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...bearing yet another gift-a silver dish as a wedding present for Greece's King Constantine and his new Queen, Anne-Marie of Denmark. Declaring that "my aim has always been and always will be enosis," that is, union of Cyprus with Greece, Makarios met with Premier George Papandreou, and both announced "complete accord" on Makarios' peace offering, though the Greek government was obviously concerned about the official Cypriot delegation currently in Moscow seeking aid from Nikita Khrushchev...
President Johnson fired off messages to Athens and Ankara, once again urging Premiers George Papandreou and Ismet Inonu to settle the Cyprus problem and unite before the common Red enemy. Implicit, at least, seemed to be a threat that the U.S. cannot maintain aid to supposed NATO allies if they use U.S.-supplied arms against each other...
...with Greece abroad. The Turkish air force commander, General Irfan Tansel, emerged angrily from a meeting with Inönü, crossed his wrists to show newsmen that he was being handcuffed by the halting of air strikes against Cyprus. Inönü sent a personal message to Papandreou, urging an early meeting and optimistically declaring that agreement on Cyprus could be reached in a month. To put pressure on Athens, Turkey continued the expulsion of 12,000 Greek citizens living in Istanbul...
...Athens, Papandreou seemed both angered and disgusted with Makarios, but he neverthelesss rebuffed Inönü's offer of direct negotiation, which, he said, "would only produce false solutions that would worsen the situation and lead to disaster." If the efforts at U.N. mediation should fail, Papandreou added, the Cyprus problem should go to the General Assembly-exactly what Makarios wants, because he hopes that the Assembly will back his stand that repression of the Turkish Cypriots is an internal affair...
Turkish Cuba. Papandreou must move with special care because, if it comes to war, Greece is at a great disadvantage. Not only are there 30 million Turks to 8,500,000 Greeks, but geography also favors Turkey. Cyprus lies only 40 miles off Turkey's coast within easy reach of its planes and ships, while the nearest Greek air base is on Crete, 450 miles from Cyprus. As NATO partners, both armies are using U.S. equipment, but Turkey has far more planes, tanks and other weaponry than does Greece. The Greek navy is more of a match for Turkey...