CYPRUS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05458954
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01647
• Publication Date: August 20, 1974

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
August 20, 1974
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
CYPRUS
Situation Report Number 16
(As of 0700 EDT)
(Al? times cited are Nicosia time, unless other-
wise spec?, fled.)
MILITARY SITUATION
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1. The military situation on Cyprus remains
quiet. The Turks are expected to continue their
consolidation efforts on the Karpas Peninsula today
but have previously encountered little resistance
in this area.
Turkish reconn
CYPRUS REACTION TO THE DEATH OF AMBASSADOR DAVIES
2. A government spokesman in Nicosia said yester-
day evening that the government of Cyprus is determined
not to let "this tragic incident" affect relations with
the O.S. The crime, which he attributed to "irresponsible
troublemakers," will be investigated immediately and those
responsible brought to justice.
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EOKA-B DISCREDITED IN CYPRUS
3. The EOKA-B movement, a right-wing terrorist
group that favors union with Greece, has been com-
pletely discredited throughout Cyprus,
leader of the Unified Party.
that the Cypriot politician
EOKA-B loss of prestige to two factors:
according
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--it encouraged the belief that Greece would in-
tervene militarily in any crisis; and
--it failed to distinguish itself during the
fighting.
TURKISH POLICY
the
pal. tries of the Ecevit government have hardened as a
result of the Cyprus crisis, in the
future Turkey will pursue its Tint Lona]. interests with
greater strength and determination and without regard
to W 0 'rid opinion. The Turkish government believes that
it has been let down not only by its West European
allies and the UN, but by the US as well. Special.
emphasis was given to Turkey's dispute with Greece over
oil rights in the Aegean.
the fighting on Cyprus proved that Greece was in
of defending islands far from its mainland. Turkey
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