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The original documents are located in Box 2, folder “Cyprus - State Department Telegrams: From SECSTATE - NODIS (1)” of the Presidential Country Files for Middle

East and South Asia at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.

Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.

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2,. f.J 1\.\tTRtOU EXPHESS[D APfli<(CI,\Tt0t1 M~O SAl) K[ HAD 'iiRtTTtN PRCSiilfiH FO~:O CONGi~f..fiJLAT~N.l Hl;J. AND A';;XIt;\; TH,,T HIS t.OM!NISfR:,TION 00 l',LL POS~!OLE TO P={QTfCI SOV£REIGNT.'f AND li~Of?[NOENCt Of CYPHIJS. HE t,SiCCD 'iiHcH:ER COPY Of MESSAGE TO ClfR!DES HAO SEE~ S£Nl TO ~AKhRIJS ANO ~HAT WAS STATUS Cr t::R.~H3!SHOP., SISCO ~EPUEO T'-1Ef<E r-II.D ·u!:':IN NO HSSSAGE iG ~A~AR:os, WHOSE ST~TUS WAS UhCHhN~fD AS FAR AS~E ARE COr~CER NED. J. DlMIT~fOU CHARACTER!2EO XfW-CYP~fOT CA31~ET AS ~vE~V GUG.)" U;VOLVI~\'; PERSONS ~\ITHOUT POLITICAL r.:~BiTIONS. Hf' Ht,Q E)i~O~~~~J i'tlTH ,\RCHSISHQ? ?REVlOUS DAY ANO ~UKARIOS WhS Pt.[ ASEO.

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-2- STATE 175374 5. DIMITRIOU ARGUED STRONGLY T~AT USG MUST PLAY MAJOR ROLE II'.; R C~ C H l ~~ S A S 0 L U T l 0 'l t ~ :., I \ L Y T rl i? S U G H ? E R S U A 0 I N G T U R X E Y 7 0 £ X::;:; C 1 S E M J 0 E R AT l 0 \. S t S C 0 R E: P:... i E 0 T lL\ T 1J S H A 0 i?. I E 0 TO PLAY CO~ST~UCiiVE ROLE AND ~AS CURRE~TLY ACTIVE WITH ASSiSTANT ~EC~ETARY HARH:,,N ?R~SENT 1~~ Gf:NEVA. iT WAS ;;,JT, HGWEVER, CLf.AR EXI\CTLY v:rtt;T COULD BE OOT'.i'E f1i THIS MJME~n. THOl'I:';H 'N[ HAVE CONTJNUOUSL'i PUHSUCO MATTER OF CS. N S 0 ;, ! 0 A T l N G C E AS E F I R E • ... 6. DlMfTRlOU SUGGESTED TURK!SH GOVERNMENT HAD YISLED USG INTO THINKI~G THEY OESlREO PEACE WHflE INSTEAD MOUNT lNG FULL-SCALE OPERATION AGAINST CYP2US~ THIS HAD CREATED SERIOUS PROBLEM fNVOLVING SURVIVAL OF CYPRUS AS tNOEPEN­~~.T ~o~,-R~,~~ S'''E l.i::,. ii I , v t., C:., 1J ,, 1 f\ 1 •

7.. S! S CO REPL JED THAT USG liAO M~DE li CLEAR WE \'iOULO NOT SUP?O~T ENOSIS OR PARTtTION. D!MITRIOU CLA!~ED TURKISH F' R G ;; J S A l S. ii 0 U L 0 L E A 0 r 0 P A. R T l T I 0 r• ? A ~ T I C U L A R l Y I N T H £ I R ;:~S!SiC~~Cf. ON A onur<c,q!O•J LINE. fiE SAIO CYPRUS \'JAS AT TL~KCY'S MERCY. OTHEH INTERESTED PARTIES, tf-ICLUDING US Al>.:u u;.;~> StiOlJLD CONVI NCt: TURKS TO HOLD Of,CK OTHERWISE LO~G-RANGE PROBLEMS WOULO BE CREAlEO lN REGION.

8. SISCO SAID USG FEELS ANY SOLUTION MUST BE ACCEPTABLE !O BOTM CYPRUS COMMUNITIES A~O ~REEK A~D TURKISH CYPRIOTS

. ~NO W~ 00 NCT DESPAIR THAT A FORMULA MAY BE FOUND, THOUGH ; ~' i HU S ~'tiLL NOT 8E EASY.

