WESTERN EUROPE CANADA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2001
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• Publication Date: November 10, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Western Europe
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International Organizations
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No. 0302-15
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WESTERN EUROPE - CANADA - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Western Europe Division, Office of Current Intelligence, with
occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Consensus Unlikely in UN-Cyprus Debate . . . . . 1
Greenland National Council Claims Control
of Mineral Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Signs of Political Discontent in Spain . . . . . 4
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Consensus Unlikely in UN-Cyprus Debate
Debate on the Cyprus question begins this week
in the UN General Assembly amid signs that the parties
concerned will not be able to agree on a resolution
as they did in 1974, calling for withdrawal of Turkish
troops from the island and return of Greek Cypriot
refugees to their homes. The Turks and Greeks come
to the UN this year with diametrically opposed positions.
which could be further hardened by acrimonious debate.
This would impede the resumption of the intercommunal
talks--where the problem must ultimately be solved.
The Greeks and Greek Cypriots view the UN debate
as a prime opportunity to move the Cyprus issue
out of the regional arena--where Turkey's military
dominance gives it the upper hand--to an international
forum they see as more sympathetic to their side.
They seek a detailed hearing of their position and
will probably urge censure of the Turks for not
implementing previous UN resolutions.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Christophides has indicatel
that he will ask for a resolution calling for prompt
withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus, return
of Greek Cypriot refugees to Turkish-held areas,
criticism of Turkey for blocking progress toward
a settlement and fostering the "colonization" of
areas of the island under Turkish control. While Athens
and Nicosia feel that these points must be made
in debate, they probably would settle for a resolution
somewhat less critical of the Turks.
The Turks, who want the debate to be largely
pro forma, hope to focus international attention
once again on regional efforts to deal with the
Cyprus question. The Turkish UN delegation has
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already lobbied extensively for a brief, non-substantive
resolution, stressing the need to continue and revive
the intercommunal talks. The Turks oppose reaffirmation
of the resolution passed last year, which they helped
draft, but now regret.
The tone of the debate will probably reflect
the increasingly anti-Turkish mood at the UN. The
General Assembly's desire last year to nurture the
intercommunal talks by not pressing the Turks has
given way to exasperation with the Turkish position.
Those non-aligned countries that worked out the
compromise resolution last year have agreed to
try again if asked by the Greeks and Turks, but
there are strong doubts that the gap can be bridged
at this session. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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Greenland National Council Claims Control of
Mineral Resources
Greenland's local governinq authority, the
National Council, unanimously adopted a resolution
on October 28 challenging the Danish government's
control over the territory's mineral resources.
The Sujumut, Greenland's radical youth
movement:, was the force behind the declaration.
A growing worry for the Danes, Sujumut has been
gaining influence during the past two years and
now controls nearly 50 percent of the Greenland
National. Council. Control of underground resources,
including the possibility of valuable oil deposits,
is one of the radicals' major demands.
Mineral resources have become a sticky
issue between Denmark and Greenland. The Danish
Mining Act of 1965 specifically states that Greenland's
underground resources belong to Denmark. Moreover,
the Danes hope that exploitation of Greenland's
oil reserves will eventually offset Copenhagen's
$130 million annual subsidy to its overseas province.
In Greenland, the control of natural resources
is linked to the home rule issue. A recent report
prepared by a Greenland commission appointed
to study home rule recommended that control of
underground resources be turned over to local
Greenland authorities. The National Council's
action will probably force the 16-member home
rule committee, recently created by Denmark to
oversee the gradual transfer of most powers by
1979, to give top priority to the resource issue.
The Danes clearly do not intend to allow the
Greenlanders to claim control of underground
resources as part of an eventual home rule package.
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Signs of Political Discontent in Spain
The Communists reportedly have appealed for a
general strike through the Communist-dominated
-clandestine Workers' Commissions, calling for
"democratic action to mobilize the masses."
According to a non-Communist labor leader,a
date for the strike has not been set, but a week to
ten days after Franco's death is the most likely
choice. Most of the non-Communist elements in the
Workers' Commissions as well as other clandestine
labor groups allegedly oppose the strike call,
indicating that it is likely to be a failure. Only
in Barcelona and Madrid, where Communist cadres
have control over workers in some factories is there
likely to be a positive response. A strike would
be likely to provoke police repression and strengthen
the far right.
The strike call may be an effort by the Communists
to regain their revolutionary image. They apparently
feel they were tarnished by their participation in
the recent joint declaration of leftist opposition
groups, which did not reject Juan Carlos as king.
A sudden crackdown on the Spanish press, meanwhile
is likely to have raised political tensions. Several
weekly magazines that had urged reform have been
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seized, and over the weekend the editor of the
prestigious Madrid daily Ya was charged with attacking
the constitution. The charge stemmed from an article
published last week calling on Juan Carlos to form
a government representative of all political sectors.
Some observers interpreted the article as a call to
legalize the Spanish Communist Party.
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The leader of the Spanish Episcopal Conference,
Cardinal Tarancon, issued a statement supporting
the article. One of the authors of the article told
the US embassy that this latest example of censorship
was indicative of the information ministry's difficulties
in rationally handling the press. He claimed it
had not been a high level decision by Juan Carlos or
his advisors.
Recent incidents of arrests and detentions of
students and moderate oppositionists, if they continue,
will make it more difficult for the moderate opposition
to hold to its decision to give Juan Carlos a "period
of grace" in which to move toward liberalization.
Labor minister Suarez told Ambassador Stabler
that the arrests did not reflect a hard-line attitude
at the upper levels of government. He attributed
the actions to the "policeman in the street" who
is used to having his own way for the past 35 years.
In a grim reminder that violent confrontations
can be sparked by extremists of both left and right,
masked gunmen, believed to be extreme rightists,
broke into a meeting in a Madrid law office and pistol
whipped six lawyers representing groups in the two
leftist coalitions and two Venezuelan newsmen.
Likewise, gangs armed with chains last week attacked
student demonstrators at the universities of Zaragoza
and Valencia. The students had led a peaceful protest
against: provisions of the projected law on labor
relations which would require periods of low pay
:internships for professional graduates. Newspaper
accounts identified the gangs as rightist bully
boys. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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