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[Oracle]

Stop talking rubbish sotos. It's not you and us. It is us and us! It should have never boiled down to "you and us". When we so light heartedly pronounce and condemn the British policy of the past as one of divide and rule we tend to forget that this "us and you" business simply reinforces the colonial divide and rule only this time we are shooting our own legs.

Twerp!

We were sitting on an island minding our own business, and along came them ... making it us and them. The them refused to be nice to us, preferring to slaughter us and until some other thems joined forces and us had to fight for our survival. Them objected and joined forces with those, so that little old us got sold up the Swanee ....

When they are weak they want it to be us and us ... when they are strong they make it you and us ...

Bananiot ... little featherbrained shuttlecock .... there is still no you and me ...

Why don't you go to hell lady. Its always been us and them with the GCs. We were never and probably will never be your equal. It is your sick superiority complex that has always landed you in trouble and you still don't learn from your mistakes.

At least I go on about unity, peace and respect between the communities, you on the other hand go on with utter rubbish. You may be an educated and articulate person but it hasn't stopped you from spewing nothing but pure shit, has it?

You need to get a life, you sad sad person.

United We Stand. The likes of Oracle out of Cyprus.

Little shit-stirring pseudo-peace proclaiming porcupine ... fuck off back to Mongolia ...

Your language for a lady is quiet disgusting. I pray to god that one day you get laid by a Turk. Your great and great great grand parents got laid by them for over 400 years you getting laid by one might make you a better person.

I still say United We Stand. Oracle back to Greece.

Stereotyping little arse, where do you Stand ... what is it you are Uniting ... do you really know what you are talking about .....

You come on here to post after each of my comments, the same meaningless phrases ...

Then you sidle off

Unfortunately .. I have heard every sick phrase that can come out of the dirtiest Turkish mouth ... and you are no different no matter what you call yourself ...

Untie .. Unite ... whatever ..

[denizaksulu]

Stop talking rubbish sotos. It's not you and us. It is us and us! It should have never boiled down to "you and us". When we so light heartedly pronounce and condemn the British policy of the past as one of divide and rule we tend to forget that this "us and you" business simply reinforces the colonial divide and rule only this time we are shooting our own legs.

Twerp!

We were sitting on an island minding our own business, and along came them ... making it us and them. The them refused to be nice to us, preferring to slaughter us and until some other thems joined forces and us had to fight for our survival. Them objected and joined forces with those, so that little old us got sold up the Swanee ....

When they are weak they want it to be us and us ... when they are strong they make it you and us ...

Bananiot ... little featherbrained shuttlecock .... there is still no you and me ...

Why don't you go to hell lady. Its always been us and them with the GCs. We were never and probably will never be your equal. It is your sick superiority complex that has always landed you in trouble and you still don't learn from your mistakes.

At least I go on about unity, peace and respect between the communities, you on the other hand go on with utter rubbish. You may be an educated and articulate person but it hasn't stopped you from spewing nothing but pure shit, has it?

You need to get a life, you sad sad person.

United We Stand. The likes of Oracle out of Cyprus.

Little shit-stirring pseudo-peace proclaiming porcupine ... fuck off back to Mongolia ...

Your language for a lady is quiet disgusting. I pray to god that one day you get laid by a Turk. Your great and great great grand parents got laid by them for over 400 years you getting laid by one might make you a better person.

I still say United We Stand. Oracle back to Greece.

WHAT LADY?

[Get Real!]

What readers, GR? I have never fealt that I was under the microscope of anyone? I am here to give my point of view, that is all. You remind me of some cretin Cypriot politicians that keep repeating that "we will all be judged by the people" as if stating the obvious would win them points. Boring really!

I recently said that I’m going to make this new year the Bananiot “open season” year because unfortunately you started it off with what I regard to be the unpardonable sin.

For this reason your double standards and thus lack of credibility, will be constantly exposed at every opportunity for all to see so fasten your seatbelt Bananiot because you and I are going to have a bumpy 2008 and that is a GR promise…

[Get Real!]

