GOC STATEMENT ON FBIS OPERATIONS IN CYPRUS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 14, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: GOC STATEMENT ON FBIS OPERATIONS IN CYPRUS
REF: NICOSIA 1928
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1. GOC MFA ACTING DIRECTOR GENERAL MARKIDES CONTACTED
EMBOFF JUNE 12 TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF CONTINUING PRESS
QUESTIONS ON PAYMENTS MADE BY USG FOR FBIS OPERATIONS
IN CYPRUS, GOC HAD DECIDED TO ISSUE ORAL STATEMENT ON
FBIS AT GOC SPOKESMANS REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING MIDDAY
JUNE 14.
2. FOLLOWING IS UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF SPOKESMAN'S
STATEMENT: QUOTE. IN RELATION TO PRESS REPORTS
REGARDING THE COMPENSATION GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF RADIO STATIONS IN
CYPRUS, THE FOLLOWING IS OFFERED: AS IS KNOWN,
DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD THERE WERE RADIO
STATIONS IN OPERATION IN CYPRUS WHICH ALSO CON-
TINUED TO BE OPERATED AFTER INDEPENDENCE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF CYPRUS
AND THE UNITED STATES WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE PAYMENT
OF RELEVANT COMPENSATION. THESE U.S. RADIO STATIONS
WERE LOCATED IN NICOSIA, KARAVAS, MIA MILEA AND
YEROLAKKOS. AFTER THE TURKISH INVASION, THE
OPERATION OF ALL RADIO STATIONS WAS STOPPED. IN
1975, THE U.S. EMBASSY IN NICOSIA REQUESTED OF THE
.GOO THAT IT BE ALLOWED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS OF THE
FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE (FBIS) ON A
VERY LIMITED SCALE AS AN ANNEX OF THE EMBASSY. THIS
REQUEST WAS APPROVED AND THE SUM OF 400,000 DOLLARS
IS PAID ANNUALLY BY THE USG, AS WAS INDICATED BY
THE SPOKESMAN ON DECEMBER 11, 1979, TO THE TREASURY
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT THE GOC RECEIVES WITHOUT CHARGE INFORMATION
TRANSMITTED BY FBIS. UNQUOTE.
3. MARKIDES AGREED THAT FOLLOWING THIS STATEMENT
AND IN RESPONSE TO PRESS INQUIRIES ON IT,
EMBASSY PAO WILL, IF ASKED, INDICATE THAT WE ERE AWARE OF
THE SPOKESMAN'S STATEMENT, THAT IT IS ACCURATE,
.,AND THAT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS.
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