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...Congress pending some progress in the Cyprus negotiations. Makarios needs continued international support to maintain his political position in the face of strong gains by the Greek Cypriot Communist Party. "The Greek Cypriots now realize they can't return to the old Cyprus," says a foreign diplomat in Nicosia. "The Turks now understand they can't act like conquerors. The war is over." When he arrives in Cyprus from Athens and Ankara, Clark Clifford may find both sides more amenable than they have been at any time since...
Cyprus Prelate-President Archbishop Makarios considers 13 his lucky number. He was born on Aug. 13, 1913, and frequently chooses the 13th of the month for important meetings. Last week, for the first time in 13 years, Makarios held a meeting in Nicosia with his archrival, Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktas, to begin thrashing out the differences between Greek and Turkish Cypriots that have long engulfed the island in fratricide. Details of the talks were not disclosed, but.it seemed that Makarios was in luck. Later, he described the talks as "a breakthrough" and "a good step toward a settlement." Said...
...Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger Davies, shot and killed during a demonstration in front of the American embassy in Nicosia...
...Soon after U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger P. Davies was assassinated in Nicosia in 1974, U.S. intelligence officials reported the killers' identity to high Cypriot officials, but the assassins are still serving in the Cypriot government security forces. Officials of both the CIA and the State Department denied the story, saying the U.S. does not know who killed Davies...
They came from all over war-divided Cyprus and stood for hours under the blazing midsummer sun outside the blackened ruins of the presidential palace in Nicosia. Greek Cypriots-old women in black, stalwart white-haired peasants, city people of all classes and ages-had gathered to hear their President, Archbishop Makarios. With theatrical gestures and a tone of moral outrage, he denounced the coup attempt by Greek extremists that a year ago had led directly to the Turkish occupation of almost half of the island and the shattering of the then quiescent Mediterranean tourist paradise...