Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last press conference, Carter declared that "the most important foreign affairs subject Congress will consider the rest of this session" is the lifting of the 42-month-old embargo on U.S. arms shipments to Turkey. Ironically, Carter as a presidential candidate had vigorously backed...
...controversial policy dates back to 1974 when Greek Cypriots overthrew the government of Cyprus, and Turkey invaded the island to protect the Turkish minority there. Using U.S. weapons that were specifically prohibited for other than defense purposes, the Turks eventually seized nearly half the island. They have been occupying it ever since...
...that Western defenses have been weakened. Although a loophole in the embargo has enabled the Turks to receive some $425 million in U.S. arms, Washington officials are worried that the Turkish armed forces are seriously deteriorating. In addition, the U.S. wants to recover five key intelligence-collecting bases in Turkey, from which it had been electronically monitoring the Soviet Union, but which the Turks closed in retaliation against the embargo. As Carter summed up the problem, the embargo "has driven a wedge between Turkey and the rest of the NATO countries...
...wanted a total repeal of the embargo, Majority Leader Robert Byrd insisted that such a measure could not pass. Instead, he and George McGovern proposed a compromise. Deferring somewhat to the Greeks, the compromise called for an end to the embargo but kept some limits on arms sales to Turkey. The President would have to certify that any military or economic assistance to that country would contribute to peace in Cyprus. He would also have to report to Congress every 60 days on progress toward a settlement. When the Senate approved the measure 57 to 42, the State Department, with...
...following the Turkey vote, the Senate considered the economic sanctions voted by the U.N. in 1966 and 1968 to isolate the white Rhodesian regime of Ian Smith after it refused to share power with the black majority. The Administration wanted no change in U.S. policy. It views the sanctions as a powerful lever to prod Smith to accept an Anglo-American plan for a comprehensive settlement. This plan calls for participation by all black factions, guerrillas based outside the country as well as moderate nationalists inside. But there has been a growing feeling in Congress that the Administration's commitment...