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Ref: 116/74 6 June 1975

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour

to draw Your Excellency's attention to the following:

On June 4, 1975, at 1045 hours, two fighter airplanes of

the Turkish Air Force violated the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus

by flying over the area of Morphou-Massari and making dives over the

village of Kapouti (WE 0400). They flew away later in the direction

of the northern mountains of Pendadactylos.

Again on June 5, 1975, two fighter airplanes of the Turkish

Air Force violated the airspace of the Republic by flying over Massari

(WD 065938), Kyra (WD 055960), Phylia (WD 085945), Ayia Marina (WD 120980)

and Shylloura (WD 14598). During their flights, they carried out dives.

They ultimately left in the northern direction of Pendadactylos.

This continuous and aggravating harassment by air conducted in

such threatening manner has again caused great unrest among the

population.

I would be grateful if this letter were circulated as a

document of the Security Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest

consideration.

Zenon RossidesAmbassador

Permanent Representative ofCyprus to the United Nations

His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations

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Ref: 111/74 28 May 1975-•'

UExcellency,

In reference to a letter over the signature:

"Dr. Necdet Unel, Acting President of the Turkish Federated

State of Cyprus" , circulated at the request of the Permanent

Representative of Turkey on 12th May, S/11687, I wish to refer

to my letter of 14th May and reiterate the protest therein

that the term "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" is but the

fictitious description of a phantom state, the product of a

double misrepresentation of fact, as explained in that letter,

and to further emphasize that the circulation — as part of

Security Council documentation — of letters purporting to emanate

from a non-existent entity is unwarranted and inadmissible.

The obvious aim of Ankara in pretending the existence

of such hypothetical state is to simulate a further fait accompli „

in its attempt to impose by force a pre-planned solution of par-

tition, (with the obvious destruction of the independence of Cyprus

following in its wake) thereby purporting to prejudge the outcome

of the negotiations and render nugatory the relevant talks in

Vienna.

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited NationsNew York, New York 10017

As is well known, the existence of such separate state

within the state of Cyprus is not recognized or accepted by the

United Nations nor any of its members, and the arbitrary decla-

ration purporting to set it up was unanimously disapproved by

the Security Council.

We hope the representative of Turkey will come to

realize the futility and illegality of acting as though such a

separate state within Cyprus were truly in existence. In case

he might not see, however, the advisability of presenting in

truer garments the letters he causes to be circulated in the

Security Council, I would request him, through Your Excellency,

to be good enough to inform us what is the geographic region

within the Republic of Cyprus that necessarily constitutes such

state and its extent — a state alleged to be but the continuation

of the so-called Turkish Cypriot Administration — as well as the

population composing it.

I would be grateful if this letter were circulated as

a document of the Security Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my

highest consideration.





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Ref: 74/71

V23 May 1975

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the

honour to bring to your attention the fact that at about

10:00 a.m. on 22 May, 1975, two shots were fired from Turkish

posts wounding National Guardsman Savvas Charalambous while

at his post at Ayios Kassianos Quarter, Nicosia. Mr. Chara-

lambous was then taken to the Nicosia General Hospital where

he is detained for the treatment of his wounds.

For this further violation of the cease-fire agreement,

the National Guard submitted a protest to UNFICYP requesting i^r

to take adequate measures to prevent the recurrence of such

incidence.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of

my highest consideration.




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honour to bring to your attention the fact that at about

10:00 a.m. on 22 May, 1975, two shots were fired from Turkish

posts wounding National Guardsman Savvas Charalambous while

at his post at Ayios Kassianos Quarter, Nicosia. Mr. Chara-

lambous was then taken to the Nicosia General Hospital where

he is detained for the treatment of his wounds.

For this further violation of the cease-fire agreement,

the National Guard submitted a protest to UNFICYP requesting tf?

to take adequate measures to prevent the recurrence of such

incidence.






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Ref: 58/75 21 May

Excellency,

As part of the pattern of the usurpation of the

properties belonging to Greek Cypriots located in the Turkish

occupied areas of Cyprus, which I protested in my letter

Ref: 58/75 dated 19 May 1975, I have the honour to bring to

Your Excellency's notice an advertisement (in translation)

appearing in the 25th April 1975 edition of the Turkish paperk.

"VATAN" issued in London: -

"TENDERS- ARE INVITED FOR THE LEASE OF SOME HOTELSAND READY-MADE GARMENT 'FACTORIES IN CYPRUS

Tenders are hereby invited for the lease of threeready-made garment factories in Nicosia, fully equippedfor manufacturing ladies', gents' and children'sgarments, and for the lease of some hotels in Famagustaand Kyrenia.

All tenders should reach the tenders box of theCentral Tenders Commission, Cyprus Turkish FederatedState, WT Nicosia, not later than 9 a.m. on Tuesday,the 6th of May, 1975.

Any further information on the above tenders maybe obtained either from the state properties and theAdministration, Cyprus Turkish Federated State of TreasuryNicosia, Cyprus, or from the following address:

Office of the London RepresentativeCyprus Turkish Federated State

P. 0. Box 4RJ

London, WIA 4RJTel: 81-734-4798"

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Excellency,

Upon instructions , I have the honour to bring to

Your Excellency's notice that several factories belonging

to Greek Cypriots which are located in the areas of Cyprus

still under the occupation of Turkish forces, are now illegally

operating under Turkish names under the auspices of the "Turkish

Cypriot Company of Industrial Operations, Ltd." set up for this

unlawful purpose. According to the Turkish Cypriot press

("Zaman" dated 21 March 1975) most of these factories function

under the direction of BOR SAN and MOR SAN companies while others

are operated by individuals. Some of these are operated on a

trial basis.

Details of these factories are provided in the

attached annex.

On behalf of my Government, I have the honour to

lodge a most emphatic protest against this flagrant usurpation

of private properties in flagrant violation of Cyprus domestic

law as well as international law and to request that all

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possible measures be taken for this situation to be remedied.

I would be grateful if this letter were circulated

as a document of the Security Council.





Attached: a/s

A N N E X

1. Turkish textiles factory

2. "DIKMEN" fabrics and paints factory

3. "GORMEN" fabrics and paints factory

4. AKIN Pump Factory

5. BOR-SAN Pump Factory

6. BOR -SAN Foundry

7. Metal shutters factory

8. BOR-SAN nail factory

9. BOR-SAN plastic factory 1 Nicosia

10. BOR -SAN plastics factory 2 Nicosia

11. BOR-SAN cosmetics factory

12. BOR-SAN paints factory

13. BOR-SAN shoe factory

14. BOR-SAN wooden goods factory

15. ' BOR-SAN bedspreads factory

16. BOR-SAN wires factory

17. MOR-SAN plastics factory 1 Famagusta

18. BOR-SAN chocolates and candy factory


20. MOR-SAN plastics weaving factoryTentative (test) production

21. MOR-SAN plastic tubes factoryTentative (test) production

22. MOR-SAN artificial sponges factoryTentative (test) production

23. MOR-SAN metal goods factoryTentative (test) production

A N N E X

1. Turkish textiles factory

2. "DIKMEN" fabrics and paints factory

3. "GORMEN" fabrics and paints factory

4. AKIN Pump Factory

5. BOR-SAN Pump Factory

6. BOR -SAN Foundry

7. Metal shutters factory

8. BOR-SAN nail factory

9. BOR-SAN plastic factory 1 Nicosia

10. BOR -SAN plastics factory 2 Nicosia

11. BOR-SAN cosmetics factory

12. BOR-SAN paints factory

13. BOR-SAN shoe factory

14. BOR-SAN wooden goods factory

15. - BOR-SAN bedspreads factory

16. BOR-SAN wires factory


18. BOR-SAN chocolates and candy factory


20. MOR-SAN plastics weaving factoryTentative (test) production

21. MOR-SAN plastic tubes factoryTentative (test) production

22. MOR-SAN artificial sponges factoryTentative (test) production

23. MOR-SAN metal goods factoryTentative (test) production

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Upon instructions, I have the honour to draw

Your Excellency's attention to the fact that during the

second phase of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in August

1974, the mobile library vehicle No. EL 683, given to the

Ministry of Education by UNESCO, was unavoidably left behind

at Kaputi village which was taken over by the Turkish army of

occupation. According to reliable information, this vehicle

has now been removed to a military camp located between Myrtou

and Cormaciti and the books it contained are now scattered

in Kaputi.

At the request of the Ministry of Education, the

^Ministry of Interior, on 23 September 1974, made representations

to UNFICYP for the return of the vehicle and its contents but

no result has been achieved. The matter has also been appro-

priately brought to the notice of UNESCO.

In the light of the above, I have the honour to

request that appropriate steps be taken for the return of the

said vehicle and the books it contained so that the mobile

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library can again operate for the educational and cultural

purposes for which it was provided for by UNESCO.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances

of my highest consideration.

Zenon RbssidesAmbassador


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Excellency,

The Permanent Representative of Turkey in a letter

circulated on April 15, 1975, S/11674, refers to my statement

in the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

and tries to counter it by lightly calling it "a slanderous

attack" against his country. He entirely omits or fails,

however, to state what facts in that statement he disputes

and on what grounds. For indeed what in that statement is not

accurate? tf

Is it not t'rue that following the invasion of Cyprus

by Turkey the indigenous Greek Cypriot population of the invaded

area were expelled from their homes and lands by the invading

forces and made destitute refugees in their own country on the

plain ground of their racial and ethnic origin?

And is it not a fact that the so expelled indigenous

population was forcibly denied the right to return to their

homes and that those who ventured to go back, even temporarily

in an effort to tend their abandoned livestock, were summarily

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Carrested and shot outright upon the same grounds?

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And is it not also a fact that the expelled Greek

Cypriots are being replaced by massi~\e transport of Turkish

population, mainly from Turkey^with the purpose of changing

by force the demographic character of Cyprus?

And can it be denied that to this end 40,000 Turkish

invasion troops and their families were by arbitrary decree

made Cypriot citizens, while by a similar decree the indigenous

Cypriot population of Greek origin,who have been expelled from

the area (over 200,000 i.e. one third of the entire population

of Cyprus) were illegally declared to be "aliens" to their country?

This is the present situation in Cyprus. No organized

distortion can covers it up. And it should be a matter of gravetr

concern, affecting in its implications the whole international

community.