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9. OIMITRlOU ASKED ABOUT SOVIET INTENTIQ~S AND SISCO SiRESSEO IT WAS NOT IN ANYONE·s f~HERESr TO INJECT THE SOVIET FACTOR. RATHER, IT W.\S IM?ORTA~n TO SEEK SOLUTION 'fiiTHl ~~ GEr~fVA FRAMEWCR!\ AND WESTERN CONTEXT. OIMITR!OU Otlf;Ef\VCD THAT WITHOUT A SETTL£t.~rrn SOVIETS COULO f.X?LOIT StTUATt0~ A~D KARAMANLI$ WOULD EINO IT Olff!CULT TO CO U T I N U E t N 0 F F I C f.. A l L T !i I S ~~ A 0 f: U S R 0 l E ~.10 S T V I T A l. SISCO ASSURED AMBASSADOR WE UNDERSTOOD HIS POINT. KISSINGER

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2 •. f WANT YOU TO KNQ,!!( THAT I. AOMLREO THE .. STATESMMR t KE . POS lT l () N· WH J CH Y.OU·: ASS W:OZ·D AT THE. GENE VA CONF.ERE NCE'. IT SEEUEO:TQ ME THAT GIVEN GREATER ·FLEXIBiliTY ON ALL St0ES 9 IT UIGHT IELL HAVt BEEN POSSIBLE lB AVOID THE RESUMPTION

:OF' THE:.f'tGHT!NG.· ··' . . . h~M i ""-''1 ' 3. 't 010 .I.'JAN1 YOU TO ,:KNOW THAT \'1E fOR OUR PART OtO OUR l;~.:.:-J.·.·. UTMOST TO PROLOflG. TiiE it,;(GOTJATHiiG SESStONS &N.GENEVA. f'OR , · . YJE FELT l HAT T HER~ WERE PROSPECTS fOR THE GR ~0 UAL DE VELOP•; ~-· .f . .MENJ Of THE OUTLI rlES O'F. _AN ACCEPTABLE SETTLEMENT. l ..

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1 .. \'nTH REGARD.io ri:E.RErERE~:cc: rN ~HHH.ssAooR xuatscH'.s T~LKING POINTS CREFTEL) TO "THE UNOFFlCtiL STATEMENT OF THE GREEK POSiTIO~ ON A POS~I~LE CY?~US SOLUT)ON,~ THE TEXT Of TH,\T STATE1.if::r!T lS: . . ·· · · ·

2. QiE .. i .. HAV! ~;G OCCU?tt:O !.tO PER CENT Of CYPRUS T£RRITORY GY FORCE OF ARMS iURKEY DEM~NJEO THE RESUMPTION OF NEGO• TIAT!Ot;S,. H:~'Jli·~;; 8EHIUOTHE:.1 THE BITTER EXPERIENCE Of THE TtJP.i\,SH FORE!Gr; ~:.t'niSiER•s 8SHf,VIOR Hi GENEVA~ THE GR£EK GOVE!Hi~.\~~H RtQUS3T£0 iH,\T TUR:<EY, IN QROER TO PKO'JE HER GOOD FA!T~i AND Hi:f\ \'!ILLINGr~ESS TO N£GOTIATE HI A CO~;Cill· /,TORY SPiRIT~ ~ .. ;;.::t: CERTAIN GESTURES OEFORE ANY DIRECT NEGO• TIATIONS hRE ;N!il~TED.

THESE PRECOND!T!O~S WERE: ' . . .

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A. THAT THE TUaKlSH FORCES ~ITHORAV TO THE LtNE DRAWN ON :.U3UST 9, 197t;, Ori11 Ai LEAST, NORiH Of T~E PIROi AREA ANO Of THS OLD Nl COSU.-ff:.~,:t;GUSiA R0/.0;. .

. . G. THAT THE MASSES OF REFUGEES WHO HAVE FLED to SOUTHERN CYPRUS 8£ ALLO~EC TQ RETURN TO THEIR HOMES JN SAFETY.

!F' TURTiEY CONTtN'J£S TO.AS:\ FOR OIREC1 r:EGOTfATIOr~S, iH£ REQUEST REGAROl~G FULFILL~ENT OF THE SAID PRECO~OIT!ONS JS M;, \ N.( ~~ i f·~ZO.

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2. lF~ ON THE OTHEr( HAf~O, .TURKEY ACCEPTED THE lNVtTAT,OH t C r A D 1/, L 0 G t! E T :·; ~ 0 U G H ' f> T H I R 0 P 0 W E: R , S US S T A NT I V E I S S U E S . t C:JUL.D n:;: T ACKL£CJ _ Ai .or~cE. · 1·.