Your language for a lady is quiet disgusting. I pray to god that one day you get laid by a Turk. Your great and great great grand parents got laid by them for over 400 years you getting laid by one might make you a better person.

I still say United We Stand. Oracle back to Greece.

It looks like your "vision" of unison has gone a little sour wouldn't you say?

[Bananiot]

You better hurry up GR, its almost April.

[denizaksulu]

Your language for a lady is quiet disgusting. I pray to god that one day you get laid by a Turk. Your great and great great grand parents got laid by them for over 400 years you getting laid by one might make you a better person.

I still say United We Stand. Oracle back to Greece.

It looks like your "vision" of unison has gone a little sour wouldn't you say?

It seems that HIS 'vision of unison' began four generations ago.

[T_C]

Oracle has spoken, the misanthropist. Hate, hate hate ... scary!

I wonder if she has any friends?

Dunno, but I bet you she has a humongous BEAK . I bet it's so big that when shes laying down the refugees from Kyrenia start trying to climb it thinking it's the Pendathaktilos!

Am I right or am I right Oracle?
No need to give us dimensions, just tell us how many pasadembos you can peck through in an hour.

[74LB]

On a separate thread, ( http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=130 ) Bananiot wrote to Oracle: Have you ever wondered, oracle, what brought about the bombings by the Turkish airforce? Did Turkey wake up one morning in August 1964 and said "today I will bomb Tillyria"?

Oracle (or whatever her name is now) replied: Pray ... do tell the Turkish side for me dear Bananiot ..... the spokesperson of the silent minority

As she continues to mention the bombing of Tillyria by the Turkish air force, leaving the impression that it was unprovoked attack upon innocent GC civilians. I have reviewed the events and here are some facts, none taken from Turkish sources.

Following the GC attacks around the new year of 1964, many TCs had retreated into enclaves. One of these was the enclave around Kokkina. On 1 June 1964, Makarios ordered the conscription of every able-bodied GC man between the age of 18 and 50 into the National Guard, contrary to Article 129 of the Cyprus Constitution which forbids conscription except by common agreement. Lieutenant-General Karayannis of the Greek Army was placed in charge of this force. The constitution also limits the size of the Army to 2,000 men, which was greatly exceeded.

Over the summer, Greek soldiers also poured into Cyprus. Greek journalist Taki Theodoracopulos wrote in “The Greek Upheaval”:
Garoufalias (Greek Minister of Defence) managed to pull off a magnificent coup. Under cover of darkness, using only small yachts and fishing boats, 9,000 men and 950 officers, fully equipped and heavily armed, landed in Cyprus”.

Additionally, more armaments entered via Limassol harbour, UN observers being barred from Limassol at that time. According to Newsweek of 27 July 1964:
“Before dawn each day, the great iron doors of the port of Limassol are slammed shut. Turkish Cypriot dockers are sent home. United Nations guards are barred. A few hours later, the doors swing open and covered lorries, weaving on heavily overloaded springs, roar out of the port and head northward towards the Troodos mountains”.

On 14 June 1964 Grivas, now a Lieutenant-General in the Greek Army, was sent to command the Greek soldiers on Cyprus which some estimates number as high as 20,000, with 10,000 as a minimum number. Grivas also assumed actual command of the GC National Guard. The nominated commander, Lieutenant-General Karayannis resigned on 15 August.

During July, The GC government banned the delivery of Red Crescent supplies to the enclaves and Lieutenant-General Grivas started concentrating his forces around the Kokkina enclave. These forces included several thousand men, six 25 pounder guns, two 4-barrelled Oerlikon guns, motors and some armoured cars. The UN Commander, India General Kodendra Thimayya, complained to Makarios about the troop buildup, and was told that no attack was planned. However, on 6 August, Lieutenant-General Grivas launched an assault on the area around Kokkina and Makarios announced that the struggle for enosis had entered its final phase (Newsweek, 17 August1964).

