UN FORCE REPORTS INCREASED ALERTS AND TROOP MOVEMENTS ON CYPRUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100190007-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 4, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO: IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAZIO,
WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED
DATE: 4 DECEMBER 1974
SUBJECT: UN FORCE REPORTS INCREASED ALERTS AND TROOP MOVEMENTS
ON CYPRUS
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REASED THEIR ALERT POSTURE AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST
POSSIBLE TROUBLE WHEN ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS RETURNS TO THE ISLAND
ON. FRIDAY.
TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF GREEK ACTIONS AGAINST TURKISH
POPULATED AREAS IN THE SOUTH, THE UN HAS INCREASED ITS PATROL-
LING OF ACCESS ROUTES TO THE TURKISH AREAS. A BRITISH RECONNAISEU-
SANCE UNIT WILL ALSO REINFORCE AUSTR N UN FORCES IN AN AREA
BETWEEN THE TURKISH FORCES AND DHEKELIA. THE GREEKS AND THEE
TURKS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THESE MEASURES.
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ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN NICOSIA AND LARNACA.
TURKS MIGHT BE PREPARING FOR A LIMITED SCALE' EXERCISE THERE.
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THE TURKS COULD.GO FROM AN EXERCISE POSTURE TO
AN ACTUAL ATTACK TOWARD LARNACA AND THE OIL REFINERY COMPLEX ON
THE COAST WEST OF DHEKELIA WITH MINIMUM PREPARATION.
THEE TURKS WILL NOT ATTACK
UNLESS THERE IS A PROVOCATION;
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REPORTING SUGGESTS THAT THE TURKS WILL MOVE ONLY IF THE SAFETY
OF TURKISH CYPRIOTS LIVING WITHIN THE GREEK CYPRIOT SECTOR IS
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ENDANGERED BY FIGHTING AMONG GREEK CYPRIOTS UPON MAKARIOS' RETURN.
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THERE WAS SOME TROOP MOVEMENT ON THE TURKISH SIDE