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FEOEri.~.TiVE 0 ;,;;tz;~Tt0~-1 OF THE CYPRIOT STATE U~DER HiE t fOLLG':ftiZG COr~ClT1CtJS: ·l A. THE TURK!SH THE PERCSNTJ~GE

AREA WOULD CORRESPOND APPROXJMATELY TO QF TH~ J~RKISH CYPRIOT ~9PULATION;

. . ~ REFUGEES fOULO. RETURN TO THEIR HOMES VHERE THEY WOULO BE ALLOWED TO R~S1PE lN SAfETY; . . .

D .. THE fEC£R,::L GOV£RtJMEN1 \'IOULO .HAVE·SUBSTANTIVE PO'NERS EFfECTIVE!..\' ~~~SUf.UNG TH~ lt\JEPEtWEr!OE, SOVEREIGNiY. AND i[i\RITOR!AL ll.:r:::GRITY OF Hif: REPUSLI.C.OF CYPRUS.

THE REPUnLIC OF CYPRUS ~OULO BE OEMtLITAR!ZEO FOLLO~I~G iHE CO~CLUStOH OF A FINAL AGREEMENT. AN EF?ECTIVE SVSTE~ · Or i ':TERNi\T IO:~;,L GUAI~RANTEES WOULD SE SET UP TO PRECLUDE A RC;.ETITtON C? THE l~~VASlON OF THt: ISLANQ BY TURKI~H FORCE$ ..

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WITH THE FOHEIGN MlNl~ar-:ns qr· GHF:ECIT. 1\Nn Ttmt<i"Y lN NE\11 YOH K LAST WEEK J\.ND HF> '.11 ILL HI.·: SEEING THEM AG J\ J N ~1\flLY NEXT \•!EE;K. THE Sl:.Cr?ET;\HY ilrr~~;; Gl?ATIFIU) TO FINO THAT THEY TOO SUPPORT THL EFFOl<TS THI'IT C:LETIIDES fi,ND nE~iKTASH HAVE BEE"l MAKlf~G At.Jil l\GR£E 1#ITH US THAT THE TALKS IN f>J!COSIA SHOULD BE ENCOURAGEO TO MOVE I\HEt1D ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.

~'HEN THE SECJ~ETARY MEETS AGAIN t:J!TH THE J:'ORElG"J MHliSTERS OF GnEECE M>W TURKEY HE MILL R£~flFFIRM TO THi:N OUR STHONG SUf>f3 01·\i FOR r:u::RIDES" EFFORTS. fiT THAT THiiE HE WILL RESTATE OUR VIEW THAT NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE AT THE U~ OH ELSE~IHEnE THAT \IIOULn t,JEfd<l~N C:LEHIDEs• LEI\DI:.HSIIl.P OF THl~ CYPIHIS GOVEfHl!'tENi 01~ niMI ~HSH PnOSPEGTS FOH THE SllC:I.l::SS OF HIS NEGOTT.f\TIONZ.. IN PAHTIC:tH.f\H Tllt:: SECRE1't\HY \11lLL STRESS 1\GATN TO i!ll· GHFEl< FOP!::IGN f\HNISTEH THE NEED TO l!HGI~ fifH~HHI~~HOP Mf\Y./\.IHO!'i TO TI\KE NO ACTION THI\T f~OULO PRhJ\Hl!CE THF CONTINlllNf~ EFFOinS IN NI C:Of:I A. FINALLY THI!: SE r.nET 1\HY t~I\NTS CLE:IH Df~S TO KN0\11 THf•T HE HEMAl NS IN CLOSr; f>IHEC:T TOUCH \•liTH ATHENS AND fiNK/\HA IN HIS SEARCH FOn FLF.'XIDILITY ANP PHOGRESS IN THE CYPRUS ISSUE:. t~JARM P.EGAHDS, llf:NT'?Y 1\. KISSINGER. END. NESS~.GE. KISSINGER

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1~~~.~ INFO RUQMAT/AM£MBASSY ATHENS IMMEDIATE 81J6 ~ . ] RUQMGU/AMEMBASSY ANKARA IMMEDIATE 6936 r:J ~¥EHOT /USMISSION u:uN NEW YORK lMMED lATE 9597

