Word: cyprus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fear or Favor in Cyprus...
...violence. Makarios' reply was that of a man who clearly felt he held the stronger hand. Said he: "I appeal to EOKA to declare the cessation of all operations, provided that the British government show a spirit of understanding by simultaneously abolishing the present state of emergency [in Cyprus]." He also insisted that negotiations about the island's future should be directly between Britain and "the Cyprus people," i.e., Makarios himself...
...deliberately refrained" from meeting Britain's conditions for his release. To free the Archbishop now, he insisted, would be an act of disloyalty to Turkey, a trusted ally who had stood by Britain throughout the Suez crisis and who regarded Makarios' goal of enosis (union of Cyprus with Greece) as a direct threat to its security. Cyprus, which lies only 40 miles off the Turkish coast, is the only major island on the sea approaches to Turkey that is not already in Greek hands...
...Harding watched grim-faced from the gallery a few yards from the equally grim-faced Greek Chargée d'Affaires Demetrios Nickolairezis, Lennox-Boyd made the announcement to an angry House of Commons. "Another opportunity muffed," cried one Laborite. Insisted Lennox-Boyd: "Clearly the government of Cyprus cannot allow-under the cover of an offer of suspension-the chance of regrouping and rearming of the hard-hit terrorist group." Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell declared that the EOKA offer created "a new situation" and demanded: "Is it not the case that only the imprisonment of the archbishop stands between...
...matter of hours, Greece rejected the offer of NATO conciliation (which Greece had once favored) on the ground that "the Cypriot people cannot be bound by any decision taken in their absence." Mission accomplished, Harding prepared to fly back to Cyprus where British troops inexorably drove on into the mountains, carrying out his orders to crush the last EOKA survivors. The Cypriots-tired of terrorism and tired of counter-terrorism -resigned themselves to more of both...