Get Real! wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:How did Makarios keep a straight face signing an agreement he had no intention of honouring...Within 3 years he was at work pushing the hapless TCs out of power,in order to gift Cyprus to Greece... I know you know this was an unforgivable act of treachery,GR!...But the rest of the GCs have to come to the same realisation before we make any headway towards reuniting our homeland...
Again, you’re full of shit!
Makarios ceased from supporting union with Greece when his suggestion for independence was accepted. It was a prerequisite for the 1959 deal to go ahead and from then on he honored it right to the end.
Stop this shitty business...You will drive Byron away...
Makarios is on record for admitting his desire for Enosis lasted well into the 60s....Here is a what he was saying in 1964 :
Gilbert: Do you think the Greek people of Cyprus still wish Enosis? [Editor's note: Political movement for the Union of Cyprus with Greece - from the Greek word for union]
Makarios: Certainly, yes. This was always the desire of the people of Cyprus.
Gilbert: If Enosis does come how do you feel, sir, about not being a member of the Commonwealth?
Makarios: I support the Commonwealth as an institution and as long as Cyprus is not united with Greece, we will continue to be a member of the Commonwealth family. The choice, however, between Enosis and Commonwealth is not a difficult one. I shall feel very happy when Cyprus is united with Greece which is our Motherland.
Gilbert: What is Cyprus’ future?
Makarios: We are aiming at attaining unfettered and unrestricted independence which will allow the people of Cyprus to decide its future in exercising the right of self-determination. And the future we envisage is Enosis with Greece. The solution of our problem would not be difficult had foreign interferences ceased. The Cyprus problem would easily and peacefully be solved between the Greeks and Turks of Cyprus, or through the United Nations and within the framework of its Charter.
http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/_archbishop_makarios_richard_gilbert.html