Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...TURKEY. Ford angrily deplored the congressional cutoff of aid to Turkey after that nation had invaded the Greek-held portion of Cyprus. He said that he understood how Congress had laudably hoped to pressure Turkey into helping to settle that dispute, but he called the termination of aid "an unprecedented act against a friend" and noted that it had not been helpful in getting negotiations under way. Ford ignored, however, the fact that the Turkish invasion may have violated U.S. laws requiring an end to aid for any nation, even a NATO ally like Turkey, that is adjudged a military...
Ford asked Congress to life its ban of arms shipments to Turkey, calling the embargo "an unprecedented act against a friend...
...said he understands concerns over Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, but U.S, aid to Turkey "is a clear and essential mutual interest...
...military bases in Turkey are as critical to our own security as they are to the security of NATO," he added...
Ford defended the Central Intelligence Agency and asked Congress to lift the arms embargo against Turkey and the trade restrictions from the Soviet Union...