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...road to Famagusta 35 miles to the east. A withering barrage of mortar and artillery fire preceded the tanks, and the native Greek forces, outgunned and outmanned, were unable to slow their advance. By early afternoon, the Turks were almost halfway to Famagusta, the island's principal port, its third largest (pop. 43,600) city and the center of its usually booming tourist industry. By Thursday evening, they had reached the old part of the city and rescued 12,000 of the island's Turks, who had been hiding from Greek Cypriots behind the walls of the medieval...
...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 years against the British before achieving independence for Cyprus. They vow to be as determined against the Turks...
Docking Rights. At present, about 4,000 U.S. military personnel and 6,000 dependents are stationed in Greece, including those attached to the home-port facilities for six U.S. destroyers. The U.S. had also hoped to get docking rights for at least one large aircraft carrier in the country. The Greek bases are important because the next closest facilities available to the U.S. are in Italy, 1,000 miles to the west. Ships based in Italy would take longer to get to their assigned station in the eastern Mediterranean. This would reduce U.S. flexibility in the explosive Middle East...
...Port Chester...
However, in the present hostile state of relations between our two countries, we cannot continue cooperating with the Greeks in NATO. While Greeks and Turks were fighting on Cyprus, high-ranking Greek officers remained at NATO headquarters in our Port Izmir...