Word: greeke
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...delegation from Athens and Glafkos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, received the plan coolly and asked for a short recess to talk it over with their governments. But the American State Department was more enthusiastic and didn't hesitate to show it during the lull. A department spokesman, Robert Anderson, insisted on the fairness of the Turkish position at a news briefing and seemed to be bolstering Ankara's stance with the timing of his comment, as well. A day later, on August 14, the Turkish army fanned over the island until its troops had hemmed in at least...
...foreign countries for defense purposes only and Turkey clearly violated this law. In May the Senate reversed its decision under pressure from the administration. It is doubtful that a simple resumption of aid--if the House also approves this--will promote any gestures of good will towards the Greek Cypriots or the United States, since the threat on an embargo never induced any compromises. But the Turks might consent to soften their position on Cyprus if that was made firm precondition to the sale of arms...
Clerides is resigned to a bizonal arrangement, but will participate in a session of talks slated for July only if Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, remains open to his ideas for a central government. The Greek community aims to avert the possibility of an eventual union between their counterparts' federal state and the Turkish mainland by granting substantial power to the central government...
...most urgent and controversial questions pivot on the Greek Cypriot refugees who fled the Atilla operation last summer. There are at least 180,000 of them--almost a third of the total Cypriot population--and although they have all been squeezed into tents, the strain of caring for so many dispossessed is severe...
While the United State disregarded the issues within Cyprus because of their larger repercussions in the Atlantic alliance, it funneled a remarkable amount of humanitarian aid into the country. This course of action suggested to the Greek and Cypriot governments that the United States was following a balanced policy. It was a way of contriving to contain the refugees until Ankara had imposed its notion of social equity on the island, at which point Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50 lent tacit approval to the invasion by announcing that "the Turkish Government considers the demarcation line negotiable...." He skirted...