Unless remedial measures are effectively taken inter-

nationally for the overdue implementation of the unanimous

General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions on the subject,

in their urgent provisions, there can be little hope or logical

expectation that any proposed solution, resulting from the impo-

sition by force of such appalling conditions, can have a chance

of success or survival.f

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I would be grateful if this letter were circulated


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Ref: 116/74 19 May 1975

Excellency,

On instructions from my Government and further

to my letter dated 15 May, 1975, I have the honour to

protest against the new violations of the air-space of

the Republic of Cyprus by two Turkish military aircraft

which, on 14 May, 1975, at 1100 hours, flew over Geuneli

and caused great anxiety among the population.

Plea.se accept, Excellency, the assurances of my





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Two letters (S/11679 and S/11683 dated 22 April and

2 May 1975 respectively) signed "Nail Atalay, Acting Represen-

tative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus11, were circulated

as Security Council documents at the request of the Permanent

Representative of Turkey. The purported capacity of the signa-

tory to these letters is patently unreal as emanating from mis-

representation of facts. There is no Federated State of Cyprus"

in existence at all^for:-

(i) The basic premise of tne Constitution of Cyprus

1960 is that of one integral state. The concept, therefore, of

a state within the state of Cyprus would run counter to the cons-

titutional basis of the Republic. Consequently, any unilateral

declaration of such separate state would be in blatant violation

of the basic structure of the Constitution of the Republic and.as

suchjvoid ab initio in international law.

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(ii) The word "Federated" necessarily implies the

existence of a federation between the so-supposed "Turkish

State of Cyprus" and another state. Obviously no such

federation exists;and this constitutes a second misrepresentation.

Upon these indisputable facts and legal premises, the

aforesaid documents do not merit circulation or considerationv

As to their substance, those letters are but a replica

of the magnified lie propaganda,emanating and directed from

Ankara through a pretendedly different channel, by way of

creating confusion. It is common knowledge that the illegal setting-

up of this bogus state is the creature and instrument of the in-

vading power, whose aggressive military occupation of a part of the

territory of Cyprus still continues in violation of General Assembly

and repeated Security Council resolutions.

I would be grateful if this letter were circulated as






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Ref: 74/71 8 May 1975

Excellency,

On instructions from my Government, I have the

honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the following:

On May 7, 1975," at 10:45 hours, three super-sabres

of Turkey's Air Force violated the airspace of the Republic

of Cyprus by circling over Morphou, flying over Yerolakkos

and Sykhari and carrying out training dives between Geuneli

and Dhikomo, thus causing serious unrest among the population

of the island.

At 11:24 hours, on the same day, a single-engined

reconnaissance aircraft of the Turkish Air Force flew over the

ceasefire line in the area north of Dherynia, proceeded along

the coast to Paralimni, and then left in a direction toward -

the east.

On behalf of my Government, I beg hereby to register

a new protest in respect of these additional overflights by

Turkey contrary to international law and in violation of the

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General d' .United Nations / e j .„New York, New York 10017 ( -(• '''''"'"'

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resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security

Council on the question of Cyprus. Such repeated hostile<

activities by Turkey against Cyprus, inevitably causing

increasing tension and fear, are wholly incompatible with any

sense of free negotiations on this problem, called for by

General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX).

I should be grateful if this letter would be circulated


Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my


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Excellency,

On instructions from my Government, I beg to

draw Your Excellency's attention to a new serious violation

of the air space of the Republic of Cyprus by two Turkish

military aircraft, which on the 30th of April 1975 at ll.10a.rn,

until 11.20 a.m., flew over the areas of Kyrenia, Agyrta,

Yerolakkos, the area north of Nicosia, Trachonas , the villages

of Sykhari and Dhikomo.

In respect of the above further aggressive actions

of the Turkish Government, I have the honour to register my

Government's emphatic protest. Such renewed activities byi*j -jrt >U&s>J<.

Turkey against the Republic of Cyprus, taking place v at a time /

^when intercommunal negotiations are being conducted in ViennaTurke

under your auspices, once more demonstrate /Tbad faith

and are calculated to create tension and fear in the island

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and destroy the very concept of free negotiations.

I should be grateful if this letter could be circulated


Please accept Excellency, the renewed assurances of


Zenon Rosslc5.esAmbassador


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Ref: 113/74 18 April 1975

Excellency,

I have the honour to refer to the situation in the

occupied areas following the forcible expulsion from their

homes .of the Greek Cypriot population by Turkey's invasion

-forces and the usurpation of their properties. In this

connexion, I wish to draw Your Excellency's attention to a

document issued by the so-called "Turkish Cypriot Administra-

tion" — under the direction of Ankara — purporting to deal

with these properties as though they were lawful possessions

and not the fruits of crime. The document entitled "Official

Gazette No. 3 of 28 February 1975", "Leasing of Touristic

Workplaces Regulations" provides for the lease of the so-usurped

properties for periods of up to seven years.

The illegality involved in this document and the

resulting activities are calculated to create further faits

accomplis as a bar to the return of the refugees, in violation

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of the United Nations Resolutions on the subject and in

derogation even of the scheduled talks, which would thereby !

be deprived of any relevant content and meaning. It may be »

recalled that on this same subject and in reference to the

implementation of General Assembly Resolution 3212 (made man-

datory by Security Council Resolution 365) .which calls for the

"urgent" returji of the refugees to their homes, Turkey has been

insisting on her position that such implementation should come»

through the talks and negotiations. The aforesaid illegal

activities, however, coupled by the massive transport of popula-

tion from Turkey to these areas, are in direct contradiction

even of that position. For they seek through illegality and

the use of force to prejudge the issue in an arrogant display

of irrationality and bad.faith.

Indicative also of the intentions of Ankara — as expressed

through the instrumentality of the "Turkish Cypriot Administration"-

is the interpretation clause of the aforesaid document which states

that: "aliens means Greek Cypriots". Citizens of Cyprus, there-

fore, who are of Greek origin — constituting the 80 percent

majority of its population — are not only discriminated against

by reason of their Greek descent, but are branded as "aliens" in

their own country, from which they are presumably to be excluded

1and eliminated.

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In furtherance of this unthinkable policy, foreigners

who had acquired property by contract of purchase from legally

registered Greek Cypriot owners are to lose their lawfully

acquired interest, and are informed that such purchase is not

recognized, in as much as "Greek Cypriot vendors cannot transfer

the legal ownership of the property".(Letter dated 29 February 1975 from YSuksel Kamil,Secretary of Economic Affairs, "Turkish CypriotAdministration" to Mr. S. R. Oldschool, L.L.B.London.)

On behalf of my Government, I have the honour to protest

these illegal and improper activities by Turkey in flagrant

violation of both domestic and international law. Furthermore,

I wish to stress their effect in undermining the prospects of

the coming talks. It is earnestly to be hoped, therefore, that

the Secretary-General in his concern for positive progress in

the talks to be conducted under his auspices and chairmanship,

will exercise his influence towards the discontinuance of such

activities by Turkey, thereby contributing to a climate more

peaceful and conducive to talks.

I shall be gratefull if Your Excellency would circulate

this letter as a document of the Security Council.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my




CYPRUS VETERANS' ASSOCIATION WORLD WAR IIOffices :- No. 2 Verenikis Street, NICOSIA - CYPRUS

Postal Address :- Post Office Box 4594, Nicosia

Telephone :- Nicosia 63390

Nicosia, 27ik..Apr;LI,...JS75-«

Resolution of the Assembly to Dr. KurtWaldheim, Secretary-General of the Unitednations Organisation, in honour of the30th j&nniversary of the antifascist Victory*

Your Excellency,

I have "been authorised "by the Assembly, which was convened inNicosia on the 27th April 1975, "by World War II Veterans in honour of the30th Anniversary of the Victory against the forces of Nazism and Fascism,to address to your Excellency the following:

1. Cypriot Veterans of World War II, declare their firm "belief in thePrinciples of the United Nations Charter which coincide with the idealsfor which they voluntarily fought side "by-side with the other freedom-loving peoples of the world. Once again, they repeat their determinationto continue the struggle so that these noble principles my prevail, thussecuring a permanent peace and a happier future for all mankind*

2. Cypriot Veterans of World War II, stigmatise and condemn the "barbarousTurkish invasion and occupation of ijXJjS of Cyprus, an act which has violatedevery meaning of international law and morality and inflicted on the peopleof Cyprus so much suffering and misery. The Turkish invasion and occupationof Cyprus constitute a flagrant violation of the principles of the UnitedNations Charter, a suppression of the independence, territorial integrityand sovereignty of a small, unarmed and defenceless people, who "believedand voluntarily fought, together with other peoples, during World War II,so that democracy, freedom and peace might prevail. It is indeed tragicthat fcn this day, humanity should "be exposed to actions of agression andcruel violence, without the United Nations Organisation "being a"ble toprovide the necessary protection to small nations, and implement theprinciples on which it owes its existence*

3. Cypriot Veterans of World War II, wish to assure your Excellency,that they will struggle with all their power, with all the people of Cyprus,for the full implementation of the resolutions of the United NationsOrganisation for Cyprus, and they look forward to your Excellency's goodservices and active intervention for the securing of a democratic and fairsolution of the Cyprus problem, for the sake of peace in this sensitivearea of the Middle East, and for the sake of all Cypriots, "both Sreeks andTurks, who can and should live together peacefully and in Tar other ly love ina non-aligned, fully demilitarised, independent, sovereign and territoriallyintegral Cyprus*

Faithfully Yours

Dr. Kurt Waldheim,Secretary-SeneralUnited Nations Office.

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The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the

United Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary-

General of the United Nations and, upon instructions, has

the honour to express his Government's gratitude to the

Secretary-General for his help and understanding in the

effort to secure humanitarian assistance _ for the stricken

population of Cyprus. The appeals of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees to the international community for

the necessary funds to cover the period September 1 to

December 31, 1974, and January 1 to April 30, 1975, and the

very effective implementation of the operation have been deeply

appreciated.

Unfortunately, there are still some 210,000 displaced

or needy persons who will continue to require assistance over

a period after the end of the present phase of the relief

operation on 30th April 1975. For its part, the Cyprus Govern-

ment is doing everything possible within its financial capabilities

to help and has for this purpose taken and is taking a series of

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emergency taxation measures the proceeds of which are applied

exclusively for the relief of displaced and needy persons.

But the magnitude of the problem is such that it cannot be met

without external assistance. The number of persons affected

or rendered needy as a result of the Turkish invasion is so

large and the effects on the economy so adverse that it is

impossible to raise the required funds from internal sources.

Moreover, to cope with the very serious unemployment situation

which has been created, the Government has adopted a number of

special projects for the promotion of the temporary employment

,and the reactivation of the economy. The continuation of the

relief programme will enable the Government to release more

funds for employment and reactivation purposes.

