of its "well-attested contempt for weak minorities". The Daily Telegraph thought "proapt British Initiative" baft averted the risk of conflict and there wa& wao function in the dispute that UN can usefully discharge".- fhe Daily Sketch ridiculed the dispatch of TOT observers to Cypru3flafter the TO shambles in the Congo". The Sunday Times said that, judging by the lack of action by the Security Council, "the UN has no burning desire to get involved", but Britain should at least inform the Council of h»r *aots and intentions" in Cyprus. The Financial Tinea thought the Security Coaaoil was "rightly reluctant to get involved at this stage". The Sxmday Telegraph eeaoidcred US could help meat by o'*Jidiiig observers to the Gr«co-Tsrki*h froatisr and "ia providing proteotion for the Turkish minority in Cyprus" • The Soardiaa declared no costlyt peraeax&ent UH force was needed, but "a DH officer of hig^t standing**, who would be accepted as' impartial, and perhaps a aaall UK fore* to avert civil war* fhft Mil? Mail hoped n British action would be sufficient, but if nott "TJS Bust be bro\s,ght in . The Daily ierald land Sunday Citizen both sallied for %• iaswdifttit dispatch of a TO o«msilis.tion H taaa. The fim«$ said it was tin» to fy&k''w&^v^tixwM"-Kb* o<mfftr«ne« table"t while the Hew Statesman argued that "unless partnership Between the two communities in Cyprus could be transformed into national integration" there was little hope of a solution••"' . • ' ' .'•''- ' 2" * . tfeMestio Scene • • • ,, . • Much editorial oosnaent centred on seasonal jppeetings, asnnal reviews of the year, road accidents over the holidays and the major news story of the Lakonia disaster. Domestic political foreeasts for 1564 reaained guarded. •'" •• • 5« World, Situation in General . Apart from the major themes noted above", coranient ranged widely over many of interest to the British public. Oa Africa, the Tines regretted "the new in Angola from the Congo "after the breakdown of ttie ff«w York talks" and "although tf Thaat r«eoma«nd«d that they should continue". The Scotsman also feared direct action in Angola, The Daily Telegraph bade a regretful farewell to th« Federation of Rhodesia and Hyasaland. The Times felt "the need for peaceful settlement'was never greater" 4n the disputes between Kefltfa of Ethiopia and Somalia. There was coffiffl«nt on Chou-en-lai'a visit to Africa but the Daily Telegraph wondered whether it would "prcv® TOrtiswhile". -On the Middle East, the Qo&rdiaa discussed the forthcoming meeting of the irftb Lassga© f'in&iag- it wouid'prove ?a© Antb 3i*tsw sar-s-BS^ s-,sffir'.;*»»'. united to wag® a wars let aloa« to win it". The Time's was worried about Jordaa vn! ;*? water projects saying "it would be good for an international team, preferably from <rrs* W» to iaveatigat® what exactly would be involved". T3s® Guardimi billed the Pop«Js visit to Palestine as "an ijspr®s@lve diploasatic aoM®vera*Bt"4 Discus sing ..cities", the Observer gaid thaf'if UN is ever to play a saor« realistic part in with tlis bigger issues of pesse-keeptng, Jerusalem and Berlin ar* obvious places tr. which to atari"1. The Spectator felt th«*world depended more »'up6n power politics at the tfH" so that uncomaitted nations were new less important and "at a ti* UN*a Development Decade is floundering11 <> The JSoonomist argued sifflilarly that requests froo the 1«8S developed nations were being ignored in 1?65 and the UN Conference on Trade aad Development" i» not favoured in its timing'*. PERM/'NiNT HISoIOi." OP CYPRUS TO THE OWITiiD NATIONS 165 EAST 72 STRE3T NEW YORK 21. H.Y. JRESS. RELBA3E 31 December 1963 undated Inen/L-a'c'ie to the Secret P. ry~Ge-ae"-al of the United Nations transmitted.^ issued and circulated by tl:.e Turkish Xiision to the United NatJon.s I S/5lj.91) j Dr. Kvit-.-hui:*, Vic o .-Pres> id-it of the Republic of Cyprus, who is of T;:rk:.ilj. 3i;vir!ic oT'lgj*vi.. purported to challenge the authority rriven by Pv-v^r-dt--'-.u Ar.