THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 5 MARCH 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005993175
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: March 5, 1972

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The President's Daily Brief
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SUNDAY CABLE
5 March 72
CYPRUS
The Greek Government, in a note verbale delivered
to President Makarios yesterday, has reiterated its
demands that the Czech arms be turned over to the UN
forces on Cyprus and that steps be taken to form a new
government of "national unity."
the new note does not demand that Makarios
resign but calls on him to respond immediately in writing,
giving his "unequivocal acceptance" of the demands.
In what may have been a show of force to underscore
the seriousness of the note, there were reports yester-
day that three separate convoys of National Guard troops,
involving several hundred men, were moving toward Nico-
sia. A UN observer also confirmed that there was "sub-
stantial military movement" around the island, but this
terminated without incident. Tension again seems to
be increasing among the Turkish Cypriot community where
a prominent leader has called for intervention by both
Greece and Turkey to restore stability to the island.
Although there have been indications that
Makarios is willing to go a long way to-
ward meeting the Greek demands, he is likely
to be reluctant to put this in writing.
He apparently has already taken steps to
place the Czech arms under UN supervision,
but this will satisfy neither Athens nor
Ankara which demand full UN control. There
are also reports that Makarios is consider-
ing resigning in the face of mounting pres-
sure from both Athens and Church leaders on
the island, but so far he has made no overt
move in this direction.
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NOTES
Malta-UK: In response to the latest British in-
vitation, Prime Minister Mintoff has arrived in Lon-
don for a new round of talks. He is to meet with
Defense Minister Carrington all day today and Monday
morning. A session with Prime Minister Heath is sched-
uled for Monday afternoon./
UK-Guatemala: The tension resulting from the
UK decision to reinforce its garrison in British Hon-
duras has eased somewhat. After the Guatemalan cabinet
met in emergency session on Friday, Foreign Minister
Herrera told Ambassador Bowdler that he would draft a
note of protest, but that his colleagues had not reacted
as sharply as anticipated. Yesterday Herrera informed
Bowdler that President Arana had authorized a note
accepting ministerial talks with the British late next
week provided the UK holds off on any troop movements
or public announcement of its decision. The British
have told us they will defer an announcement until Mon-
day and perhaps even longer if they detect any "give"
on the part of Guatemala.
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