Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their complaints against his policy. They thought that the Secretary had ignored early warnings that a Cyprus coup might be in the offing, and that, in order to protect negotiations with Greece on home-port facilities for the U.S. Navy, he had not been forceful enough in criticizing the Greek regime. The U.S. confined its public comment on Greece to support of Cyprus' "independence and territorial integrity and its constitutional arrangements." Not until after the Turkish invasion did the U.S. finally acknowledge publicly what many other nations had been saying all week-that the Greek government had directly contributed...
...carry out that policy, Sisco reportedly proposed in Athens that Sampson be replaced by a more moderate Cypriot as President, that Makarios be allowed to return to the island in his priestly capacity and that the Greek officers commanding the Cypriot national guard be withdrawn. The most the Greek junta was willing to do was to replace the 650 officers with other officers, which was scarcely a concession...
Enosis or Taksim. Ecevit's sudden popularity could quickly sour after the euphoria of the successful invasion dissipated in the face of problems requiring solution. Foremost among them was how to bring peace to Cyprus short of stationing a standing army there. No one believes that Greek Cypriots would accept union with Turkey or rule by a Turkish Cypriot. One solution might be to have a Greek moderate acceptable to both island communities take over the presidency, or even have Makarios return. Another, less likely possibility is the old idea of double enosis-or taksim, in Turkish-under which...
...Ledra Palace Hotel is almost smack on the Green Line that runs through Nicosia, dividing the Turkish sector from the Greek. Most of the hotel guests were awakened Saturday morning by a long burst of weapons fire...
...paratroop transports came in three waves; each was covered by three fighter-bombers. Before departing, the bombers swept toward the airport and the barracks of the Greek contingent and strafed and dropped their bombs, setting off fierce fires...