SOVIET GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON CYPRUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-352-5-79-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: July 28, 1974
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-79-9 '
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CfEY.T) ~'lOSCO"x Jt,'LY 28 TASS--T}~ SOVIET GO'J~:RtJt'SENT CJNSIDERS
IT P?'~C~SSARY TO STATE IN ALL CERTITUDE ITS STAND OtJ C,rRUS. IT IS
FP,Ot~'iPTED TO DO SO ?Y THi CIRGU:^STAtJCE THAT THE T}-r~EAT TO THE
If?JDEPEtJEtJCE Atv'D SOVEREIGt~`TY OF i-tN IirDEPr.t~ENT STATE, THE REPUBLIC
OF CYPR US y A T}~EAT H tJHICH ARGSE AS A RESULT OF AGGRESSIVE' AGTIO;JS
BY THE GREEK MILITARY REGIi~iE AND AS A RESULT OF EPJCOURAGE~iENT BY
'C A NE':~t CHAR ACUEP?
ITS PATROPJS, HAS PdOT BEEP) ELII9INATED. IT iS ACi?UIRI~''TH~RE IS AN
' WHICH IS ty0 LESS DAtJGEROUS FoR THE FUTURE OF CYPRUS.
EXTREi~JEL }' ACUTE QUE ST I ON 4I }~.T }{ER T HERE '~3 ILL OR :JILL taOT P... t?1A i t~ A N
ItaDEPEt~EtJT SOVEREIGN STATE, i4E~`1BER OF THF. UNITED tJnTlOir'S ORGANIZATION.
THE VERY SAME FGRCES WHICH TRIED TO DO A.'~1AY :KITH THE' EXISTENCE
OF Tt-E IIaDEPEtaDENT CYPRUS BY DIRECT ['1ILITARY I~rERVENTION ARE NOIJ.
GOING TO S>tCUR.E TJ-~ S~-ME GOALS THROUGH BE HItaD-TiiE-STP.GE f~}AtJOEUURING.
CERTAIN CIRCLES OF NATO MAKE THE I;~EPEtJDENT STATE A!`?'D TERRITORIAL
INT F.GR ZT Y OF GYPR L'S A N OBJECT OF CYNICAL HAGGLI tJG FOR T NE SAKE OF
COtJSOLIDATING THEIR MILITARY-STRATEGIC PuSITIONS ICJ THE EASTERN
t4EDITERRANEAN. THEY ARE BRINGING ESStP?'TIALLY MATTERS TO CONFRONTING
THr: WORLD WITH AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT Or A DIVISIOta OF THE COUNTRY OR
AT LEAST OF COtm IT IONS CREATED c OR SUCH A D IVISIO[a. THEY DO NOT'
STOP 5t-,ORT OF ARBITRARILY DECIDING UPCPJ THE FUTURE OF THE CYPRUS
PEOPLE EE HI ND THEIR BACKS AND ;TO Tii~: DETRIIMENT OF THEIR BASIC VITAL.
INTEREST S.
S COI77EXT IT IS PARTICULARLY UtaDERSTANDABLE WHY THE MAItJ
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TI~IS YEAR, HAVE iJOT BEEN I~;PLEi~iEt`,'TED UP TO NO',J. THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S.
RESOLUfIOtJ ENVISAGES AtJ I4I~iEDIAT~ ~taD TO FOREIGN MILITARY
It~TTTERFEREtaCE AP~i I"f^7EDIATE ';J IThDRAu'AL OF `?,WHICH ~~JAS DEi~7P.NDED BY
RESIDENT ~AK~ ~ OF CYPRllS. "fEAt~~1HILF.: GREEK S~RVICEi~Zi;.ta ;-1 HO -
RAISrD Thr. ~v ~ tPIY HAVE tJOT SEEta REMOVED FRO"; THE ISLAND UP TO tJO1J.
F~2EIGtJ ARMED FO);CES :l RICH ARE Iii CYP?US ARE NOT BEING iJITI~RA'~JN
BUT COt~>TIPJUE To BE BULL!' LtP. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO I;~AGINE WHAT
WILL BE T }~ TRAGIC COtJSEt?UE LACES FOR T },'E POPUL AT IO N OF CYPRUS ~
WHO ALREADY NOW ARE BEING SUBJECT ttTENSITY OFtaPASS ~NSERROR, Ate
ALL THIS MAY LEAD TO IN THE A90U
T1~ SECURITY COUNCIL C?P,ESOLUTTUN) PRESUPPOSES A RESTORATION OF
THE CONSTITUTIOtaAL GOVERNi4ENTENNREMOVED~FROMATHEIPCLITICAGhAREiaA~
PUPPET "R ULER" SAMPSON HAS 3E
THE REAL LEVERS OF PO`.JER AP,E IN T}~ HAMS OF Tl-~ REBELS,
OVERT C}iAMP'IONS OF AiaNEXIOta OF CYPRUS, SO-CALLED ?'EP;OSIS".
COt~ IT IOtJS FOR Th'E LEGIT IPiATE GOV Rt>>IENT HEADED BY t~RESIDENT
MAJ(A L~}~OS~~TO HAUE. AN O1jPOR'J: UNITY TO Fi?ACTISE THEIit PO~1ER ItJ ALL ITS
ti ift~.i`~i'ARE LACY.ING. ThE GROSS IIiTERFEREt;CE ItJ T}?~ INTERtJAL AFFAIRS
OF ThE CYPRUS PEOPLE IS BEING CO~,R'ItaUED. T?~.~. MATTER, IPJ FACT, IS
t~ING SROUGir? TO COi:SOLIDAI'ItvG THE OCCUPATIOiJ OF T}iE ISLAta'D AtdD
TO TEARING IT ASUNDER. AND THIS IS TAKIitit/ PLACE Iti THE SIGHT OF Th
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-79-9
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-79-9
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O;Z Y ADD 3 0 CSOVIF.T ST AT E;'i~ tJT OtJ CYFR US)
XXX T )?r `~ )~;CL E :1ORLD .