The Republic of Cyprus earnestly request that the

United Nations Secretary-General launch a further appeal for

the continuation of the relief operation in Cyprus after 30

April 1975, and expresses the hope that as in the past, the

international community will respond to the appeal generously.

The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United

Nations avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the

Secretary-General of the United Nations the assurances of his


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Excellency,

I have the honour to refer to the letter addressedto you by the Representative of Turkey, 3/116 8 of 26/2/75.,asking for the circulation of a letter by Mr Vedat Cclik,who is therein described as "Representative of the Federa-ted Turkish State of Cyprus Republic".

The letter in Question contains serious misinterpretationsof fact calculated to mislend. The word "federated" obviouslysignifies the existence of a constitutional federation betweenthe so called "Turkish State" and another state. This isdouble misrepresentation. For there is no separate TurkishState of Cyprus and a fojrfciori no such "federated StirkishState" is in exis^-tence.

The Republic of Cyprus,under its Treaty of Establishmentof I960,is not a federation of states but a single state.

On behalf of ray Government I wish, therefore, to lodgean emphatic protest against such deliberate misnomer of theRepublic of Cyprus in the aforesaid letter of the Representativeof Turkey, which has thus been unduly circulated as a docu-ment of the Security Council,

It is,furthermore,to be noted tbat this action is anattempt to prejudice the discussion on the question ofCyprus,currently under way in the Security Council, throughseeking to create another fait accompli by nisrepresentation, ''•.in addition to those created by the use of force.

I shall be grateful if your Excellency would circulatethis letter as a. document of the Security Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration

Zenon \Ross idesAmbassador ,Permanent Representa t ive of Cyprus

to the Uni ted NationsC C

Kis ExcellencyDr.Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General r cUnited Nations

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Ref: 74/71 : 24 February 1975

Excellency,

I have the honour to bring to Your Excellency's

attention the following:

1. On February 21, 1975, Turkish forces advanced to

the position WD 517787 in the vicinity of the village of

Athienou, about 300 metres within the "dead zone", and dug in.

The Government of Cyprus protested, whereupdn UNFICYP stationed

its units at the said locality in the evening of February 22,

1975. Despite UNFICYP attempts for the withdrawal of the Tur-

kish forces, the latter continue to occupy the said position

and have also hoisted the Turkish flag implying the occupation

of the position. Through their advance to the vicinity of

Athienou, the Turkish forces are apparently trying to cut off

the road connecting the village of Athienou with Avdeleron

and Larnaca.

2. This violation of the cease-fire by the Turkish

forces, through the moving of their position 100 metres for-

ward in Athienou, is choking the village which was already

being suffocated because of its encirclement by Turkish troops.

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From the 40,000 donuras of land that the inhabitants of the

village own, they were able to cultivate only about 5,000

donums this year. Even these lands are becoming out of their

reach. Turkey's apparent intention is to terrorize further

the village and force its inhabitants to abandon it.

I shall be grateful if this letter is circulated as


Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my




Glerides* and Denktash's proposals on the cons

aspect of the Cyprus problem coincide on the following poiirbs

\/\i

1. Cyprus is to be an independent Republic

2. There shall be a Constitution for a bi-communal

Federal State

3. There shall be a Central Government of the Federal

State

4» Basic human rights and liberties shall be duly

respected

5« There should be (outside) guarantees for the

existence of the Republic.

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Ref: 74/71 14 February 1975

Excellency,


honour to bring to Your Excellency's attention the following:

The so-called "Legislative Assembly" of the Turkish-

Cypriot "Administration", voted on 7 February 1975 a "Bill"

concerning "Citizenship Regulations" in the Turkish-Cypriotk.

"region". According to the "bill", the following persons will

have the right to "become citizens of the "Turkish-Cypriot

Administration" :

1. The members of Turkish armed forces who took part

in military operations against Cyprus and their

families.

2. The families of officers and men killed during the

operations between the 20th July and 20th August.

3. Persons who served in the Turkish underground

organization TMT since 1958 in Cyprus and Turkey.

It is noteworthy that a considerable section of Turkish

Cypriots strongly reacts to this action on the ground that it

comports exploitation by neo-colonialists adversely affecting

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the Turkish-Cypriot community.

During the same meeting of the "Legislative Assembly"

one member, Mr. Ali Souha, proposed the annexation of the

occupied territories of Cyprus by Turkey while another member,

Mr. Siemsi Kazim, urged that it was necessary to declare an

independent Turkish Cypriot state.

Your Excellency's attention is urgently drawn to the

tragic repercussions of this "Bill", which is clearly calculated

to alter the demographic character of the island and to open

the way to the usurpation of the birth rights of its citizens,

in flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions on Cyprus,

international law, the 1949 Geneva Conventions as well as of

internal Cyprus legislation, in a manner that runs counter to

the norms of civilized humanity.

In this respect, I have the honour to request that Your

Excellency exert all possible influence and efforts to avert

the grave consequences and dangersinvolved in this illegal

action, directly affecting also the fate of the two hundred

thousand refugees.





Zenon RsjssidesAmbassador


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12 February 19Ref: 74/71

Excellency,



The so-called "Legislative Assembly" of the Turkish-

Cypriot "Administration" voted on 7 February 1975 a 'Bill1

concerning "Citizenship Regulations" in the Turkish-Cypriot

'region1. According to the "Bill", the following persons will

have the right to become citizens of the 'Turkish-Cypriot Admi-

nistration' :

1. The members of Turkish armed forces who took partin military operations against Cyprus and theirfamilies.

2. The families of officers and men killed duringthe operations between the 20th July and20th August.

3. Persons who served in'- the Turkish undergroundorganization TMT since 1958 in Cyprus and Turkey.

It is noteworthy that a considerable section of Turkish-

Cypriots strongly reacts to this action on the ground that it

comports exploitation by neo-colonialists adversely affecting

the Turkish-Cypriot community.

During the same meeting of the "Legislative Assembly"

one member, Mr. Ali Souha, proposed the annexation of the

occupied territories of Cyprus by Turkey while another member,

Mr. Siemsi Kazim, urged that it was necessary to declare an


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independent Turkish Cypriot state.

Your Excellency's attention is urgently drawn to

the tragic repercussions of this "Bill", which is clearly

calculated to alter t&e demographic character of the islandA

and to open the way to the usurpation of the birth rights

of its citizens, in flagrant violation of United Nations

resolutions on Cyprus, international law, the 1949 Geneva

Conventions as well as of internal Cyprus legislation, in a

manner that runs counter to the norms of civilized humanity.

In this respect, I have the honour to reqi^st that

Your Excellency" exert all possible influence upon the Turkish

Government as to avert the grave consequences which are bound to

follow and which will leave indelible marks upon the history

of Cyprus and the fate of the two hundred thousand refugees.





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Excellency,



Illegal air operations of a scheduled nature have

commenced between Adana in Turkey and an airfield at Tymbou

(renamed illegally "Evjian), situated within the territory of

the Republic of Cyprus and now occupied by the. Turkish armed

forces, which is a non-approved aerodrome under Cyprus legis-

lation and a non-designated customs airport. This constitutes,

inter alia, a flagrant violation and complete disregard of the

Convention on International Civil Aviation.

Furthermore, harmful interference is caused to the

allocated aeromobile channels and in particular to frequency

118.1 MHZ, exclusively assigned for aerodrome control within

Cyprus. The clandestine operation of a non-designated customs

airport by the so-called "autonomous Turkish-Cypriot administration"

and/or its agents in collaboration with Turkey and the illegal

use of this frequency, run contrary to all principles and

objectives of ICAO and, in particular, violate the letter

c- c O • £t f

His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations ,-j ,,- ,New York, New York 10017 /••• . O- (r S

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and the spirit of articles one, two, five, six and ten

through sixteen, twenty-four and thirty of the Convention.

My Government strongly protests against this latest

violation by Turkey of the Convention which causes harmful

interference and danger to air navigation and would request

Your Excellency to intervene in this matter for the cessation

of the aforesaid violations in the interest of safety and

regularity of air navigation.

It should also be noted that, as Nicosia International

'Airport continues to be non-operational, theônly approved

and designated customs airport now in operation in Cyprus is

Larnaca International Airport.

A parallel protest has already been sent to the

International Civil Aviation Organization.









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Excellency,

I have the honour to enclose herein a statement

issued on the question of Cyprus by twenty-three United

Nations representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations,

and shall be grateful if it is circulated as a document

of the Security Council.

Please" accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances


Zenon RosîdesAmbassador


His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations

Enclosed: a/s

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STATEMENT OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES

ON

THE SITUATION IN CYPRUS

We the undersigned representatives of Non-Governmental

Organizations associated with the United Nations have watched in

dismay the despoiling of Cyprus. We hold the international

community, Great Britain as the major guaranteeing power of the

independence of Cyprus, and the United States responsible for the

absence of peace-keeping measures necessary to deter the occupation

of Cyprus by a foreign power. The lack of preventive action, far

from opening the door to a peaceful solution of the difficulties

between the communities on Cyprus, has led directly to the ruin of

large parts of the country, the collapse of its economy and the

creation of an enormous wave of homeless refugees.

It has been suggested that the sacrifice of Cyprus has been

necessary to the maintenance of the NATO alliance and the security

of the United States. In our view, it is folly to think that

security can be bought at such a price. Such a policy also under-

mines in a fundamental way the trust, confidence and mutuality

upon which the alliance, and indeed, effective international relations

must depend. Those who have in effect condoned the Turkish army

actions in Cyprus have taken a position which is not only morally

wrong, but self-defeating.

The resolution of the United Nations General Assembly of

November 1 sets forth clearly the major requirements and considerations

for a just settlement of the Cyprus problem, in particular "the speedy

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withdrawal of all foreign armed forces ... and the cessation of |

all foreign interference in its affairs"; the return of refugees I

to their homes; and continuation of negotiations through the |!

good offices of the UN Secretary-General to reach a political \i

settlement. •

The difficulty lies, however, as it did with the earlier

Security Council resolution, with implementation. The implementation

of the clearly expressed will of the international community depends

on the willingness of Greece and Great Britain as guaranteeing ;-f

powers, and the United States as well, to use the means at their ; J• . i

command to persuade Turkey, the occupying power, to remove its ; i|• ?'

armed forces. The removal will have to be accomplished under the . •-]; ,a

supervision of an enlarged UN peacekeeping force with a new and -ij

more adequate mandate. 4;j

Neither the Turkish nor Greek Cypriot leaders are strangers 1uto the necessary lines of a final peaceful resolution to their

intercommunity problems and to the task of governing Cyprus. No

possibility of an approach to a solution exists while more than

one-third of the country is under foreign control.

