CYPRUS (BRIEFING FOR 22 JULY WSAG MEETING)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-471-4-5-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 22, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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. BRIEFING FOR
22 auLy WSAG FIEETING
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CYPRUS
22 July 3.974
I. Both sides, having agreed to a cease-fire for 1000
Washington time today, appear .to be malting la.nt
minute efforts to improve their positions. Pight-
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ing resumed this morning, particularly in the
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Kyrenia area On the northern coast.
B.
Ankara and Athens are both saying that they are
?satisfied with their military performances, and
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what appears to have bebome a'mlitary standoff.
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C. Athens is pleased that the Greek cypribt forces
Were able to contain the Turkish regular forces.
ElsewHere on the iaand, the Greek Cypriot
forces have gained the upper hand 'in intercom-
munal fighting. Stories of Greek Cyprio.t
atrocieli continue to one i ?but we have no
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'Confirmation of these.- UN,forces on the:.57,
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land have not reported any mass
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On the mainland, the Greeks yesterday-were.
still moving reinforcements toward .the Turklah
border, ane there were some reports tat.Ankara
Was also sending more troops to he area. The.
loo-der itself, however, was calme.:--v:-1
III. Soviet response to he situation on Cyprus.has.con.
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tinued to be limited and low key.
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IV. The crimay be affecting the political scend
in Ahhons --esbecia11%; hho decision making process.
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B. Prime Minister Androutsopoulos told Secretary
sisco yesterday that young military "officers
would take over the covernment within 24 hours.
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The cease-fire announcement, however, could
deter or postpone such an attempt.
The Coase-fire--if it holds--lea'ves a messy situa-
tion on the ground in Cyprus, which will complicate, .
efforts to work out a solution.
A. The Turkish failure to render their ?corridor to
the Nicosia enclave secure means that they lac3,
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to establish partition; they further lack suf-
? ficienX.territory to accommodate re_sl?.ttIement
of the other Turkish enclaves most were captured
by the Cyprus National Guard.
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? B. This outcome increases the possibility that
some. form of ostensibly independent Cyprus
state will continue to e%ist, though Athens
aria? nkara will hive a much more direct role
on the island than they had under the Makarlos.
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regime.
The Cyprus 1.1tiona1 Guard's relative success
against the Turks has relieved immediate pre-
sore against Ioannidis for his handling of the
16YpiUs-fs-sUe. -at-probably does not,:-guarantee
his position or very long, however, and the
crisis of recent days has undoubtedly increased
ferment within the ranks of the Greek military..
D. The luture of-US-Greek retati-o.as bscomos in-
crca ingly uncertain to the extent that the NATO
alliance appears to be responsible for blocking
of Greek desires. There is strong pro-US'sen-
timent in the Greek military hierarchy, however,
that could well survive even this extended ferment:
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But these are the mechanics of hciw the cease-fire
was achieved. The problem now is, "Where do we go from
here?" Our expectation is that within the next feW days,
hopefully by Wednesday, probably the Foreign Ministers of
Greece and Turkey will meet under British auspices in
? Genela and these talks can settle the constitutional
arrangements of Cyprus and all other issues that stem-from
recent events. And we believe, therefore, that a rather
complicated crisis which had dangers of internationalization
has been overcome.
We have been in touch with the Soviet Union
throughout, and we believe that there will be no complications
from that side. And-these exchanges have been constructive.
So we hope that during the course of the week we
can move the situation towards .a solution that will be
acceptable.
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