GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO EASE TENSION

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 3. GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO EASE
TENSION
The Turkish and Greek governments
are moving to calm passions aroused
during and since the London talks on
Cyprus .
The American consul general in Istanbul
predicts an early major reshuffle of the
'Iturkish cabinet, with the elimination of
Acting Foreign Minister Zorlu, whose
statements in London were particularly
offensive to the Greeks, and others.
e minister of the interior has already
n replaced for not having prevented
06 anti-Greek riots of 6 and 7 September. Moreover, the
militant "Cyprus-is-Turkish Society" has been banned and
most of its officers arrested.
The Greek government, meanwhile, is
taking steps to prevent any anti-Turkish demonstrations in
Greece. Although Athens has canceled Greek participation
in the NATO naval exercise scheduled for 22-30 September,
Deputy Premier Kanellopoulos says he hopes the atmos-
phere will improve enough to allow Greek participation in
NATO exercises next month.
Greece will probably insist on airing
the. Cyprus question in the UN General Assembly, but the
discussion there may be more temperate than had been an-
ticipated earlier. Some Greek leaders are even reported
to be seeking a means of putting the Cyprus issue "on ice
for many months to come.,,
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