POSSIBLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100180040-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: November 14, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
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DATE; 14 NOV 74
POSSIBLE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS
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MAKARIOS IS SCHEDULED
25X1f4bARRIVE IN LONDON SOON. HE IS TO REMAIN THERE`UNTIL AFTER THE
GREEK SELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 1? AT WHICH TIME HE WILL REPORTEDLY
TRAVEL T'0 ATHENS AND THEN ON TO NICOSIA,
MAKARIOS HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF SEVERAL ASSASSINATION THREATS
AND ATTEMPTS. WE CANNOT EXCLUDE THE POSSIBRILITY OF YET ANOTHER
SUCH ATTEMPT GIVEN THE OPPOSITION OF THE GREEK CYPRIOT EXTREME
RIGHT TO MAKARIOS' RETURN TO CYPRUS, E12 IMPDET-ri
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DATE: 14 NOV 74
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