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tn-1· DRAW I ~G 0 N SECRETARY • S C'lESSAGE TO. B ITSIOS <SEPTEL), L..r YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN TO CLEHIDES WHY WE BELIEVE IT IS IN ~::1 GENERAL INTEHEST, INCLUDING THAT Or GREEK eYPRIOTS, FOR ~~ UNGA ON CYPRUS TO BE DELAYED UNTIL AFIER TURKISH GOVERN· (:'-,;.Jf MEN'f FORMED AND AFTER SECRETARY_.S PLANNED VISIT TO ANKARA.

l ~ JguA~~isT~~Lo~t~~I~~~ ~~~~!~EU~~~~ ~~~~~B~~E~~ ~~~ERNMENT r--·. ~ SECHr:TARY HOPES THAT HE TOO W!LL UNDERSTAND OUR REASONS ~-_: AND SUPPORT A DELAY. KISSINGER

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BY "' , NAM, DATE ,R/H.,J-;o_oc TAGS:

REF: NICOSIA 3675

1. IN ADOPTING CRA LANGUAGE MAKING PRESIDENT'S .AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND STRICTURES ON ASSISTANCE TO TURNEY UNTIL DECEMaER !0 CO~DITIONAL ON TURKEY•s OBSERVANCE 0~ CEASE· FIRE, CO~GRESS DID NOT CAT LEAST TO DATE) ~DDRESS QUESTIO~ OF' HO\: OBSERVl\NCE WAS TO BE DEFINED. NOR HAS EX!::CUTIVE BRAh~H YET HAD OCCASION TO EXAMINE THIS QUESTION IN DEPTH, THOUGH IT IS OF' OBVIOUS POTENTls-iL CONCERN 1'0 US. IT IS OUR PRELIMINARY JUDGMENT THAT CONGRESS INTENDED THE CONTINUED OBSERVANCE RUBRIC TO REFLECT AN OVERALL INTENT THAT DURING SUSPENSION OF STATUTORY PROHIBITION TURKEY NOT EXTEND ITS MILITARY POSITION ON CYPRUS.

2. IN ANY CASE, IT WOULD BE IN NO ONE•s INTEREST FOR USG OFFICIALS TO TRY AT THIS STAGE TO DEFINE EITHER PUBLICLY OR FOR FOREIGN INTERLOCUTORS PRECISELY ~{AT WOULD OR WOULO ROT CONSTITUTE ELEMENTS OF VIOLATION, OR TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ~HETHER GIVEN ACTION DOES OR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN

VIOLATION. TO DO SO RISKS HiVITING ENDLESS CHARGES /\NO COUNTER•CHANGES REGARDING WHO STRUCK WHOMt WHICH VILL PROOADLY BE FORTHCOMING IN ANY CASE. DEST YOU CAN DO AT THIS TIME, AS GOC REGISTERS WITH YOU SPECIFIC CHARGES 6F VIOLATION, IS TO INDICATE YOU WILL PASS THEA TO \-.fA SH I t~GT 0 N. I r;GER SOLL STATE OEPT. DE<..i.ASSIFICA EUf<ISC:HEKIRDY :PKR u'?-0 ~~-......., ORetainCJass'n Octmnge;:;oNRE . 10! 2 5 Fr q EXT 2119 4 -t-· -c

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2. BEGIN TEXT: AS I PROM I SED IN MY LAST SSSA!lf t ti:\tll 'lOU TO'HAVE FOR YOUR CON~JOENTIAL INFORMATION A REPORT OU MY CONV£RSAT I ON ON NOVEMBER 13 Wfl'H ARC:HB I $Hr)P MAI<J\R I OS. fROM THE OUTSET IT VIAS CLEAR HIAT THE ARCHBISHOP ltHENOS TORE­TlJHN TO CYPRUS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AF'TER STOPPPlG IN LONDON ANO ATHENS., t STRESSED THAT HIS RETURN COULD CAUSE A SflSACK IN PROGRESS TOWARD A NEGOTIATED SETTLE~ENT AND t URGED THAT HE MAKE NO FINAL PLANS UNTIL THE TURKISH SITUA-TION HAD CLARIFIED. I ALSO EXPRESSED MY VIEW THAT THE ONLY HOPE FOR PROGRESS TOWARD A NEGOTIATED SETTLE~EHT LIFS IN THE F R AM E W 0 R K 0 F Y 0 U R T A L KS W l T H M R • 0 E N K T AS H W H I C H H A V E ~. L R E A 0 Y ACHIEYEO SO:V.E RESULTS ON HUMANtTARIAN ISSUES. :f A00£1) PlAT THE US WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A SUPPORTING ROLE :tt~ THIS EF• FORT, PARTICULARLY WITH Rt:GARO TO OUR EFFORTS TO 03TAIN TUE CONCESSIONS FROM TURKEY WHICH EVERYONE AGREES diLL 8E NEEDED TO BRING ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION. • ... •