CTEXT) IT IS I:~PGSSIDLE TO TOLERATE SUCH A SITUATION ANY
LO`!C?'R. A'; E::'D SHOLR..D cE FUL , Ati7 AS SOOtJ AS POSSIBLE,
TO EiJC~?GACH~:=:?FTS Ot! T ~E ItJEP;=PE]EtJCE, SOV.I:REIGiJTY APJn TERRITORIAL
It~'TEGR IT Y OF T }-E REPi.iBLIC OF CYPRUS. THE SOVIET UNIOt; FOR ITS
PART 'd ILL CO,.TIPJUE TO ST~aDILY PRESS FOR IT. h0 OP+~ SHOULD HAVr
' A SHADE OF D OL'3T AS TO SUCH A STAi?.U OF T }IE SOVIET UNION,
ALL ThE STA"rrS t+JHICH STAtJD, NOT IN FIORDS 3UT IN'DEEDS, FOR THL
FRESERVATTO,J OF CYPRUS AS APJ IPdDEFEt~EPJT STATE S}iOULD TAKE ALL THE
~Cr.SSARY STEPS EX;,CTLY IPJ THIS DIRECTs0l`J. T}~ FRliit;;'f TASK
IS TO EPJSURE C0;IPLETE A?~ I-9t~lEDIATE C0:'iPLIAPJCE .IITH Ti?iE SECURITY
GOUPJCIL ~P.ESOLUTIOtd ON CYPRUS DATED JULY 20, THIS YEAfi. THE STATUS
OF CYPRUS AS A sot1EREIGN STATE ~,JHICH EXISTED PRIOR To THE AGGri:.SSiOta
3Y T r~ GREEK MILITARY SHOULD 3E RESTORED. iT IS ESSENTIAL TO
U3 GENTLY PUT AN Etv'D TO A;JY OUTSIDr IiJTr.RF~Rr.PJCE IN THE ItJTERNAL
AFFAIRS CF CYPRUS AtJD '.d IThDRA~r1 ALL FOREIGN TROOPS FROM TriE ISLAND?
Tl;E INALIEi~lA3LE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS, $OYH CYPRIOT
EE KS Al~~ CYPRIOT TURK5, TO DE CIDE THEIR PR03LE;rS THEMSELVES.
U l7 r:~It~~ Thy r ~ "' "?;~ON t~IOTHERLAtvU, THE SOVEREIGN
~EPU?LI,C OF CYPRUS, IN THE CO ND .TT IONS OF EACE AND TRANQUILITYs
SHOULD BE SECURED.
_ T HIS Ut~OUBTEDLY PRESUPPOS;IS PARTICIPATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF T}~ LEG ITit?IATE GOVERN;~IEPJT OF CYPRUS IN ALL T}?E INTERNATIOPJAL
DISCUSSIONS OF THE CYPRUS FROcLEt'~ INCLUDIPJG THE TALKS A;~fONG BRITAIN,
_ .GREECE ANi7.T_URKEY_STARTED IiJ GE1~~VA. THE SOVIET UNIOtJ IS FIR-"iLY _.
FOR THIS. DECISIONS WHICH 'MOULD NOT -~EET THE INTERESTS OF THE
PEOPLE OF CYPRUS CAN LEAD OPJLY TO A FURTHER AGGRAVATION OF THE
? SIT UAT IOtJ, TO NE~+1 CONFLICTS.
THOSE tJHO STRIVE FOR PP.ESERVI~~iC T!-C INDEPF,tJDEtJT CYPRUS, FOR ENSURIP+G
PEACE AtlD SE CUR IT Y IN T h~ AREA i^AY RECKOt,I ON THE APPRECIATION AND
COOPERAT I Ot~l OF T hE SOVIr.T U tdT G"!.
.CYPRUS, T hE STAT US OF T h~ REPUBLIC AS A NONALIGNED STATE; THE SOVIET
UNION iS GUIDED BY FP.Ir.CIFLED CONSIDERATIONS? THEY ARISE F'Rflt9
~'1-~ VERY ESSEPJCE OF SOVIET FOREIGPJ POLICY: A POLICY OF REBUFF TO
~1GGRESSIOtJ, PR OTECTIO,V OF ThE LEG ITI:9ATE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLES,.
RIG AtvD SMALL, A POLICY OF' PEACE AtJD ItJTERNATIONAL DETEPlTE.
SERIOUS RESPOlJSI$ILITY RESTS '~IITH Th'E SECURITY COUNCIL, T00,
If SHOULD NOT BE ALLO':dED THAT THE RESOLUTIONS iT PASSES REMAIN
OFJ PAPER, ThE SOVIET GOVERNMENT ',I ILL STRIDE TO ENSURE THAT THE
SE CUR TTY COUNCIL ACCOt~PLISiIi`~ TG :~ }+E END THE MISSION ASSIGNED TO IT,
COi~iING OUT IN DEFENCE OF THE INDEPEtJDEPJCE, SOVEREIGNTY OF
28 J~-1. 09 u?Z J3/`,JA
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-79-9