'COMMUNIST MENACE' - IN CYPRUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R001200110081-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: October 23, 1948
• Content Type: OPEN

Approved For Release 2010/06/16: CIA-RDP57-00384R001200110081-0
(23 October 1948)
08.21 - "COMMUNIST MENACE" - IN CYPRUS
KYRENIA, CYPRUS, OCTOBER 23 (REUTER) - AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES
SAID TODAY THAT AMERICAN AUTHORITIES IN CYPRUS HAVE BEEN PRESSING
LORD WINSTER, THE GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS, TO TAKE STRONG ACTION AGAINST
"THE COMMUNIST MENACE."
SINCE THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WIRELESS INSTALLATION NEAR NICOSIA
'WAS DYNAMITED FOUR DAYS AGO, THE AMERICAN WIRELESS UNIT HAS BEEN
TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AT THEIR KARAV.AS STATION WHERE THEY HAVE
BUILT BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS AND PLACED EXTRA POLICE GUARDS.
TWELVE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED LAST MONTH FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY
OF EXPLOSIVES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR BLOWING UP THE
AMERICAN STATION.
Approved For Release 2010/06/16: CIA-RDP57-00384R001200110081-0