. I l DISCUSSED WITH THE ARCHBJSHOP THE FACT THAT OUR PLAN TO OBTAIN SOME JURKlSH GESTURES AS A PRELUDE TO ENLARGED TALKS BETWEEN YOU AND MR. OENKTASH HAO RECEIVED A SETBACK"WHEN

PNIME MINISTER fCfVfT RESfGNEO AND MY VfSfl TO ANKARA WAS n~;nlLFO. J Of:~FRV[O TI!AT IN OIWF:H fOR US TO JUilG[ ffiE t':lll~ii'L cr :; ro~ tn Nr;~Tn t.fror:r~: • r wouLu llf NC ccss.urv ro e:s­l~tl'll~u A OtALOGU( WtfH A NE:W lURI<tSH GOVERtmt::NT ·AND TO

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UElERMINE WHETHER WE .CAN PICX UP AT THE·POtriT W( lEFT OF'F' Willi PRIME MJNIS'fER ECEVIT. VIE STILL BEtlfVF.' WE $HOIJI.O F I H 5 T l R 't T 0 0 D T A I N S 0 ME' M 0 V (ME NT . f N T HE fl I R r C T tr>r• fJ f' tiE: r, 0-TIATfONS, AN(] THF.'N, TllfWOGH YOUH TALKS WITH MR. UFNKfA!:U, Ttlf FOHM Of A SOLUllON MIGHT EMERGE.

THE ARCHBISHOP AND I OJSCUSSEO SOME OF HIS VIEWS ON THE ELEMENTS OF A SETTLEMENT. f TOLD HtM THAT WE BELIEVE THAT REALISTIC NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS Of A GEOGRAPHIC FEDERATION WITHIN A SYSTEM ACCEPT­ABLE TO THE TWO PARTtES. I TOLO HIM THAT WHILE' VARIOUS FOUMULAf FOR A GEOGRAPHIC FEDERATION COULD fJE EXPt.ORf0

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WAS MY JUDGMENT THAT ONLY A BI·ZONAL ARRANGEMENT WOULD . SEEM TO MEET THE PRACTICAL REALITIES OF THE CYPRUS SITUA· T I ON.

I W I S H T 0 EM P H AS f Z E A G A f N MY A 0 M I R AT r 0 N f" 0 R HI ( S T ,\ T f 'i 'H ~~­LIKE WAY IN \HIICH YOU HAVE BOHNE YOUR HF.AVY R£SPOUSI81ll• TtES. YbUR HELPFUL AND REALISTIC STATEMENTS HAVE DONE MUCH TO ClARIFY THE ISSUE:S. I UNOF.RSTf\C-10 THAT YOU WILL BE CONSULTING WITH PRtME MINISTER KARAMANLIS AS WELL AS ARCH• BISHOP MAKARIOS BEFORE THE LATTtR MAKES FINAL PLANS RE­GAROIN!; HIS RETURN TO THE ISLAND. t TRUST THAT IN THIS PROCESS YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT NEEOEO f"OH YOU T 0 CONOliCT AND ENLARGE HIE SCOPE OF' YOU~ NEGOT I A­riONS WITH MR. OENKTASH .. I WILL \~MH TO KEEP IN TOUCII VII Til YOU AS THESE MATTERS MOVE FORWARD AriD fN LJGHf or OE'IELOPMENTS IN 'ATHENS ANO ANKARA. ENO TEXT.

