insan wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:This is powerful support for one of Brendan O'Malley and Ian Craig's main hypotheses in "The Cyprus Conspiracy".
It is not Tim. I recommend u to read 400 pages of CIA report that reveals the truth about why Britain did not want to join Turkey for an bilateral intervention. Though in above report it can also be seen in the first paragraph. Brits having the bitter experince of guerilla warfare with EOKA, were predicting a little chance of success, waging a guerilla warfare against EOKA-B. On the other hand US did not wish to internationalize the issue. There was nothing pre-planned. Everything developed under the then circumstances.
Please read all the details from CIA report:
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=22700
Of course it was pre planned. How did the british press know where the turkish troops were being parachuted. They had their cameras at the right place at the right time. Turkey, US and UK were all in on it.