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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100120010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 10, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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WARNING NOTICE SENSI's IVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND
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CEASE--FIRE- AND IN NO CASE WOULD . TURKI al-! COMN,.NDERa LN THE F .ELD
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RELUCTANT TO APPROVE A THIRD OPERATION. THE TURKS
ALREADY CONTROL MORE OF CYPRUS THAN THEY NEED AND DEFINITELY DO NOT
WANT TO INCREASE THEIR HOLDINGS. THEY ALSO REALIZE THAT ANY FURTHER
MILITARY OPERATIONS WOULD MAKE A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF TYING THE
TURKISH MILITARY DOWN IN CYPRUS INDEFINITELY.
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CAUTION TURKISH FORCES ON CYPRUS REMAIN ON ALERT, BUT MAINLAND UNITS
THAT WERE IN ALERT STATUS PRIOR TO THE TWO PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF
FIGHTING HAVE TAKEN ONLY PRELIMINARY MEASURES SUCH AS RESTRICTING
LEAVE. AS A FURTHER PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE "WAR ROOM" AT
TURKISH GENERAL STAFF HEADQUARTERS HAS REPORTEDLY INSTITUTED A
HOUR WATCH.
TURKISH PREPARATIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED HOSTILITIES
WERE BASED ON THE TURKISH FEAR THAT ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS' RETURN TO
CYPRUS WOIJLD SET OFF FIGHTING WITHIN THE GREEK CYPRIOT -COMMUNITY..
AND MIGHT THREATEN TURKISH L IVES. THE ARCHBISHOP HAS BEEN
CONCILIATORY SINCE HIS RETURN LAST- SATURDAY, HOWEVER, AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE 'O CrURIN HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED .
THE CHANCES OF GREEK CYPRIOTS PROVOKING THE TURKS INTO RE'" EWED
MILITARY ACTION NOW SEEM. REMOT? . E-2 IMP DET.d
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