GreekIslandGirl wrote:wyoming cowboy wrote:The Americans had a direct interest in these installations,in cyprus, because all the information gleaned was shared with Washington under the terms of a secret intelligence pact drawn up in 1947, called the UKUSA agreement. They also benefited from the use of the strategic air base to supply western forces in conflicts in the Middle East -- for instance Akrotiri is now used to resupply forces operating the no-fly zone in Iraq and monitor the Camp David Peace agreements between the Arabs and Israelis. Most importantly of all, at the time of the Cyprus crisis the British spying stations were being used to monitor Soviet nuclear missile tests in central Asia. Therefore all of a sudden the Americans had an interest in Cyprus, as the timeline corelates to when the Americans began to intervene.
That's right. Just when the British were acknowledging Cyprus should be ceded to Greece - the USA took over and instead re-directed the British to holding on to Cyprus. This involved backtracking and undoing all the 'harm' the British did when they treated Cyprus as part of the Greek nation in readiness for handing over Cyprus to Greece. It was obvious that they were going to use Turkey as the undoing tool despite the illegality of doing so because of the Treaty of Lausanne.
correct GIG girl!!! I think you are onto discovering a new layer of Cyprus' history
Mallinson (p.23)
