CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY REVIEW -- CYPRUS

Created: 8/23/1956

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CYPRUS

request by BOCA, tbe Cyprlot' nationalist organization, onugust for a truce with the British apparently surprised both the Greek government and British authorities oa Cyprus.elll undoubtedly reeuac operation" if tbe British do not respond favorably,

BOXA say have askedruce because the security

forces have been asking progreas lo theirt casrpalgn and because aaay Cypriote are beglonlng to be disillusioned with BOU's policy of vlolsoco. The organization aay also bavo considered that the influence of the nationalist spokesman, Archblsbop Makarlos, who has been ia exile foras diminishingruce would give aa ezcuse for brlaglag Ms back Into the picture.

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prise sinister .ill hough plea soil at the Improved prospects (or settllnp the dispute, hasthat his government should have been consulted so it could have laid tbeU: groundwork for Aserleaa support of compromise attempts. Creek officials reportedly feel that only Nakarlos hasprestige toompromise with the British tbst would be acceptable both to Cyprlot nationalists and the Greek government.

Greek foreign sinister Averoff hae expressed tbeof recusing talks with tbe British and of sending the Greek ambassador beck to He hopes thus to clear the way for the return of Nakarlos fros the Seychelles to London and the openlsg of substantive talks. Averoff plaaa tolsplereaffirming tbe principle of self-determination, with the application to be worked out over an Indefinite period between the Cyprlots and tbe Srltlah government. He also envisages that police povors on the Island would be retained by London for two years, after vhlch conslderatlos could be given to turning these powers over to the local goversseDt. Britain would retainfor defense and foreign affair" Indefinitely.

Averoff also wouldower house of parliament with proportional Greek and Turkish representation and an upper house with equal repre-

Greek and Cyprlotreaction to Harding'sbaa been unfavorable. The major of Nicosia declared that EOXA had not been defeated aad therefore probably would sot surrender.

Both lOKA and AthensHakarlos the key tonegotiations with Britain aad will probably eonmldor that only the archbishop's return fros exile will prove British

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