CYPRIOTS ARRESTED IN DEATH OF AMBASSADOR DAVIES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06914247
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-02114
• Publication Date: February 8, 1977

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Cypriots Arrested in Death of Ambassador Davies
Cypriot authorities have arrested five men for the August
1974 murder of U.S. Ambassador Rodger Davies. A sixth man has
also been charged but not apprehended. Ambassador Davies was
killed in his office during an anti-American riot outside the
embassy by Greek Cypriots protesting Washington's failure to
prevent the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus.
The six men are members of EOKA-B,
an armed underground right wing group demanding the union of
Cyprus with Greece.
Three of the men in custody have been charged with man-
slaughter. If found guilty under Cypriot law they will face
a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Sentences for man-
slaughter, however, are usually reduced to 15 years or less.
The other three individuals are charged with illegal use of
firearms. Such a charge is punishable by 15 years in prison.
Again in practice a lesser sentence is usually given.
(UNCLASSIFIED)
British Manager of U.S.-Owned Firm Killed in Northern Ireland
The British manager of the DuPont synthetic fiber plant
in Londonderry was gunned down outside his home on 2 February.
Police rounded up several men for questioning about the kill-
ing, and on 7 February a 22-year-old man was charged with the
murder. Although there was speculation that the Provisional
IRA was responsible, that organization issued no statement
about the slaying, and some authorities theorized that the
act was committed by the Irish Republican Socialist Party, a
Trotskyite group thought to have been working closely with
the Provisionals recently. Although the Provisional IRA had
recently announced its intention to step up attacks on secu-
rity forces and "economic targets,"/
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