There is a larger dimension to the Cyprus outrage, which

must not be over-looked. That such an immoral act could be permitted

or condoned at this time against a small, helpless, non-aligned

country sounds an alarm for small countries anywhere in the world

whose rights may be considered dispensable to the imagined needs

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of large powers. It suggests that international lawlessness is

to continue, rather than be increasingly restrained; it suggests

that "might" still "makes right" in the minds of national leaders

able to exercise it; and that commitment.to development of equitable

and just world order is only paper thin. In this age of total

interdependence, world security is indivisible. If this truth is

not practiced continually, but allowed to remain but a platitude

brought out only when it is convenient, the danger of major wars

will remain high.

The implementation of the United Nations General Assembly

resolution of November 1 could yet transform the catastrophe which

has overtaken Cyprus into an object lesson in international respon-

sibility and human decency. The undersigned believe therefore that

the guaranteeing powers, and other concerned nations should take

the immediate steps necessary to assure the implementation of the

United Nations resolution. Such steps must include, of course,

observance of United States regulations prohibiting NATO military

aid for purposes other than that for which it was provided.

Mildred R. BlakeFriends of the Earth

Gladys M. BradleyPan-Pacific and SoutheastAsia Women's Organization

Nathaniel F. CullinanCouncil on Religion andInternational Affairs

Mattie K. DanielsNational Association ofColored Women's Clubs, Inc.

(Mrs. Seymour FranklinB'nai B'rith Women

Mary Camper-TitsinghWorld Federalists, USA

Ruth Gage-ColbyWomen's InternationalLeague for Peace and Freedom

Vera GalanterNational Women's Conferenceof the American Ethical Union

Richard G. GreenAmerican for Democratic Action

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Homer A. JackWorld Conference ofReligion for Peace

Lili HahnUnitarian-UniversalistWomen's Federation

Anne Hilda KoffPilots International

Samuel KaltmanAmerican Ethical Union

Donald F. KeysWorld Association ofWorld Federalists

Carol LeimasAmerican Association ofUniversity Women

Evelyn A. MaussWomen's InternationalLeague for Peace and Freedom

Edna McCallionChurch Women United

Eva K. OptonUnitarian UniversalistWomen's Federation

David 0. PoindexterPopulation Institute

Eleanore SchnurrAmerican Baptist ChurchesNational Ministries

Doris W. VaughnZonta InternationalBox 236 RD 5Newton, New Jersey 07860

Florence SchottCouncil of WashingtonRepresentatives on theUnited Nations UNA/USA

(Mrs.) Milton T. Smith(International President)B'nai B'rith Women

Donald J. WilsonUnited PresbyterianChurch in the U.S.A.

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Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have

the honour to bring to your attention a statement by the

Secretary-General of the Turkish Cypriot Labour Federation,

Mr. N. Taskin, published in the Turkish Cypriot daily

"Bozkurt" on January 31, 1975, according to which "the grain

reserves under the control of the Turkish Cypriot 'Adminis-

tration1 far exceed the needs of the Turkish Cypriot community.

Part of this grain has been already utilized but the rest which

are stored in silos, are being destroyed". Mr. Taskin has

asked for "utilization of the grain for the purpose of bringing

down the prices of bread".

Furthermore, Mr. Nidai, a reporter of the aforementioned

Turkish Cypriot daily, wrote on the same day that "there are

approximately 100,000 to 150,000 tons of grain in the hands of

the Turkish Cypriot 'Administration1. We", he observed,

"following the mentality: 'we found all these, what do we lose?1,

abandoned the grain in the silos and there it is perishing".

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It should be pointed out that while the Government

of Cyprus has to import grain and meets with tremendous

difficulties in its efforts to feed over one third of the

island's population who have been forcibly expelled from their

homes and lands, the produce of their usurped properties and

their labour is turning to rotten waste in the hands of the

invaders.

I should be grateful if this letter would be circu-

lated as a document of the Security Council.--



Zenon \RossidesAmbassador


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Ref: 74/71



General of the United Nations and in reply to his Note

Verbale dated 24 January 1975, requesting information on

the progress of implementation of Resolution No. 3212 (XXIX)

of the General Assembly, has the honour to bring to his

notice the following:

The Government of Cyprus responded in good faith

and fully carried out its responsibilities under the afore-

said Resolution and Security Council Resolutions 364, 365

of 13 December 1974, as can be seen herebelow.

Regarding operative paragraph 1 of the General

Assembly Resolution 3212, the independence, sovereignty and

territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus continues to

be grossly violated by continuing foreign military occupation

of 40 per cent of its territory.

It may perhaps be recalled that Cyprus, a small

defenceless state, member of the United Nationsehas been the

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victim of ferocious aggression and barbaric invasion by

Turkey, another member state of the United Nations^ Cyprus

is being still increasingly strangulated under the oppressive

foreign occupation of part of its territory. With its

indigenous 80 per cent Greek Cypriot population of the

occupied area forcibly expelled and rendered destitute refugees,

its territory dismembered and its economy disrupted, Cyprus

has been eagerly looking for justice and anxiously awaiting

succour from the international community of the United Nations

through the implementation of the relevant Resolution on

Cyprus.

However, nearly three months have elapsed since the

adoption of Resolution 3212 by the General Assembly without

any indication of steps towards its implementation by Turkey^

the party on whom full and grave responsibility falls for

the present situation in Cyprusr*in violation of the Resolution

3212 of the General Assembly, to which Turkey herself agreed

and voted for in the United Nations.

It is to-be noted furthermore that this Resolution

having been endorsed unanimously by the Security Council has

acquired the validity of a Security Council decision, making

its implementation mandatory upon the parties concerned.

Regarding operative paragraph 2 of the Resolution,

Turkey's refusal or failure so far to implement it and proceed

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to the "speedy" withdrawal of its armed forces, military

presence and personnel from Cyprus, and to cease its

interference in the affairs of the island, in accordance

vrith the said paragraph, constitutes a continuing and renewed

aggression,in further violation not only of the said Reso-

lution and the Charter of the United Nations, but also of

customary and conventional international law and more speci-

fically of the Treaty of Guarantee 1960, which was blatantly

abused by Turkey's aggression in the guise of guarantor of the

independence and the territorial integrity of Cyprus.

In respect of paragraph 3 and 4 regarding the local

talks in Cyprus and calling for the continuation of relevant

contacts and negotiations "with a view to reaching freely a

mutually acceptable political settlement", my Government has

done everything/to encourage these talks and promote their

progress in a positive spirit towards reaching freely agreement

on normalization and on a workable political settlement.

Regrettably, however, the Turkish side has adopted

delaying tactics. First,by placing irrelevant preconditions

for the talks and subsequently by increasingly hardened and

irrationally intransigeant positions on all issues. This has

been to a great measure, if not entirely, due to the arbitrary

intervention in the talks by the Turkish Government, through

dictatorial pronouncements, purporting to prejudge the solution

of the problem.

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A glaring instance of the negative effects of such

interventions by Turkey is the recent agreement by both sides

in the talks for the re-opening of the airport on the basis

of a plan worked out by the United Nations and United States

officials, which was frustrated by the uncalled for inter-

vention of the Foreign Minister of Turkey.

Thus, the talks are deprived of their substance and

the essential requirement of free and unencumbered negotiations,

Worse still, the Turkish Government tries arbitrarily and

forcibly to create faits accomplis, in a manner disruptive of

the progress of the talks and even destructive of their

meaning and purpose.

To this end, Turkey obtained the permission of the

British Government to transfer 10,000 Turkish Cypriot refugees

from British bases to the north of Cyprus via Turkey in order

to take the homes and lands of the forcibly expelled Greek

Cypriots, in violation of the resolutions of the Security

Council and the General Assembly which calls for the return

of the refugees to their homes in safety. It is also a "grave

breach" of the Geneva Convention 1949, Article 149. It also

contravenes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the

relevant covenants.

To this illegal performance, the Foreign Minister of

Turkey gives the name of "new reality", completely ignoring

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the criminality and injustice involved, and their wider

ramifications. These facts have been the subject of my

Government's protests to Your Excellency, dated 21 and 29

January 1975, (S/11603 and S/11611), to which I beg to refer

for relevant particulars showing the conduct of Turkey in

respect of the talks.

In these circumstances and having regard to the

resulting inability of the Turkish Cypriot representative to

act otherwise than as the spokesman of Ankara and the Turkish

military, it is not surprising that no progress has been

made in the talks towards normalization, and not a single

aspect of the political solution of the problem has even been

broached. In this connexion, the hope is expressed that

it will be possible to provide a freer climate for the harmo-

nization of efforts and for more meaningful negotiations.

Parallel, however, to any such important and necessary

efforts for progress in negotiations towards the solution of

the problem, which in any case require time, there is the

compelling urgency for putting an end to the aggression by the

withdrawal of the forces of invasion and the return.of the

refugees to their homes.

In particular reference to paragraph 5 of the

Resolution, calling upon the parties concerned to undertake

urgent measures for such return of the refugees, my

Government has made it abundantly clear that the Turkish

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Cypriots are free to return to their homes and has offered

them all safety in such return, with the additional assurance

from the presence of the United Nations f orce , which has full

freedom of movement in the territory of the Republic under

the control of the Government. (In contrast to the prohibitions

placed on such movement in the Turkish controlled area.)

The Turkish Cypriot leadership, however, from political

motives^, inspired by Ankara, prevents the Turkish Cypriots

from returning to their homes under threat of punitive measures

for those who would disobey. The political objective being

to force them to abandon their residences in the south and be

transferred to the north, where they would be illegally trans-

planted into the usurped properties of the forcibly expelled

Greek Cypriot population of that area.

It is a well-known fact that many of the Turkish

Cypriot refugees in the British bases wanted to go back toin the South

their homes/but were forcibly prevented from doing so, as

testified by independent evidence. (Refer to Document S/11610

of 29 January 1975).

The magnitude of the refugee problem, however, lies

in respect of the 200,000 Greek Cypriots, forcibly expelled

and uprooted from their homes and lands by the invading

army and the resulting grave disruption of the economy of the

country. The Turkish Government not only does not adopt

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"urgent measures" for the return of the displaced persons

to their homes, as provided in the Resolution 3212, but

does not even allow their return and, moreover, through its

military forces in the island, adopts tactics of intimidation,

threats of violence and ill-treatment of the remaining

Greek Cypriots in the occupied part of Cyprus, with the object

of forcing them out of the area. (Annex "A") Thus, tension

is increased and the general situation in the island further

aggravated.