3. AT THE TIME YOU GJVE CLERlOES THE ABOVE MESSAGE. YOU SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRESS TO HIM AGAIN OUR CONCERN OVER ANY PLANS HIS GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO INTRODUCTION OF A SOVIET AIR SE~VICE IN CYPRUS,. fNTROOUCTION OF SOVIETS INTO CYPRUS·SITUATION WOULD DE EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS AND UOULO UNDERMinE All OUR EffORTS TO PROMOTE A SOLUTION. KISSINGER nr P.Pilf 7 !•,·,~ i'l • •d hy: NtTH./Sc;: Wt .J•::If~.t e:ton: mm: WSt.nbl.cr ,: ... , I'•, v• ., 1 by : 'I' I H·: ~il·:cl n:·1· t\HY t'l, .. ,, .. \,"'•.• .. ·: ;~ .. N1·. ttln~.:u {:~~· ~ <9,:

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SUBJECT; MgSSAGES rON C~EHID~S, OENKTASH ANO MAKAHIOS

FROM THE SECRETARY FOR AHSASSAOOR CRAHFORO

1. AS SOON AS DENKtASH AND ClER!OES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR lN7ENT!UN TO HEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PO~tTICAL ISSUES OP A CYPKUS SETVLSMENT ! WOU~D LIKE VOU Tn GIVE THEM ORA~ MESSAGES FROM ME, IF MAKARIOS !R AVAILABLE, YOU SHOULD ALSO S~~ HlM 10 DE~IVER A SIMILAR MESSAGE.

2. MESSAGE TO CLERIOESt THE S~CR!TARY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IM?RESSEO BY THE STATESMANSHIP ANO REALISM WITH WH!CH CLERXDES HAS APPROAChED QU!ST!ONS.R!LATED BOTH TO HUMAN!· T~R!~N AND POL1TtCAL lSSU~S ON CVPRUS. NOW THAT THE GREEK COVERN~~NT AND GREEK CYPRIOTS HAVE AGHEEO ON MOVING TO SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL NEGOT!AT!ONS HE RELIEVES T~IAT RE!L PROG;u:ss ON RAS!C l~SUt::S~ SHOULD BE P0~SI8LE. THE SECRf:iAKY

r· HUtit:;!!,DlCiiist~h ~IDES W;tt,.L E;NTt:R THC!St:: NEGOT! ATlO~S WITH fOf,!. ,,

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3. MF.SSt~Gf. iO DENKiASH: YOU SliOULD SPE:.t.K TO DENKTASH A\..CNG SAME ~!N~S AS ABOVE ANO AOO THAI THE SECRETARY HAS UNDER• STOOD HIS CONCERN Rf.GARU!NG THE RETURN OF ARCHBISHOP MAKAR!OS AND HIS OCUBTS REGARDING THE NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY THAT MIGHT BE VESTED IN CLER!DES. HOWEVER, AS A RESULT OF OISCUSSIONS IN BRUSSELS, THE SECRETAHY BELIEVES THAT D~NKTASH bKCULD HAVE NO HaSITATION IN NEGOTIATING B~SIC POLITICAL I55UE5 WITH CLERIDES SINCE THE LATTER ENJOYS ThE $UPPCHi Or THE GREEK GOVEkNHENT IN NEGOTIATING ON S~HALF Or TH~ GRE~K CYP~IOT COMMUNITY. THE SECRETARV FURTHER BtLIF.VES TH~T THERE IS A GOOn POSS!B!L!TY THAT IMAGINATIVE AND F~EXIBLE PROPOSALS FRUH THE TURK!SH SIDE COULD MOVE THE NEGOTIATIONS TO A RAPIO CONCLUSION SAT!S• FACTORY TU THE TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY. ON THE OTHER HMJO, IF RIG!O POSITIONS ARe ADO?TEO IN A STRATEGY FOR ORAWN OUT NEGOTIATIONS·VALUABLE TIM~ WILL BE LOST AND THE FAVORABLE CONDIYIUNS THAT MAK~ A RAPID SFTTLEMENT POSSIBLE NCH MAV NO LONGER EXIST, THE SECNETAkV WISHES TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OENKTAbH THROUGH AM6ASSADOH CRAWFORD AS THE NEGOiiATIONS PROGRESS, ENO M~SSAGE,

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. .. ~. ~ITH YC~ IN OETA!L THE SITUATION ON THE ISLAND AT ~ TIME : i : 1-: ~ N ~-< € .P R t:: S:;; t-H A T ! V E S 0 F Tri E T N 0 r.: 0 t\ :1 UN I T I E S ~ :::< E M 0 V ! N G / fORD . f f t 0 rt A R 0 T k t:: N c G 0 T I A i I 0 1-i 0 P A. P 0 L I i I C A l S E TTL EM EN T .. THE / ~ < "'"J : SECRETARY WANTS THE ARCtHHSHOP TO KNI''Hi THAT, WHILE HE ·q ~\: CANI';CT SUt:SCI:(l6E TO ANY PARTic;ULAR NEGOTIATING POSITION, < _),~ ..

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