As the attack begun, UN posts were overrun and TCs forced back into a smaller and smaller enclave. GC guns bombarded the Kokkina all day, and in the evening of 6 August, a GC manned patrol boat arrived and bombarded the village from the sea. On 7 August, four Turkish F-100 fighters buzzed GC concentrations and fired rockets into the sea as a warning. It may be that this warning persuaded GC civilians to leave the area.

On the 7 August, the UN commander, General Thimayya, asked Makarios for a truce to allow the evacuation of some trapped UN soldiers and some TC women and children. This was refused.

Following a further day of GC bombardment from the land and the sea, Turkish jets were sent to bomb and shoot at GC positions around Kokkina on 8 August, and one of the patrol boats that had been bombing Kokkina was also damaged and forced to run aground. Air attacks were repeated on 9 August and the GC offensive stopped.

I have put down a number of international references to avoid the accusation of just mouthing propaganda. The account that I have written above is in broad agreement with contemporary accounts http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 35,00.html and at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 25,00.html it is also broadly in agreement with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Hist ... _of_Cyprus

My reason for posting this is not to reawaken old sores, I genuinely hope that Talat and Christofias come to an agreement which we can all sign up to. I would hope, however, to put the events of the past into perspective.

I think you'll also find that the The UN SG report (S/5950) which was issued on 10th Sept 1964 also reflects the above.........

67-The Government build-up of troops and equipment in the area began during the last few days of July and continued up to 7 August. The first major increase took place on 3 August when SCO National Guard reinforced Piyenia and Kato Pyros. On 4 August the Government forces around the bridgehead totalled about 1500. Road and artillery positions were also under construction. On 7 August a large convoy including armoured cars and six 25-ponder guns moved into the Pomos area where the guns were positioned facing Kokkina. This convoy brought the total Government forces deployed in the area to an estimated 2,000 troops with six 25-pounder guns immediately able to bear on the bridgehead, two four-barrelled Oerlikon 20mm guns, several mortars and a number of' armoured cars. There were also a possible further twenty 25-pounder guns and ten more 20mm Oerlikons in the Paphos forest area to the south.

68-The Turkish Cypriot strength was about 500 fighters in the bridgehead with small arms and some mortars and bazookas

69-At the beginning of August the Force Commander had become anxious about the build-up and had expressed several times his fears to the Government. On 4 August he received from the President the renewed assurance that the Government had no intention of attacking any Turkish Cypriot positions and that should the Government find it necessary to do so it would give due warning to the Force Commander.

70- On 3 august the Government forces began patrollong the sea with their newly-acquired armed patrol boats off Mansoura and Kokkina, about 800 yards off-shore. As one boat passed at close range of Mansoura 15 shots were fired at it from the village and when it reached Kokkina it fired 8 shots at small boats in the harbour. The boat continued patrolling the area on 4 August.

71- During the evening of 5 August, there was an exchange of about 500 shots, including a few rounds from mortar and recoilless rifles, in the Piyenia area. It is not known who started the firing, but a cessation of firing was arranged by a UNFICYP officer in the evening.

72- On 6 August Government forces mounted an attack supported by mortars from the Greek Cypriot village of Ayios Yeoryios against Turkish Cypriot positions to the north.

73- On 7 August they resumed the attack during the afternoon by opening heavy fire on the Turkish Cypriot village of Ayios Theodhoros from the Greek Cypriot village of Piyenia. They also began to advance on Kokkina from the Greek Cypriot village of Pakhy Ammos. The same evening a Government patrol boat shelled the village of Mansoura and Kokkina with 40mm guns. About 70 shells were fired in all.

74- At about the same time 4 Turkish F-100 aircraft flew over Polis in a demonstration of force and fired their weapons out to sea.

75- On 7 August the Force Commander sent a strong written protest to the Government in which he drew attention to the serious situation and asked that the operations be stopped.

76- Despite this request, the attack continued and by the early hours of 8 August both Manoura and Ayios Theodhoros had been evacuated by the Turkish Cypriots. The fighters in these villages retreated into Kokkina and all women and children were evacuated with UNFICYP assistance to the Greek Cypriot village of Kato Pyrgos where a Swedish Company HQ was located. There, UNFICYP hastily set up a camp and provided food for the 200 refugees.