It is most regrettable that a climate of criminality

dominates the actions of the Turkish military forces in Cyprus,

of which there are increasing manifestations. (Annex "B")

The underlying sinister purpose is the destruction

of the territorial integrity of Cyprus, involving a direct

threat to its very existence as an independent member state

of the United Nations.

The failure of implementation so far of the General

Assembly and Security Council Resolutions in the case of a

small country, relying on the United Nations for its security

and existence, will inevitably have grave repercussions in

the precarious situation of the Middle East and in the world.

The Permanent Representative of the Republic of

Cyprus to the United Nations wishes to express his Government's

deep appreciation of the Secretary-General's abiding interest

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and concern over the problem of Cyprus and particularly

for the constructive measures he has initiated for the

implementation of General Assembly Resolution 3212Bunder

the provisions of the Security Council Resolution 365yand

expresses the hope that these measures will yield the

desired results.


Cyprus to the United Nations avails himself of this

opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the United

Nations the assurances of his highest consideration.

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ANHEX 1

According to verified reports, the Turkish armyhas recently engaged int* activities aimed at forciblyexpelling the Greek Cypriots who still remain in the Turkish.occupied areas of the Republic. As a result of thesetactics of the Turkish Army, the Greek Cypriot inhabitantsof the villages,_ Pentayia , Syrianochori and Kapouti arebeing forced out of the occupied areas.

In the area of Karpass the Turkish military employtactics of blackmail and threats against the life of theremaining Greek Cypriots, in order to force them out ofthe area. They proceed after midnight to the houses ofGreek Cypriots and threaten their inmates that unlessthey leave the area, they will be killed. By threatsand coercion they try to obtain the signature of theGreek Cypriot inhabitants on a statement that theywish to be transferred to the Southern areas.

A characterisitc example is the case of AndreasZanettos, an elderly, and respected resident of Karpasswho was recently dragged out of his home by maskedTurks and ordered to "dig his grave". He was molestedand when finally released^was,with the aid of the Inter-national Red CrosSj protectively taken out of the area.There are other similar examples of inhuman treatmentintended to force innocent civilians out of their homesin the North.

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ANNEX 2

40 Turkish soldiers mounted on four land-rovers onthe 7.1.1975, at 15.00 hours raided the area east ofAkheritou, about 20 metres outside the S.B.A. of Dhekeliaand stole the flock of 90 sheep belonging to the tworefugee brothers, Petros and Andreas Constantinou, ofAkheritou village, now refugees at "Vrysoulles" locality.

Turkish soldiers mounted on four military trucks .andan armored vehicle raided on January 21st 1975 at noontime, the paper factory "Salamis" belonging to a GreekCypriot and located on the main Famagusta-Larnaca road,outside the Turkish military occupied are, near theBritish base of Dhekelia.

By such highway robbery, they carried away a greatquantity of paper cartons, furniture and machine equipmentof the factory, and also looted a nearby house belongingto a Greek Cypriot,

A similar incident was reported when Turkish soldiersattacked and attempted to take over a paper factory inthe area of Pano Zodhia in Government controlled area,It is obvious that these raids are part of a plan designedto destroy the economy of the Republic.

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General of the United Nations and in reply to his Note

Verbale dated 24 January 1975, requesting information on

the progress of implementation of Resolution No. 3212 (XXIX)

of the General Assembly, has the honour to bring to his

notice the following:

The Government of Cyprus responded in good faith

and fully carried out its responsibilities under the afore-

said Resolution and Security Council Resolutions 364, 365

of 13 December 1974, as can be seen herebelow.

Regarding operative paragraph 1 of the General

Assembly Resolution 3212, the independence, sovereignty and

territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus continues to

be grossly violated by continuing foreign military occupation

of 40 per cent of its territory.

It may perhaps be recalled that Cyprus, a small

defenceless state, member of the United Nations _, has been the

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victim of ferocious aggression and barbaric invasion by

Turkey, another member state of the United Nations,, Cyprus

is being still increasingly strangulated under the oppressive

foreign occupation of part of its territory. With its

indigenous 80 per cent Greek Cypriot population of the

occupied area forcibly expelled and rendered destitute refugees,

its territory dismembered and its economy disrupted, Cyprus

has been eagerly looking for justice and anxiously awaiting

succour from the international community of the United Nations

through the implementation of the relevant Resolution on

Cyprus.

However, nearly three months have elapsed since the

adoption of Resolution 3212 by the General Assembly without

any indication of steps towards its implementation by Turkey^

the party on whom full and grave responsibility falls for•*

the present situation in Cyprusr*in violation of the Resolution

3212 of the General Assembly, to which Turkey herself agreed

and voted for in the United Nations.

It is to be noted furthermore that this Resolution

having been endorsed unanimously by the Security Council has

acquired the validity of a Security Council decision, making

its implementation mandatory upon the parties concerned.

Regarding operative paragraph 2 of the Resolution,

Turkey's refusal or failure so far to implement it and proceed

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to the "speedy" withdrawal of its armed forces, military

presence and personnel from Cyprus, and to cease its

interference in the affairs of the island, in accordance

with the said paragraph, constitutes a continuing and renewed

aggression^ in further violation not only of the said Reso-

lution and the Charter of the United Nations, but also of

customary and conventional international law and more speci-

fically of the Treaty of Guarantee 1960, which was blatantly

abused by Turkey's aggression in the guise of guarantor of the

independence and the territorial integrity of Cyprus.

In respect of paragraph 3 and 4 regarding the local

talks in Cyprus and calling for the continuation of relevant

contacts and negotiations "with a view to reaching freely a

mutually acceptable political settlement", my Government has

done everything/to encourage these talks and promote their

progress in a positive spirit towards reaching freely agreement

on normalization and on a workable political settlement.

Regrettably, however, the Turkish side has adopted

delaying tactics. First,by placing irrelevant preconditions

for the talks and subsequently by increasingly hardened and

irrationally intransigeant positions on all issues. This has

been to a great measure, if not entirely, due to the arbitrary

intervention in the talks by the Turkish Government, through

dictatorial pronouncements, purporting to prejudge the solution

of the problem.

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A glaring instance of the negative effects of such

interventions by Turkey is the recent agreement by both sides

in the talks for the re-opening of the airport on the basis

of a plan worked out by the United Nations and United States

officials, which was frustrated by the uncalled for inter-

vention of the Foreign Minister of Turkey.

Thus, the talks are deprived of their substance and

the essential requirement of free and unencumbered negotiations.

Worse still, the Turkish Government tries arbitrarily and

forcibly to create faits accomplis, in a manner disruptive of

the progress of the talks and even destructive of their

meaning and purpose.

To this end, Turkey obtained the permission of the

British Government to transfer 10,000 Turkish Cypriot refugees

from British bases to the north of Cyprus via Turkey in order

to take the homes and lands of the forcibly expelled Greek

Cypriots, in violation of the resolutions of the Security

Council and the General Assembly which calls for the return

of the refugees to their homes in safety. It is also a "grave

breach" of the Geneva Convention 1949, Article 149. It also

contravenes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the

relevant covenants.

To this illegal performance, the Foreign Minister of

Turkey gives the name of "new reality", completely ignoring

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the criminality and injustice involved, and their wider

ramifications. These facts have been the subject of my

Government's protests to Your Excellency, dated 21 and 29

January 1975, (S/11603 and S/11611), to which I beg to refer

for relevant particulars showing the conduct of Turkey in

respect of the talks.

In these circumstances and having regard to the

resulting inability of the Turkish Cypriot representative to

act otherwise than as the spokesman of Ankara and the Turkish

military, it is not surprising that no progress has been

made in the talks towards normalization, and not a single

aspect of the political solution of the problem has even been

broached. In this connexion, the hope is expressed that

it will be possible to provide a freer climate for the harmo-

nization of efforts and for more meaningful negotiations.

Parallel, however, to any such important and necessary

efforts for progress in negotiations towards the solution of

the problem, which in any case require time, there is the

compelling urgency for putting an end to the aggression by the

withdrawal of the forces of invasion and the return of the

refugees to their homes.

In particular reference to paragraph 5 of the

Resolution, calling upon the parties concerned to undertake

urgent measures for such return of the refugees, my

Government has made it abundantly clear that the Turkish

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Cypriote are free to return to their homes and has offered

them all safety in such return, with the additional assurance

from the presence of the United Nations force , which has full

freedom of movement in the territory of the Republic under

the control of the Government. (In contrast to the prohibitions

placed on such movement in the Turkish controlled area.)

The Turkish Cypriot leadership, however, from political

motives^ inspired by Ankara, prevents the Turkish Cypriots

from returning to their homes under threat of punitive measures

for those who would disobey. The political objective being

to force them to abandon their residences in the south and be

transferred to the north, where they would be illegally trans-

planted into the usurped properties of the forcibly expelled

Greek Cypriot population of that area.

It is a well-known fact that many of the Turkish

Cypriot refugees in the British bases wanted to go back to "in the South

their homes/but were forcibly prevented from doing so, as

testified by independent evidence. (Refer to Document S/11610

of 29 January 1975).

The magnitude of the refugee problem, however, lies

in respect of the 200,000 Greek Cypriots, forcibly expelled

and uprooted from their homes and lands by the invading

army and the resulting grave disruption of the economy of the

country. The Turkish Government not only does not adopt

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"urgent measures" for the return of the displaced persons

to their homes, as provided in the Resolution 3212, but

does not even allow their return and, moreover, through its

military forces in the island, adopts tactics of intimidation,

threats of violence and ill-treatment of the remaining

Greek Cypriots in the occupied part of Cyprus, with the object

of forcing them out of the area. (Annex "A") Thus, tension

is increased and the general situation in the island further

aggravated.

It is most regrettable that a climate of criminality

dominates the actions of the Turkish military forces in Cyprus,

of which there are increasing manifestations. (Annex "B")

The underlying sinister purpose is the destruction

of the territorial integrity of Cyprus, involving a direct

threat to its very existence as an independent member state

of the United Nations.

The failure of implementation so far of the General

Assembly and Security Council Resolutions in the case of a

small country, relying on the United Nations for its security

and existence, will inevitably have grave repercussions in

the precarious situation of the Middle East and in the world.


Cyprus to the United Nations wishes to express his Government's

deep appreciation of the Secretary-General's abiding interest

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and concern over the problem of Cyprus and particularly

for the constructive measures he has initiated for the

implementation of General Assembly Resolution 3212ûnder

the provisions of the Security Council Resolution 365ând

expresses the hope that these measures will yield the

desired results.


Cyprus to the United Nations avails himself of this

opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the United

Nations the assurances of his highest consideration.

