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More Trouble. The prelate-President returned to Cyprus amid Turkish objections and dire threats of still another assassination attempt against him by the EOKA-B Greek Cypriot underground, the terrorist group that favors enosis, or union with Greece. Declaring that he was holding out "not just an olive branch but a whole olive tree," Makarios tried to dispel fears that his return could lead to more trouble for the war-ravaged island...
...main danger springs from the deep and bitter division between the overwhelming majority of Greek Cypriots who are loyal to Makarios and the small (2,000 members) but powerful EOKA-B organization. During last summer's coup, the EOKA-B sided with the then ruling Greek military junta to overthrow the archbishop. Unlike the leaders of the Athens junta, most of whom are now under arrest and awaiting trial on a Greek isle, the EOKA-B gunmen remain at large, mainly because Greek Cypriot authorities are eager to avoid another violent showdown after the debacle of the Turkish invasion...
Slowly but surely, Turkey, which already has about 40% of Cyprus, seems determined to nibble away at the remaining 60%. With no real opposition from the outgunned Greek Cypriot National Guard, Turkish forces last week advanced their lines another twelve miles to the southwest, taking command of Morphou Bay, the main exit point for the island's copper production...
...Cypriot Greek and Turkish leaders last week agreed to exchange 4,500 prisoners as well as lists of missing persons. But in Geneva, where Greece and Turkey had been holding broader talks before last month's renewed Turkish offensive, there was no sign of a resumption of discussions. The Greeks were waiting for Turkish concessions that were so far not forthcoming...
Demonstrations by Greek-Americans in the area became more organized and more virulent as the summer and the action on Cyprus progressed. They began even before the invasion with a July 15 picket line outside the Greek Consulate in Boston to protest the coup that overthrew Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios. At the most recent event, which took place at City Hall on August 13, a crowd of four thousand tore up a Turkish flag to protest the invasion and called for an end to U.S. military and economic aid to Turkey...