77- During 8 August the battle continued. The only remaining Turkish Cypriot position was Kokkina and the defenders were subjected to a heavy bombardment,
including fire from 25-pounder guns.

78- During the same afternoon, Turkish F-100 aircraft, in an undetermined number, began attacking positions of the Government forces around Kokkina, Polis and Kato Pyrgos. A Government patrol boat was also attacked by the Turkish aircraft at Xeros and set on fire, It was finally beached, completely burned out. The casualties suffered by the patrol boat were reported to be five killed and thirteen wounded. It was during
this Turkish air strike that one of the Turkish jet aircraft blew up mid-air over Xeros. The pilot ejected himself from the plane and parachuted on Government controlled
territory where he was taken prisoner. He was removed to a hospital in Nicosia where he later died. Through the good offices of UNFICYP, the pilots body was returned to Turkey.

79- In the middle of the battle, UNFICYP attempted to secure a cease-fire in order
to evacuate women and children from Kokkina, but this was refused by the National
Guard Commander who was approached. Meanwhile the UNFICYP posts in Mansoura and on the ridge between Pakhy Ammos and Kokkina were coming under
heavy mortar and small arms fire. Since it was apparent that they had no possibility of stopping the battle by staying there, it was decided that they should be withdrawn. A request for a temporary cessation of firing to achieve this was refused by the same National Guard commander. Eventually the posts were withdrawn under heavy fire without casualties.

80- On 8 August, little fighting took place on land, but Turkish aircraft made new attacks on the villages of Pomos, Pakhy Ammos, Linni, Polis, Piyenia, Kato Pyrgos,
Alevga,Selain t’Api, Mansoura and around Kokkina, where Government troops were thought to be located or passing through. The aircraft used machine guns, cannons, rockets bombs and incendiaries.

81- Meanwhile the refugees in the camp at Kate Pyrgos had asked to be evacuated to the Turkish Cypriot town of Lefka and this was arranged with the Government.
However, later in the day the Government postponed the move on the grounds that they could not be responsible for the safety of the refugees when they passed through the Greek Cypriot town of Xeros on the way to Lefka. This question was brought to
the attention of the President, who authorized the move, but after the first 40 refugees had been transported to Lefka in UNFICYP armoured personnel carriers, Government Security Force on the spot would not allow the remainder to travel in that direction. Finally, because the refugees feared for their safety at Kato Pyrgos they were transported at their own request by UNFICYP to the Turkish Cypriot village of Kokkina where they still remain.

82- Throughout the entire battle, UNFICYP made strenuous attempts to secure a cease-fire was continually hindered by the Government forces. Its movement was impeded by the road blocks placed across roads and no Greek Cypriot commander was available with whom discussions could take place.

83- At 13.50 hours on 9 August, President Makarios announced that unless the Turkish air attacks were called off by 15:30 hours the same day he would order an
attack on every Turkish Cypriot village in the island. The President later postponed
this order, first until 18:30 hours and then indefinitely.

84- Meanwhile, as set forth in the next section of this report, the Security Council in New York had adopted us resolution of 9 August calling for an immediate cease-fire. The Force Commander personally handed the Security Council’s appeal to the President on the same day and he promptly notified his observance of it. The cease-fire became effective on the night of 9/10 August.

85- During that same night the Cyprus Government complained that two Turkish
destroyers were anchored off Mansoura and were unloading men into small boats
prior to their being ferried into Kokkina. The UNFICYP Commander immediately
despatched the Commander of the Swedish Contingent to Kokkina to investigate. After a most hazardous drive, this officer arrived in Kokkina in the early hours of the
morning. He found two Turkish motor torpedo boats in the harbour but could find no
evidence that men had been offloaded, although he thought supplies had been. The
boats left Kokkina before daylight.

86- The cease-fire was also breached by a machine-gun attack made by two Turkish
aircraft on Polis in the morning of 10 August. Little actual damage was done, but 10
civilians were wounded. This was discussed at a new meeting of the Security Council on 11 August, as set forth in the next section.

