CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR CONCERNING TURKISH ROLE IN CYPRUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801040016-2
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 19, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 03910
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: IMF, TU, CY, GR
SUBJECT: CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR
CONCERNING TURKISH ROLE IN CYPRUS
2. WILLIAM B. INGLEE, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF
CONGRESSMAN COLEMAN, IN ANKARA WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL
STAFF DELEGATION PROGRAMMED BY NATIS, HAS PROVIDED US
WITH THE TEXT OF A "DEAR COLLEAGUE" LETTER SIGNED BY
CONGRESSMAN JAMES J. FLORID OF NEW JERSEY, SENT TO
VARIOUS CONGRESSMEN, URGING THEIR SIGNATURE TO A LETTER
TO MANAGING DIRECTOR J. DE LAROSIERE, OF THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND. THE "DEAR COLLEAGUE" LETTER FROM
CONGRESSMAN FLORID REFERS TO THE PRESENCE OF TURKISH
TROOPS IN CYPRUS, CONTENDING THAT THE COST OF THIS
OPERATION IS A MISPLACEMENT OF TURKISH ECONOMIC RESOURCES,
AND URGES THE RECIPIENT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SIGN THE
LETTER TO MR. DE LAROSIERE, "...ASKING THAT HE TAKE
THE CYPRUS SITUATION INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN RE-
EVALUATING TURKEY'S LOAN."
3. THE LETTER TO DE LAROSIERE EXPRESSES "DEEP CONCERN
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND'S LOANS TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY.", AND URGES THAT THE IMF MAKE
"TURKISH LOANS CONDITIONAL ON THE REMOVAL OF TURKISH
TROOPS FROM CYPRUS WHEN THE STAND-BY ARRANGEMENT FOR
TURKEY IS NEXT EVALUATED."
4. INGLEE SAID HE THOUGHT THIS LETTER HAD IN FACT
BEEN DISPATCHED TO DE LAROSIERE, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT
KNOW HOW MANY SIGNATURES THE LETTER BORE.
5. COMMENT. THIS IS THE FIRST INSTANCE WE KNOW OF
CONGRESSIONAL ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE THE IMF VIS-A-VIS
TURKEY. FLORIO'S LETTER IS DATED MARCH 22. AND WE
ASSUME THIS MUST HAVE BEEN TIMED WITH A VIEW TO THE
IMF BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WAS TO TAKE
PLACE IN EARLY APRIL., TO DECIDE ON ANOTHER STAND-BY
ARRANGEMENT FOR TURKEY. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING ALSO
THAT THE IMF APPROVED THE STAND-BY. END COMMENT.
OLL/LD
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READOUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON HOW MANY MEMBERS OF
THE CONGRESS SIGNED THE LETTER TO THE IMF, IF IN FACT
IT WAS SENT.
WE ARE POUCHING COPIES OF THESE LETTERS TO EUR/SE.
PEREZ
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