Word: greeke
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Washington hopes that the Greeks will eventually rejoin NATO and reconcile themselves to geographic partition and loose federation of the two communities-perhaps the most sensible solution after all for the island that once gave birth, or so mythology would have it, to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Whatever Athens decides, however, the turmoil on Cyprus is far from over. The Greek Cypriots, with their large majority, are not likely to allow the Turks to retain exclusive control of the important port of Famagusta and a third of the island without a fight. The Greeks waged guerrilla warfare for four...
...didn't you give the Greeks and Greek Cypriots the 36-hour recess they requested before ending the talks...
This was just a pretext of [British Foreign Secretary James] Callaghan's to gain time. On the surface the argument that [Greek Foreign Minister George] Mavros and [Greek Cypriot Acting President Glafcos] Clerides had to consult their governments looked valid. But they had direct telephone lines with their capitals, just like the Turks, and they could have consulted their people by phone. All we wanted was separate geographical zones for the two Cypriot communities. Mavros and Clerides wanted to maintain the status quo. If we had accepted the delay they would have come back with negative replies anyway...
...Cypriots who decide the fate of Cyprus. It's the Turks and the Greeks, and all the rest is blah-blah. [Greek Cypriot deposed President] Makarios is still around, and he could have blocked a deal between Clerides and [Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf] Denktas, and we would be back where we started. Clerides and Denktas have been talking for six years, and Makarios always blocked any plan for the advancement of the Turkish Cypriot community...
...Cypriot wanted to travel abroad, he had a hard time getting a passport from the Makarios administration, unless he wanted to emigrate to Australia. Then they were delighted to give him a passport and pay for his fare-one way. Turkish Cypriot farmers received less for their produce than Greek Cypriots. There are hundreds of other examples of discrimination. The only solution is to give Turkish Cypriots a fair share of the island. But here in Geneva Mavros and Clerides did not move an inch on this point of principle...