CYPRUS (DCI BRIEFING FOR 21 JULY WSAG MEETING)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-471-4-4-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 21, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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21 July 1974
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
DCI BRIEFING FOR
21 JULY WSAG MEETING
CYPRUS
I. Turkish reinforcements are arriving on the island.
A. Additional troops were flown in from the main-
C. When major fighting ended last night, the Turks
appeared to be in firm control of the northern
coastal area around Kyrenia, and the Kyrenia-
Nicosia road.
land by helicopter this morning to the Kyrenia
beachhead area, and others were landed from
ships at Kyrenia. Some 60 Turkish helicopters
landed in the Nicosia area at mid-day.
B. These reinforcements will be more than welcome,
since the Turkish expeditionary force is still
meeting determined opposition.
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At Linnassol, about 10,000 Turkish Cypriots
reportedly surrendered yesterday. The press
says that they have been taken to the soccer
stadium, where they are being guarded by Greek
Cypriots under UN supervision.
B. Turks reportedly have also surrendered in Paphos,
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and are being rounded up by Greek forces. In
Larnaea, a Turkish Cypriot contingent is hard
pressed, and UN authorities are attempting to
negotiate a ceasefire.
C. A similar contingent in Famagusta is isolated,
and frantically calling for air support. Re-
sistance appears to be collapsing.
D. Capture of these areas will obviously free
additional Greek forces for operations around
Nicosia and Kyrenia.
III. On the mainland, Turkey's major cities were appar-
ently blacked out last night and placed under mar-
tial law, following reports that Greece was mobili--
zing-for war and marshalling strong forces in Thrace,
A. The Consulate General at Istanbul confirms
that a blackout was declared for the city on
the night of July 20-21, but that activity ap-
peared entirely normal this morning. No cur-
few was declared.
B. The level of activity at Thessaloniki in north-
ern Greece appears somewhat lower than yester-
day, although the airport is still closed and
the main road to Athens is reported blocked.
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Traffic is light, and the city appears calm.
C. The large amount of military equipment noted
in the city yesterday apparently is moving east-
ward. Armored columns and convoys reportedly
moved toward the east during the night. An
American school teacher traveling from Kavalla
to Thessaloniki saw a continuous stream of
military traffic, including some 200 armored
and tracked vehicles.
IV. Moscow has made no significant comment on the Turk-
ish invasion of Cyprus beyond the official govern-
ment statement last night, which denied that all
Soviet forces had been put on alert.
.-A. It has, however, continued to condemn the Greek
junta. Radio Moscow stressed that the US has
put itself in the position of upholding a dic-
tatorship and bears moral responsibility for
the events on Cyprus, since the "mutineers" were
armed-with US weapons.
B. In an Arabic broadcast, Radio Moscow quoted and
endorsed a press report from a Lebanese paper
that connected the events on Cyprus with devel-
opments in the middle East in general. By
making the connection between the events on
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Cyprus and those in the Middle East, the Soviets
raay hope to bolster their own position in the
area.
V. For the time being, the Greek military appear to have drawn back
from extreme military moves -- such as an attack across the Evros.
Today's reports of Turk enforcement and air attacks on Cyprus have
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brought Greece to the verge of withdrawal from NATO, however.
A. Undersecretary Sisco's message may be critical to holding
Greece back from a NATO break.
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