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ANNEX 1

According to verified reports, the Turkish armyhas recently engaged in-fee activities aimed at forciblyexpelling the Greek Cypriots^who still remain in the Turkish

military, occupied areas of the Republic. As a result of thesetactics of the Turkish Army, the Greek Cypriot inhabitantsof the villages^- Pentayia, Syrianochori and Kapouti arebeing forced out of the occupied areas.

In the area of Karpass the Turkish military employtactics of blackmail and threats against the life of theremaining Greek Cypriots, in order to force them out ofthe area. They proceed after midnight to the houses ofGreek Cypriots and threaten their inmates that unlessthey leave the area, they will be killed. By threatsand coercion they try to obtain the signature of theGreek Cypriot inhabitants on a statement that theywish to be transferred to the Southern areas.

A characterisitc example is the case of AndreasZanettos, an elderly, and respected resident of Karpasswho was recently dragged out of his home by maskedTurks and ordered to "dig his grave". He was molestedand when finally released^was,with the aid of the Inter-national Red Cross, protectively taken out of the area.There are other similar examples of inhuman treatmentintended to force innocent civilians out of their homesin the North.

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OP CYPRUS


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ANNEX 2

40 Turkish soldiers mounted on four land-rovers onthe 7.1.1975, at 15.00 hours raided the area east ofAkheritou, about 20 metres outside the S.B.A. of Dhekeliaand stole the flock of 90 sheep belonging to the tworefugee brothers, Petros and Andreas Constantinou, ofAkheritou village, now refugees at "Vrysoulles" locality.

Turkish soldiers mounted on four military trucks andan armored vehicle raided on January 21st 1975 at noontime, the paper factory "Salamis" belonging to a GreekCypriot and located ... on the main Famagus ta-Larnaca road,outside the Turkish military occupied are, near theBritish base of Dhekelia.

By such highway robbery, they carried away a greatquantity of paper cartons, furniture and machine equipmentof the factory, and also looted a nearby house belongingto a Greek Cypriot.

A similar incident was reported when Turkish soldiersattacked and attempted to take over a paper factory inthe area'xjf Pano Zodhia in Government controlled area,It is obvious that these raids are part of a plan designedto destroy the economy of the Republic.

U N I T E D N A T I O N SDistr.

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C O U N C I L 31 Januarv 19T5

ORIGINAL : ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 29 JANUARY 1975 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OFCYPRUS TO THE .UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to draw Your Excellency'sattention to the dictatorial interventions in the interc,-.mmunal talks in Cyprusby the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Mr. Ezenbel, whose declarations and threat offorce in broadcasts from Ankara and publications in the European press are calculatedto have a negative effect upon these talks and frustrate their progress. I,therefore, wish to register on behalf of my Government a most emphatic protest.

The question of the constitutional structure of Cyprus is a basic and delicateissue to be dealt with in the talks between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots with nooutside intervention, as provided in the General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX)of 5 November 197 . Mr. Ezenbel, however, in an interview to The Guardian of20 January arrogated to himself the right to reject a priori any cantonal systemof administration for Cyprus and to decree that the only solution is a "bi-zonalfederation based on geographical separation" with a shadowy central government.Thus, Mr. Ezenbel purported to prejudge the solution of the problem in a mannerdisruptive of the talks and undermining their very purpose and meaning.

A recent glaring instance of the negative effect of such interventionistmeddling in the talks has been in reference to the generally desired reopening ofthe international airport at Nicosia, on which a plan worked out by United Nationsand United States officials had been accepted by both sides. However, at the lastminute, Mr. Ezenbel, riding roughshod over the talks, declared that the proposedUnited Nations supervision of the airport is "unacceptable". As a result, theTurkish Cypriot representative withdrew his acceptance, thus frustrating theagreement achieved and the general climate in the talks.

In the same interview, Mr. Ezenbel spoke threateningly of consolidatingde facto situations resulting from invasion and - with reference to the BritishGovernment's decision to allow 10,000 Turkish Cypriots to be illegally taken fromthe British bases to Turkey for transportation to the north of Cyprus - boastfullystated that this created "a new reality", stressing that the Greek Cypriots willnow have to understand that "there is no possibility of turning the clock back".

In speaking of a de facto situation and a "new reality7', Mr. Ezenbel obviouslyrefers to the results of the aggression and genocidal invasion of Cyprus by his

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country, aiming at its dismemberment through deracination and extermination ofover 200,000 Cypriots from their homes and lands, which are to be massively usurpedby transplanted intruders at the will of the invader, thereby destroying thedemographic character and historic culture of the island. This is a violationof every basic principle of international law, customary and conventional, anda flagrant contravention of the Charter and the United Nations resolutions onCyprus.

This major international crime is what Mr. Ezenbel proudly calls a "newreality" to be honoured and complied with. He appears utterly to ignore thatbeyond the transient reality of the use of force and the criminality of faitsaccomplis, there is a greater, an overriding reality: the immutable reality ofjustice; the reality of man's evolution in history to a civilized human societyunder law as a protection from criminality and a remedy to its effects; the realityof respect for life, for human rights and the dignity of man. And the more vitalnow reality of evolution to an organized international society under the principlesof the Charter.

These positive realities Mr. Ezenbel tries to wipe out in a sad display ofregression to the law of the jungle - which he triumphantly declares as theirreversible "new reality".

It should be made abundantly clear that the problem of Cyprus cannot besummarily disposed of by planned schemes for so-called de facto situations 3 throughthe use of force, against every concept of international -legality, and human decency.

The problem of Cyprus can be positively solved only in accordance with thenorms of international law, the provisions of the Charter and the unanimousresolutions of the United Nations on Cyprus. Within these norms, the return ofthe forcibly displaced persons to their homes in strict implementation of the saidresolutions is a matter of primordial significance from all aspects - humanitarian,economic3 political and psychological - as an indispensable part of a just andviable solution of the problem. Any exercise of force or pressure to underminesuch a legitimate course would distort and complicate the problem, frustrating itsnormal progress towards solution, with the most grave consequences to the peopleof Cyprus as a whole, to the countries concerned and, more broadly, to the peaceof the region and the world at large.

I should be grateful if this letter could be circulated as a document of theSecurity Council.

(Signed) Zenon ROSSIDESAmbassador


UNITED NATIONSDistr.

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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 29 JANUARY 1975 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUSTO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

I have the honour to bring to your attention the text of the followingresolution adopted on 18 January 1975» by 500 Britons residing in Cyprusand constituting the body called "British Residents for Justice in Cyprus". Theresolution protested against the British Government's decision to allow theTurkish authorities to evacuate the Turkish Cypriot refugees from the Akrotiribase to Turkey and vas addressed to Prime Minister. Harold Wilson, theOpposition Leader, Mr. Edward Heath, and members of the British Parliament.

The resolution runs as follows:

"We, the British residents of Cyprus present today condemn the actionof the British Government in allowing Turkish Cypriots to be transferredfrom the sovereign base areas of Cyprus to occupy Greek Cypriot homes.

"We call upon our Government to reconsider this policy and to directits efforts towards uniting rather than dividing the communities ofCyprus."

After the Chairman Mr. Roger Wilde, had opened the meeting,Mr. Geoffrey Fenwick read a statement protesting the British action. Thestatement said:

"As British residents of Cyprus who have lived through the tragicevents here and who now ask justice for this island, we wish to proteststrongly against the decision of the British Government to permit theevacuation by Turkey of 8,000 Turkish Cypriots from a British sovereign basein Cyprus.

"These Turkish Cypriots, many of whom are to leave after pressurefrom their own leaders, were free to return to their homes, farms andother properties belonging to Greek Cypriots.

"This decision on the part of our Government, to co-operate in a masspopulation shift, is a significant political action which will assistTurkey in achieving a constitutional or geographical partition of theisland of Cyprus on ethnic grounds and will result in the destruction ofa sovereign State in the Mediterranean.

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"This action by Britain is in direct contradiction not only to the UnitedUations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, which wereunanimously adopted and which called for the return of all refugees totheir homes, but also to the British Government's repeated statement thatthe disposition of refugees was a matter to be decided by the representativesof the Greek and Turkish Cypriots alone.

"Through the application of the United Nations resolution, the creationof prerequisites for the permanent separation of the two communities canbe avoided.

"By its capitulation to Turkish demands, our Government is alsoassisting in the creation of a permanent refugee problem in the formof 220,000 Greek Cypriots, who were driven from their homes in the occupiedarea in the face of an invasion which took 5,000 lives (3,000 others arestill missing) and reduced the entire island to economic ruin.

"These 220,000 displaced persons are now living under refugee conditionsin tents and other temporary accommodation in the southern area.

"We are deeply concerned that this situation will lead, not to peacein the Mediterranean and the Middle East but to a lingering bitterness andeventual conflict.

"The British Government has failed the Cypriots as a guarantor Powerand is now compounding its failure by assisting in the division of theirisland. We, therefore, ask the British Parliament and the people ofBritain to carefully examine the facts of the Cyprus issue and to insistthat the Government reverse its decision.

"We wish to convey to the British Government our profound disapprovalof the course of action it has adopted with regard to the movement of partof the Turkish Cypriot population of Cyprus.

"As British residents in Cyprus, we have in the past two days had thedistressing experience of witnessing the sharp sense of betrayal felt bythe Greek Cypriot people of this island, a people who have up to now clungto an enduring confidence in the ultimate good faith of the British andtheir elected representatives.

"It is depressing to see what amounts to a trust in the basic fairnessand objectivity of British policy sacrified on the altar of politicalexpediency.

"It is our conviction that the British Government's submission to thedemands of force will lead directly to the effectual partitioning of theisland.

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"it must be pointed out again that this sentiment is not dictatedby any political motivation. It originates in the simple desire tocarry on one's life, whether in Cyprus or anywhere else in the world,without having to be ashamed of the policies pursued by the Government ofone's native country.

"We finally call upon our Government to reconsider this regrettablereversal of policy and to direct its efforts in future towards the bringingtogether of Greek and Turkish Cypriots, instead of supporting anartificially created separation."

I should be grateful if Your Excellency would kindly have this lettercirculated as a document of the Security Council.



UNITED N A T I O N S

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LETTER DATED 28 JANUARY 1975 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF

CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE'SECRETARY-GENERAL

Upon instructions, I have the honour to express on behalf of the Governmentof the Republic of Cyprus its gratitude for the humanitarian assistance affordedby the international community to the people of Cyprus over the period of1 September 197 to 31 December 197 . In this connexion, the Government wouldlike to emphasize its gratitude to the United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees for the excellent way he has handled this difficult humanitarian task.