87- UNFICYP had no means of ascertaining the caualties caused by the Tylliria fighting and the Turkish air attacks. The Cyprus Government has estimated that the combined casualties of both actions on the Greek Cypriot side totalled53 dead and 125 wounded, of which 28 dead and 56 wounded were civilians. No official figures are available as to the Turkish Cypriot casualties.

[denizaksulu]

On a separate thread, ( http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=130 ) Bananiot wrote to Oracle: Have you ever wondered, oracle, what brought about the bombings by the Turkish airforce? Did Turkey wake up one morning in August 1964 and said "today I will bomb Tillyria"?

Oracle (or whatever her name is now) replied: Pray ... do tell the Turkish side for me dear Bananiot ..... the spokesperson of the silent minority

As she continues to mention the bombing of Tillyria by the Turkish air force, leaving the impression that it was unprovoked attack upon innocent GC civilians. I have reviewed the events and here are some facts, none taken from Turkish sources.

Following the GC attacks around the new year of 1964, many TCs had retreated into enclaves. One of these was the enclave around Kokkina. On 1 June 1964, Makarios ordered the conscription of every able-bodied GC man between the age of 18 and 50 into the National Guard, contrary to Article 129 of the Cyprus Constitution which forbids conscription except by common agreement. Lieutenant-General Karayannis of the Greek Army was placed in charge of this force. The constitution also limits the size of the Army to 2,000 men, which was greatly exceeded.

Over the summer, Greek soldiers also poured into Cyprus. Greek journalist Taki Theodoracopulos wrote in “The Greek Upheaval”:
Garoufalias (Greek Minister of Defence) managed to pull off a magnificent coup. Under cover of darkness, using only small yachts and fishing boats, 9,000 men and 950 officers, fully equipped and heavily armed, landed in Cyprus”.

Additionally, more armaments entered via Limassol harbour, UN observers being barred from Limassol at that time. According to Newsweek of 27 July 1964:
“Before dawn each day, the great iron doors of the port of Limassol are slammed shut. Turkish Cypriot dockers are sent home. United Nations guards are barred. A few hours later, the doors swing open and covered lorries, weaving on heavily overloaded springs, roar out of the port and head northward towards the Troodos mountains”.

On 14 June 1964 Grivas, now a Lieutenant-General in the Greek Army, was sent to command the Greek soldiers on Cyprus which some estimates number as high as 20,000, with 10,000 as a minimum number. Grivas also assumed actual command of the GC National Guard. The nominated commander, Lieutenant-General Karayannis resigned on 15 August.

During July, The GC government banned the delivery of Red Crescent supplies to the enclaves and Lieutenant-General Grivas started concentrating his forces around the Kokkina enclave. These forces included several thousand men, six 25 pounder guns, two 4-barrelled Oerlikon guns, motors and some armoured cars. The UN Commander, India General Kodendra Thimayya, complained to Makarios about the troop buildup, and was told that no attack was planned. However, on 6 August, Lieutenant-General Grivas launched an assault on the area around Kokkina and Makarios announced that the struggle for enosis had entered its final phase (Newsweek, 17 August1964).

As the attack begun, UN posts were overrun and TCs forced back into a smaller and smaller enclave. GC guns bombarded the Kokkina all day, and in the evening of 6 August, a GC manned patrol boat arrived and bombarded the village from the sea. On 7 August, four Turkish F-100 fighters buzzed GC concentrations and fired rockets into the sea as a warning. It may be that this warning persuaded GC civilians to leave the area.

On the 7 August, the UN commander, General Thimayya, asked Makarios for a truce to allow the evacuation of some trapped UN soldiers and some TC women and children. This was refused.

Following a further day of GC bombardment from the land and the sea, Turkish jets were sent to bomb and shoot at GC positions around Kokkina on 8 August, and one of the patrol boats that had been bombing Kokkina was also damaged and forced to run aground. Air attacks were repeated on 9 August and the GC offensive stopped.

