Word: sampson
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Fully Accepted. Most hopeful for the maintenance of the cease-fire was the emergence of highly respected Glafcos derides, 55, to replace Terrorist Nikos Sampson as acting President of Cyprus. Clerides is a British-educated lawyer who flew with the R.A.F. in World War II, was shot down over Europe, and finished the war in a P.O.W. camp. At the time of the coup he was president of the House of Representatives and one of the few Greek leaders on the deeply divided island who was fully accepted by the minority Turks. For seven years, Clerides has held a running...
...once again recognize Makarios' right to the presidency. The Greek sources insisted that the archbishop's overthrow had been specifically ordered by General Dimitrios loannides, the strongman of the Greek military government that fell last week, loannides, it was said, also picked one-tune Cypriot Underground Fighter Sampson, 39, to succeed Makarios. But when Athens withdrew its support of him during the fighting, Sampson wisely surrendered power, presumably to return to his post as editor of the island's popular newspaper Makhi (Struggle). He had no support among Turkish Cypriots and only a limited following among fellow...
...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to return to the island in his priestly capacity and that the Greek officers commanding the Cypriot national guard be withdrawn.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...
...midnight before the landings took place, the Turkish fleet was approaching Kyrenia and pilots were manning their planes. With Turkish passions for action running so high, Ecevit was certain that his government would fall if it backed down. Moreover he sensed that no country was eager to recognize Sampson as President of Cyprus and thus no major power would complain too much if Sampson was toppled...
...than any of its embassies in Cairo, Teheran and Beirut. A sophisticated communications center links the Cyprus embassy with Moscow and the Soviet Mediterranean fleet as well as with two Russian spy ships that monitor radio traffic off the Israeli coast. The entire operation would almost certainly cease if Sampson remained President of Cyprus...