In addition to the funds made available as a result of the internationalappeal, the Government inputs to the relief of displaced and needy persons amountto $13M. Of this sum, part emanated from voluntary contributions made byCypriots to the "Fund for the Relief of Displaced Persons", specially createdby the Government for the relief of such persons.

Regrettably, the situation is still grave. It is estimated that there arenow in the country some 210,000 needy or displaced persons requiring assistanceover the next few months. Their living conditions are aggravated by the winter.In addition to contributions to the fund mentioned above,' the Government hasimposed a series of emergency taxation measures, the proceeds of which are to beexclusively used for the relief of displaced and needy persons. However, theeconomic life of the country as a whole has been so severely disrupted that tHeamounts that can be raised from internal sources are greatly restricted andcannot even cover the basic needs of the persons affected. As the World FoodProgramme has already been informed, stocks of food available to the Governmentare at an absolute minimum. Moreover, the number of persons in need of aid isexpected to increase because social insurance funds and reserves will beexhausted and because the economic situation is likely to deteriorate. TheGovernment, in order to arrest this trend, is preparing special projects for thepromotion of temporary employment.

It is with deep satisfaction that the Government has been informed that theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in his capacity as United NationsCo-ordinator of humanitarian assistance to Cyprus, and pursuant to UnitedNations General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX), endorsed by Security Councilresolution 36U (197 )> has launched an appeal for humanitarian assistance to

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Cyprus for the period of 1 January 1975 "to 30 April 1975- The Government of theRepublic of Cyprus expresses the hope that the international community villrespond generously to the High Commissioner's appeal.

I should be grateful if this letter could be circulated as a document of theSecurity Council.



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29 January 1975

Excellency, " " . ' " ' ' •f '" ; •' •

On instructions from ray Government, I have the

honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the dicta-

torial interventions in the intercommunal talks in Cyprus

by the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Mr. Ezenbel, whose

declarations and threat of force in broadcasts from Ankara

and publications in the European Press, are calculated to

have a negative effect upon these talks and frustrate their

progress. I, therefore, wish to register on behalf of my

Government a most emphatic protest.

The question of the constitutional structure of

Cyprus is a basic and delicate issue to be dealt with in the

talks between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots with no outside

intervention as provided in the General Assembly Resolution

3212 (XXIX) of 5 November 1974. Mr. Ezenbel, however, in an

interview to the "Guardian" of January 20 arrogated to himself

the right to reject a priori any cantonal system of adminis-

tration for Cyprus and to decree that the only solution is a

"bizonal federation based on geographical separation" with a

shadowy central government. Thus, Mr. Ezenbel purported to

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prejudge the solution of the problem in a manner disruptive

of the talks and undermining their very purpose and meaning.

A recent glaring instance of the negative effect of

such interventionist meddling in the talks has been in

reference to the generally desired re-opening of the inter-

national airport at Nicosia on which a plan worked out by

United Nations and United States officials had been accepted

by both sides. However, at the last minute Mr. Ezenbel,

riding roughshod over the talks, declared that the proposed

United Nations supervision of, the airport is "unacceptable".

As a result the Turkish Cypriot representative withdrew his

acceptance, thus frustrating the agreement achieved and the

general climate in the talks.

In the same interview Mr. Ezenbel spoke threateningly

of consolidating de facto situations resulting from invasion

and — with reference to the British Government's decision to

allow 10,000 Turkish Cypriots to be illegally taken from the

British bases to Turkey for transportation to the north of

Cyprus — boastfully stated that this created "a new reality",

stressing that the Greek Cypriots will now have to understand

that "there is no possibility of turning the clock back".

In speaking of a de facto situation and a "new reality",

Mr. Ezenbel obviously refers to the results of the aggression

and genocidal invasion of Cyprus by his country, aiming at its

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dismemberment through deracination and extermination of

over 200,000 Cypriots from their homes and lands,which are to be

massively usurped by transplanted intruders at the will of

the invader, thereby destroying the demographic character

and historic culture of the island. This is a violation of

every basic principle of international law, customary and

conventional, and a flagrant contravention of the Charter and

the United Nations Resolutions on Cyprus.

This major international crime is what Mr. Ezenbel

proudly calls a "new reality" to be honoured and complied with.

He appears utterly to ignore that beyond the transient reality

of the use of force and the criminality of faits accomplis,

there is a greater, an overriding reality: The immutable

reality of justice; the reality of man's evolution in history

to a civilized human society under law as a protection from

criminality and a remedy to its effects; the reality of respect

for life, for human rights and the dignity of man. And the

more vital now reality of evolution to an organized international

society under the principles of the Charter.

These positive realities Mr. Ezenbel tries to wipe

out in a sad display of regression to the law of the jungle —-

which he triumphantly declares as the irreversible "new reality".

It should be made abundantly clear that the problem

of Cyprus cannot be summarily disposed of by planned schemes

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for so called "de facto" situations, through the use of

force ,against every concept of international legality and

human decency.

The problem of Cyprus can be positively solved only

in accordance with the norms of international law, the

provisions of the Charter and the unanimous Resolutions of

the United Nations on Cyprus. Any attempt at undermining

thethis legitimate course within/said norms distorts and compli-

cates the problem, frustrating1- its progress towards solution,

thewith/most grave consequences to the people of Cyprus as a

whole, to the countries concerned, and more broadly to the

peace of the region and the world at large.









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<-c :L /cExcellency,

I have the honour to bring to your attention the

text of the following resolution adopted on January 18, 1975,

by five hundred Britons residing in Cyprus and constituting

the body called "British Residents for Justice in Cyprus".

The resolution protested against the British Government's

decision to allow the Turkish authorities to evacuate the

Turkish Cypriot refugees from the Akrotiri base to Turkey,

and was addressed to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the Oppo-

sition Leader Mr. Edward Heath, and members of the British

Parliament.

The Resolution runs as follows:

"We, the British residents of Cyprus present

today condemn the action of the British Government in

allowing Turkish Cypriots to be transferred from the

sovereign base areas of Cyprus to occupy Greek Cypriot

home s.

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His Excellency Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited NationsNew York, New York

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We call upon our Government to reconsider this

policy and to direct its efforts towards uniting

rather than dividing the communities of Cyprus".

After the Chairman, Mr. Roger Wilde, had opened the

meeting, Mr. Geoffrey Fenwick read a statement protesting at

the British action. The statement said: -

"As British residents of Cyprus who have lived

through the tragic events here and who now ask justice

for this island, we wish to protest strongly against

the decision of the British Government to permit the

evacuation by Turkey of 8,000 Turkish Cypriots from a

British sovereign base in Cyprus.

These Turkish Cypriots, many of whom are to leave

after pressure from their own leaders, were free to

return to their homes, farms and other properties

belonging to Greek Cypriots.

This decision on the part of our Government, to

cooperate in a mass population shift, is a significant

political action which will assist Turkey in achieving

a constitutional or geographical partition of the island

of Cyprus on ethnic grounds, and will result in the

destruction of a sovereign state in the Mediterranean.

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This action by Britain is in direct contradiction

not only to the United Nations Security Council and

General Assembly Resolutions which were unanimously

adopted and which called for the return of all refugees

to their homes but also to the British Government's

repeated statement that the disposition of refugees was

a matter to be decided by the representatives of the

Greek and Turkish Cypriots alone.

Through the application of the United Nations Reso-

lution, the creation of prerequisites for the permanent

separation of the two communities can be avoided.

By its capitulation to Turkish demands, our Govern-

ment is also assisting in the creation of a permanent

refugee problem in the form of 220,000 Greek Cypriots

who were driven from their homes in the occupied area in

in the face of an invasion which took 5,000 lives (3,000

others are still missing) and reduced the entire island

to economic ruin.

These 220,000 displaced persons are now living under

refugee 'conditions in tents and other temporary accomo-

dation in the southern area.

We are deeply concerned that this situation will

lead, not to peace in the Mediterranean and the Middle

East, but to a lingering bitterness and eventual conflict.

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The British Government has failed the Cypriots as

a guarantor power and is now compounding its failure by

assisting in the division of their island. We, therefore,

ask the British Parliament and the people of Britain to

carefully examine the facts of the Cyprus issue and to

insist that the Government reverse its decision.

We wish to convey to the British Government our

profound disapproval of the course of action it has

adopted with regard to the movement of part of the Turkish

Cypriot population of Cyprus.

As British residents in Cyprus, we have in the past

two days had the distressing experience of witnessing the

sharp sense of betrayal felt by the Greek Cypriot people

of this island, a people who have up to now clung to an

enduring confidence in the ultimate good faith of the

British and their elected representatives.

It is depressing to see what amounts to a trust in

the basic fairness and objectivity of British policy

sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.

It is our conviction that the British Government's

submission to the demands of force will lead directly

to the effectual partitioning of the island.

It must be pointed out again that this sentiment

is not dictated by any political motivation. It originates

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in the simple desire to carry on one's life, whether

in Cyprus or anywhere else in the world, without having

to be ashamed of the policies pursued by the Government

of one's native country.

We finally call upon our Government to reconsider

this regrettable reversal of policy and to direct its

efforts in future towards the bringing together of Greek

and Turkish Cypriots instead of supporting an artificially

created separation".

I should be grateful if Your Excellency would kindly

have this letter circulated as a document of the Security

Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances




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Excellency, *"

Upon instructions, I have the honour to express

on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus its

gratitude for the humanitarian assistance afforded by the

international community to the people of Cyprus over the

period of September 1, 1974 to December 31, 1974. In this

connection, the Government would like to emphasize its

gratitude to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

for the excellent way he has handled this difficult humani-

tarian task.

In addition to the funds made available as a result

of the international appeal, the Government inputs to the

relief of displaced and needy persons amount of $13M. Of this

sum, part emanated from voluntary contributions made by Cypriots

to the "Fund for the Relief of Displaced Persons" specially

created by the Government for the relief of such persons.

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Regrettably, the situation is still grave. It is

estimated that there are now some 210,000 needy or

displaced persons in the country requiring assistance

over the next few months. Their living conditions are

aggravated by the winter. In addition to contributions

to the fund mentioned above, the Government has imposed

a series of emergency taxation measures the proceeds of

which are to be exclusively used for the relief of

displaced and needy persons. However, the economic life

of the country as a whole has been so severely disrupted

that the amounts that can be raised from internal sources

are greatly restricted and cannot even cover the basic

needs of the persons affected. As the World Food Programme

has already been informed, stocks of food available to the

Government are at an absolute minimum. Moreover, the

number of persons in need of aid is expected to increase

because social insurance funds and reserves will be

exhausted and also because the economic situation is likely

to deteriorate. The Government, in order to arrest this

trend, is preparing special projects for the promotion

of temporary employment.

