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...opinion, Turkey may "bomb Cyprus to save its people from starvation and make Makarios lift the blockade." In the Turkish capital Premier Ismet Inönü was desperately trying to placate hotheads at home and come to agreement 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...
...Including the commanders of the army, General Muhittin Onur, the air force. General Irfan Tansel, and the navy, Admiral Necdet Uran, as well as 16 divisional commanders brought in from the field...
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