Kifeas wrote:Actually the British government had even examined the possibility to reinstate Makarios and aid the GC resistance against the coupists and the British ministry of defence presented a contingency plan for this purpose. Unfortunately, as it was revealed from last year’s publication of the foreign office secret documents, they were prevented by Dr. Kisinger.
That proves beyond doubt what and who was hidden behind the Greek Junta coup and the Turkish Invasion. No one else other than C.I.A. and Dr. Henry Kissinger.
A better telling of history... given the chronic position of the British economy, with the US holding us by the pursestrings for IMF loans (thus having us completely by the balls), Britain was in no position to act unilaterally to prevent a Turkish advance across Cyprus. The consequences of going against a US diktat had been demonstrated 18 years before in Suez, when they again threatened to bankrupt us if we did not withdraw.
It always amazes me when some blinkered British people cite the US as our closest and most reliable ally... recent history has proved otherwise. As is often stated on this forum, the US has one foreign policy: do what is best for US interests alone, regardless of its impact on others.
