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...scarcely credible week. Within the space of five days, His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios III was driven into exile by a right-wing coup spearheaded by 650 regular Greek officers on the island to train the more than 10,000-man national guard. A notorious terrorist, Nikos Giorgiades Sampson, 39, was picked as the new President. Makarios flew off to New York City in a borrowed cassock to plead for help before the United Nations Security Council, but before the U.N. could act or the major powers could intervene, the Turks invaded...
Angry Greek Cypriots, who only days before had been fighting one another over whether to remain loyal to Makarios and maintain their country's independence or to form a union with Greece, now joined in determinedly to resist the invaders. Nikos Sampson appeared on television to declare his pride in the fighting spirit of his soldiers. "The Turkish enemy must be driven into the sea!" he cried. Prisons were emptied of fighting men, including 1,200 policemen who had supported Makarios and been jailed following Sampson's successful coup against...
Despite U.S. inaction and the State Department's feigned ignorance, supporters of Makarios continue to resist the illegal government of Nicos Sampson. Makarios, who was reelected in 1968 with 95 per cent of the popular vote and who faced no opposition in his last election, is now seeking world support through the United Nations. The United States is obliged by morality to support Makarios in the U.N., but with or without the United States, the United Nations must assist Makarios in his fight to regain his rightful position...
...first refusing to discuss Maguire's selection with the community, launched an internal investigation of the firm. The review, according to GSA Administrator Arthur F. Sampson, concluded that the charges against Maguire were "unfounded...
...Sampson said the departmental review concluded the charges are "unfounded," but he declined to issue a copy of the report on Maguire...