I have put down a number of international references to avoid the accusation of just mouthing propaganda. The account that I have written above is in broad agreement with contemporary accounts http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 35,00.html and at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 25,00.html it is also broadly in agreement with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Hist ... _of_Cyprus

My reason for posting this is not to reawaken old sores, I genuinely hope that Talat and Christofias come to an agreement which we can all sign up to. I would hope, however, to put the events of the past into perspective.

I think you'll also find that the The UN SG report (S/5950) which was issued on 10th Sept 1964 also reflects the above.........

67-The Government build-up of troops and equipment in the area began during the last few days of July and continued up to 7 August. The first major increase took place on 3 August when SCO National Guard reinforced Piyenia and Kato Pyros. On 4 August the Government forces around the bridgehead totalled about 1500. Road and artillery positions were also under construction. On 7 August a large convoy including armoured cars and six 25-ponder guns moved into the Pomos area where the guns were positioned facing Kokkina. This convoy brought the total Government forces deployed in the area to an estimated 2,000 troops with six 25-pounder guns immediately able to bear on the bridgehead, two four-barrelled Oerlikon 20mm guns, several mortars and a number of' armoured cars. There were also a possible further twenty 25-pounder guns and ten more 20mm Oerlikons in the Paphos forest area to the south.

68-The Turkish Cypriot strength was about 500 fighters in the bridgehead with small arms and some mortars and bazookas

69-At the beginning of August the Force Commander had become anxious about the build-up and had expressed several times his fears to the Government. On 4 August he received from the President the renewed assurance that the Government had no intention of attacking any Turkish Cypriot positions and that should the Government find it necessary to do so it would give due warning to the Force Commander.

70- On 3 august the Government forces began patrollong the sea with their newly-acquired armed patrol boats off Mansoura and Kokkina, about 800 yards off-shore. As one boat passed at close range of Mansoura 15 shots were fired at it from the village and when it reached Kokkina it fired 8 shots at small boats in the harbour. The boat continued patrolling the area on 4 August.

71- During the evening of 5 August, there was an exchange of about 500 shots, including a few rounds from mortar and recoilless rifles, in the Piyenia area. It is not known who started the firing, but a cessation of firing was arranged by a UNFICYP officer in the evening.

72- On 6 August Government forces mounted an attack supported by mortars from the Greek Cypriot village of Ayios Yeoryios against Turkish Cypriot positions to the north.

73- On 7 August they resumed the attack during the afternoon by opening heavy fire on the Turkish Cypriot village of Ayios Theodhoros from the Greek Cypriot village of Piyenia. They also began to advance on Kokkina from the Greek Cypriot village of Pakhy Ammos. The same evening a Government patrol boat shelled the village of Mansoura and Kokkina with 40mm guns. About 70 shells were fired in all.

74- At about the same time 4 Turkish F-100 aircraft flew over Polis in a demonstration of force and fired their weapons out to sea.

75- On 7 August the Force Commander sent a strong written protest to the Government in which he drew attention to the serious situation and asked that the operations be stopped.

76- Despite this request, the attack continued and by the early hours of 8 August both Manoura and Ayios Theodhoros had been evacuated by the Turkish Cypriots. The fighters in these villages retreated into Kokkina and all women and children were evacuated with UNFICYP assistance to the Greek Cypriot village of Kato Pyrgos where a Swedish Company HQ was located. There, UNFICYP hastily set up a camp and provided food for the 200 refugees.

77- During 8 August the battle continued. The only remaining Turkish Cypriot position was Kokkina and the defenders were subjected to a heavy bombardment,
including fire from 25-pounder guns.

78- During the same afternoon, Turkish F-100 aircraft, in an undetermined number, began attacking positions of the Government forces around Kokkina, Polis and Kato Pyrgos. A Government patrol boat was also attacked by the Turkish aircraft at Xeros and set on fire, It was finally beached, completely burned out. The casualties suffered by the patrol boat were reported to be five killed and thirteen wounded. It was during
this Turkish air strike that one of the Turkish jet aircraft blew up mid-air over Xeros. The pilot ejected himself from the plane and parachuted on Government controlled
territory where he was taken prisoner. He was removed to a hospital in Nicosia where he later died. Through the good offices of UNFICYP, the pilots body was returned to Turkey.