It is with deep satisfaction that the Government

has been informed that the United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees in his capacity as United Nations Co-ordinator

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of humanitarian assistance to Cyprus and pursuant to

the United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 3212

(XXIX) endorsed by Security Council Resolution No. 364

has launched an appeal for humanitarian assistance to

Cyprus for the period of January 1, 1975 to April 30,

1975. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus expresses

the hope that the international community will respond

generously to the High Commissioner's appeal .







GLStmk cc: Secretary-GeneralMr. L. Weckmann-MunozCentral (2)

The Secretary-General of the United Nations presents his

compliments to the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United

Bations and has the honour to refer to Security Council resolution

365 (197*0 of 13 December 197 . In that resolution the Security Council

endorsed General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) and urged the parties

concerned to implement it as soon as possible- The Security Council

also requested the Secretary-General to report on the progress of

implementation of Its resolution.

In order to be in a position to fulfill the above mentioned

request of the Security Council, the Secretary-General would be most

grateful to receive at an early date all relevant information from the

Government of Cyprus concerning steps taken or contemplated in regard

to resolution 3212 of the General Assembly.

The Secretary-General takes this opportunity to renew to the

Permanent ^Representative of Cyprus the assurances of his highest

consideration.

2k January 1975

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Press SectionOffice of Public Information

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(FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD)

Press Release CYP/816REF/720

2k January 1975

SAUDI ARABIAN RED CRESCENT CONTRIBUTES £5.000 FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO CYPRUS

The Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations hasinformed the Secretariat that it has received a cheque in the amount of£5,000 sterling to be transmitted to the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees as a contribution from the Saudi Arabian Red Crescent, in .order to alleviate the suffering arising from the situation in Cyprus•

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UNITED N A T I O N SDistr.GENERAL

C C \ I P I T YC V- U K 8 I I .

C O U N C I L ^^^^^^ 21 January 1975

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I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the grave situationthat arises in Cyprus in consequence of the British Government's shift of position"by acceding to the arbitrary Turkish demands for the removal of the Turkish Cypriotrefugees from the British bases to Turkey, from where they are expected to betransferred to the northern part of Cyprus, now under the control of the Turkishinvasion forces. The position of the British Government on this matter -particularly as a guarantor of the independence and territorial integrity of Cyprusunder the Treaty of Guarantee I960 - had legitimately been to resist such illegalaction as a political move for the partition of the island, to which the UnitedKingdom presumably did not wish to be a party. The present unexpected shift,therefore, in the British position creates a situation of upheaval in the island,with grave consequences most prejudicially affecting the whole effort for a just andpeaceful solution through negotiation.

It is a tragic irony that while Turkey blatantly violates the Security Counciland General Assembly resolutions - for the return of 180,000 Greek Cypriot displacedpersons to their homes and lands - by pretending that their implementation should bemade subject to the negotiations, it seeks, at the same time, in utter derogation ofsuch negotiations, to force the transfer of the Turkish Cypriot population to thenorth, where they are to usurp the homes and lands of forcibly expelled GreekCypriots in order to create an illegal fait accompli of partition, therebyprejudicing the outcome of the negotiations and negating their very meaning andpurpose.

It is further to be noted that, according to reliable and objective testimony,many of the Turkish Cypriots to be transferred to the north are under pressure oftheir leadership, whereas their preferences are to return to their homes andbusinesses.

The whole scheme of such transfer of population, calculated to change thedemographic character of the island, flagrantly violates not only the United Nationsresolutions on Cyprus but also the Treaty of Guarantee 19 0,xas well as customaryand conventional international law and the Charter of the United Nations.Furthermore, it involves "a grave breach" of the Geneva Conventions of 19 9(IV art. 1 7) signed, among other nations, by Cyprus, Turkey, Greece and theUnited Kingdom.

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I, hereby- 3have the honour to register a categorical and emphatic protest inrespect of the above and to request that Your Excellency may take all necessarysteps towards arresting these grave developments towards the disaster of partitionand the consequent further dangerous deterioration of the situation in Cyprus.

In this connexion, may I refer to my letter of 6 January 1975 (S/11596)regarding the return of the Greek Cypriot displaced persons to their legitimatehomes and lands through the implementation of the relevant United Nationsresolutions. The situation, as it now unfolds, calls for prompt action byYour Excellency within the provisions of Security Council resolution 365 (197*0 ina determined effort to bring the required balance and harmony for free and positiveprogress in negotiation towards the generally desired objective of a just, peacefuland viable solution of the problem.

I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will circulate this letter as aSecurity Council document.



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Ref: 74/71 20 January 1975

Excellency,

I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's

attention to the grave situation that arises in Cyprus in

consequence of the British Government's shift of position

by acceding to the arbitrary Turkish demands for the removal

of the Turkish Cypriot refugees from the British bases to

Turkey, from where they are expected to be transferred to the

northern part of Cyprus now under the control of the Turkishc

invasion forces. The position of the British Government on

this matter — particularly as a guarantor of the independence

and territorial integrity of Cyprus under the Treaty of

Guarantee 1960 — had legitimately been to resist such illegal

action as a political move for the partition of the island, to

which the United Kingdom presumably did not wish to be a party.

The present unexpected shift, therefore, in the British position,

creates a situation of upheaval in the island with grave con-

sequences, most prejudicially affecting the whole effort for a

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just and peaceful solution, through negotiation.

It is a tragic irony that while Turkey blatantly

violates the Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions --

for the return of 180,000 Greek Cypriot displaced persons to

their homes and lands — by pretending that their implementation

should be made subject to the negotiations, she seeks, at the

same time, in utter derogation of such negotiations, to force

the transfer of Turkish Cypriots population to the north, where

they are to usurp the homes and lands of forcibly expelled

Greek Cypriots in order to create an illegai fait accompli of

partition, thereby purporting to prejudice the outcome of the

negotiations and negating their very meaning and purpose.

It is further to be noted that, according to reliable

and objective testimony, many of the Turkish Cypriots to be

transferred to the north are under pressure of their leadership,

whereas their preferences are to return to their homes and

businesses.

Such action flagrantly violates not only the United

Nations Resolutions on Cyprus, but also the Treaty of Guarantee

I960, as well as customaryand conventional international law

and the Charter of the United Nations. Furthermore, it involves

"a grave breach" of the Geneva Conventions 1949 (IV Art. 147)

signed, among other nations, by Cyprus, Turkey, Greece and the

United Kingdom.

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I, hereby, have the honour to register a categorical

and emphatic protest in respect of the above and to request

that Your Excellency may take all necessary steps towards

arresting these grave developments towards the disaster of

partition and the consequent further dangerous deterioration

of the situation in Cyprus.

In this connexion, may I refer to my letter of the

6th January 1975, regarding the return of the Greek Cypriot

displaced persons to their legitimate homes and lands through

.the implementation of the relevant United Nations Resolutions.

The situation, as it now unfolds, calls for prompt action by

Your Excellency within the provisions of the Security Council

Resolution 365, in a determined effort to bring the required

balance and harmony for free and positive progress in negotiation

towards the generally desired objective of a just, peaceful

and viable solution of the problem.

I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will circulate

this letter as a Security Council document.



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On instructions from my Government I have the honour to draw Your Excellency'sattention to the highly provocative and inflammatory statements made by the formerPrime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Ecevit, during his recent visit to Cyprus. Whileon the soil of the Republic, Mr. Ecevit, addressing from the balcony of hisNicosia Hotel a gathering of Turkish Cypriote, declared that "the Republic isnow abolished - Archbishop Makarios is no longer President". He thus madedictatorial pronouncements on Cyprus, as though disposing of it at will.

Obviously to Mr. Ecevit, whether as actual or former Prime Minister, the restof the world and the international community of nations seem of little consequenceso long as his aggression in Cyprus remains unrestrained. For otherwise he wouldnot so blatantly ignore the reality that the United Nations and the totality ofits Member States fully recognize the Republic of Cyprus, its Government and itsPresident, Archbishop Makarios, who, as is well known, commands the confidence ofthe overwhelming majority of the people of Cyprus. Nor would he so contemptuouslydisregard the United Nations resolutions on Cyprus, unanimously adopted by theGeneral Assembly and the Security Council, which reaffirm the independence,sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus and call for itsrespect by all States and for the "immediate cessation of foreign militaryintervention in the Republic".

The provocativeness of such statements by a former Prime Minister,gratuitously adding insult to injury in a deeply traumatic situation, areseriously damaging to all. They could only be calculated to obstruct all positiveprogress in the endeavour for a return to normality, so necessary formeaningfulness in negotiations towards a just and workable solution.

Furthermore, Mr. Ecevit speaks as though Cyprus were partitioned in two(through an inhumane deracination of the vast majority of its people in theoccupied area) without regard for the calamity and inhumanity involved in theprocess, and the attendant frustration, bitterness and economic disruption. Inthe same breath he pretends interest in the economic "development and prosperityof the island, through co-operation of the two communities working hand in hand".But it is elementary that the island's economic development and prosperityinescapably call for a spirit of goodwill and co-operation, in friendly association

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through an integrated economy., all of which Ankara has persistently over the yearsobstructed, and opposed repeated proposals by the Secretary-General for sucheconomic co-operation and integration, as can be seen in a number of his reports.Instead, the Turkish Government were systematically and forcibly imposing divisionand enmity for purposes completely alien and adverse to the interest of theCypriot people, Greek and Turkish alike.

From all aspects, the question of the implementation of the Security Counciland General Assembly resolutions on Cyprus emerges as increasingly necessary. Itmay be recalled that Security Council resolution 365 (197 ) of 13 December!197 ,endorsing General Assembly resolution 3212 (XXIX) and calling for its •implementation, requests the Secretary-General to report on the progress of suchimplementation. In light of the above resolution of the Security Council, it wouldbe greatly appreciated by my Government if Your Excellency would take all possiblesteps for the so needed, at the present juncture, implementation of the aforesaidresolution of the General Assembly.

The recent public communications by the heads of State of three permanentmembers of the Security Council, laying emphasis on the strict implementation ofthe Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on Cyprus, would perhapsfacilitate Your Excellency's task.

Continuing failure in implementation of United Nations resolutions onCyprus - unanimously adopted by both the Security Council and the General Assemblyon a matter of such primary importance under the Charter as that of internationalsecurity and peace - would be tantamount to a confirmation of the signal given tothe worM in this connexion that "only force wins". This would, furthermore,embolden warlike tendencies in the now critically sensitive region of the MiddleEast, with dire consequences in that area and wider world repercussions.

I shall be grateful if Your Excellency will circulate this letter as aSecurity Council document.



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