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During its brief existence, the Republic of Cyprus has been paralysed politically. Conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriotes has hamstrung the attempts of the Makarios government to legislate. Vice-President Kutchuk has vetoed income tax legisaltion, for example, so that the central government is supported only by extralegal taxation in the Greek community...
Partition of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish sectors, which is proposed by Turkey and kutchuk, with the division of the island and the uprooting of the population, would be a disaster, Such a partition would wreck for years any hope of economic improvement, destroy what political stability the island has left, and pave the way for more hostilities. The Greek sector would surely ally itself to Athens and the Turkish to Ankara, thus dragging Greece and Turkey further towards war. The British, who had the lessons of partition spelled out for them in Ireland, India, and Palestine, rejected this plan...
Since Cyprus must remain one nation and since any nation needs a government which can Function, the first move towards progress in Cyprus is to remove the Vice-President's veto. This would not be an intolerable demand to make of the Turkish faction. The Turkish community (18 percent of the population) would still retain the constitutionally guaranteed control of the Vice-Presidency, 30 percent of the Council of Ministers, 30 percent of the House of Representatives, 30 percent of the ponce force, and 40 percent of the army. More important, the Turkish Cypriotes would retain their own community government...
...workable government. The door must be opened for further advances. Cyprus has no way amend its constitution. It needs a method of amendment that will enable the Turks to protect their present status, and allow changes now acceptable to both parties. The larger reforms can occur when Greco-Turkish relations reach happier times...
...most immediate problem in Cyprus is the threat of war. Civil war in Cyprus would involve not only half a million Cypriotes, but also the nations of Greece and Turkey. One step towards preventing further hostilities would be to remove the Greek and Turkish forces stationed on the island. Any clash between these troops could precipitate a war, and their presences on the island has certainly done little to protect the peace, British forces should also be withdraws, both because British interests differ significantly from Cypriote interests, and because Britain has consistently shown that it cannot solve Cyprus's problems...