-th-jichop Hakarios to the Permanent Representative of Gjpvx.s to the United Nations in order to appear before the Security Council as his countrys3 representative0 The position of President Archbishop Maf:?arios, as Head of State of the Republic of Cyprus, is indisputable^ and the credentials by him vcstin^ the Permanent Representative Mr. Zenon Rossides with the requisite authority, are unchallengeable. It is, however.- extraordinary - to say the least - and unprecedented thst at a time when the President of a State Member of the United Mat:, on a is desperately bryinr bo halt a threatened invasion of his country from a .'foraapra State and avert war through an urgent appeal to the United Nations Security Council^ the Vice- President of that same country should try, fr, speaking through and for the threatening Power, to prevent a fair investigation of the situation by the Security Council and the restoring of peace in Cyprus through the United Nations. If Dr0 Kutchuk had any confidence in the justice of the cause he advocates and the peaceful purposes and behavior of the Turkish minority in the Island^ whom he ••.presents as victims -- and if there were even a pur tide of foundation in his lavish charges ap-ainst the Government of Cyprus and the Greek majority, he would certainly not be trying to avoid any impartial and objective examination of the problem by the United Nations, but would have welcomed it. This anomalous situation brings into sharp focus the need of United Nations action for the restoration of a just pesce in Cyprus and the safeguarding of the independence and sovereignty of a Member State. NaBc The allegation of the Permanent Representative of Turkey in .S/5U91 that Dr.- natchuk was not allowed to send the cable in question through the postal and telegraphic services of Cyprus and that this was the reason for the irregular transmission of this cable through the Turkish Mission, Is categorically denied,, PC has been officially verified, after investigation by the Cyprus Telecommunication Authority., that Vice-President Kutchuk never presented any cable addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, . J. 0. CX.V,L_ TJ 165 SAST 72 STREET NEW YORK 21, N.Y, ^S PELEASB 31 December 1963 undated In an/cade to the Secretary-General of the United Nations transmitted,, issued and circulate! V/ the TurVir,h. Mission to the United Nations (. S/52.J.91) * Dr. Kut:hsj>/, Vi c o -?,.-es-J i^t of the Republic of Cyprus j, who is of Tiivki;h ^-ohnic or-igj v>:. purported to challenge the authority fiven 'by Pv^r.de.'-.t; Ar.^hvishop Makarios to the Permanent Representative of Cyprv.s to the United Nations in order to appear before the Security Council as his country's representative* The position of President Archbishop Ma^arios, as Head of State of the Republic of Cyprus, is indisputable^ and the credentials by him vest-in^ the Permanent Representative Mr, Zenon Rossides with the requisite authority, are unchallengeable. It is, however,, extraordinary - to say the least - and unprecedented thst at a time when the President of a State Member of the United Nations 'is desperately br/inp- bo halt a threatened invasion of his country from aJforsian State and avert war through an urgent appeal to tho United Natior.s Security Council.? the Vice- President of that same country should try, b;' speaking through and for the threatening Pov;er, to prevent a fair investiration of the situation by the Security Council and the restoring of peace in Cyprus through the United Nations. If Dr0 Kutchuk h^d any confidence in the justice of the cause he advocates and the peaceful purposes and behavior of the Turkish minority in the Island.; whom he --.presents as victims — and if there were even a particle of foundation in his lavish charges ap-ainst the Government of Cyprus and the Greek majority, he would certainly not be try ins; to avoid any iv partial and objective examination of the problem by the United Nations, but would have welcomed it* 1 This anomalous situation brings into sharp focus the need of United Nations action for the restoration of a just peace in Cyprus and the safeguarding of the independence and sovereignty of a Member State.