79- In the middle of the battle, UNFICYP attempted to secure a cease-fire in order
to evacuate women and children from Kokkina, but this was refused by the National
Guard Commander who was approached. Meanwhile the UNFICYP posts in Mansoura and on the ridge between Pakhy Ammos and Kokkina were coming under
heavy mortar and small arms fire. Since it was apparent that they had no possibility of stopping the battle by staying there, it was decided that they should be withdrawn. A request for a temporary cessation of firing to achieve this was refused by the same National Guard commander. Eventually the posts were withdrawn under heavy fire without casualties.

80- On 8 August, little fighting took place on land, but Turkish aircraft made new attacks on the villages of Pomos, Pakhy Ammos, Linni, Polis, Piyenia, Kato Pyrgos,
Alevga,Selain t’Api, Mansoura and around Kokkina, where Government troops were thought to be located or passing through. The aircraft used machine guns, cannons, rockets bombs and incendiaries.

81- Meanwhile the refugees in the camp at Kate Pyrgos had asked to be evacuated to the Turkish Cypriot town of Lefka and this was arranged with the Government.
However, later in the day the Government postponed the move on the grounds that they could not be responsible for the safety of the refugees when they passed through the Greek Cypriot town of Xeros on the way to Lefka. This question was brought to
the attention of the President, who authorized the move, but after the first 40 refugees had been transported to Lefka in UNFICYP armoured personnel carriers, Government Security Force on the spot would not allow the remainder to travel in that direction. Finally, because the refugees feared for their safety at Kato Pyrgos they were transported at their own request by UNFICYP to the Turkish Cypriot village of Kokkina where they still remain.

82- Throughout the entire battle, UNFICYP made strenuous attempts to secure a cease-fire was continually hindered by the Government forces. Its movement was impeded by the road blocks placed across roads and no Greek Cypriot commander was available with whom discussions could take place.

83- At 13.50 hours on 9 August, President Makarios announced that unless the Turkish air attacks were called off by 15:30 hours the same day he would order an
attack on every Turkish Cypriot village in the island. The President later postponed
this order, first until 18:30 hours and then indefinitely.

84- Meanwhile, as set forth in the next section of this report, the Security Council in New York had adopted us resolution of 9 August calling for an immediate cease-fire. The Force Commander personally handed the Security Council’s appeal to the President on the same day and he promptly notified his observance of it. The cease-fire became effective on the night of 9/10 August.

85- During that same night the Cyprus Government complained that two Turkish
destroyers were anchored off Mansoura and were unloading men into small boats
prior to their being ferried into Kokkina. The UNFICYP Commander immediately
despatched the Commander of the Swedish Contingent to Kokkina to investigate. After a most hazardous drive, this officer arrived in Kokkina in the early hours of the
morning. He found two Turkish motor torpedo boats in the harbour but could find no
evidence that men had been offloaded, although he thought supplies had been. The
boats left Kokkina before daylight.

86- The cease-fire was also breached by a machine-gun attack made by two Turkish
aircraft on Polis in the morning of 10 August. Little actual damage was done, but 10
civilians were wounded. This was discussed at a new meeting of the Security Council on 11 August, as set forth in the next section.

87- UNFICYP had no means of ascertaining the caualties caused by the Tylliria fighting and the Turkish air attacks. The Cyprus Government has estimated that the combined casualties of both actions on the Greek Cypriot side totalled53 dead and 125 wounded, of which 28 dead and 56 wounded were civilians. No official figures are available as to the Turkish Cypriot casualties.

In addition to the above a report was published by Georgiou Karayannis, a Commander (if not the commander) of the joint GC and Greek forces dated the 12th August 1964. Readers might find useful information from the horses mouth. I am sure it is available to the GCs as it is available in Publications in the North.