GreekIslandGirl wrote:Even though the documents were entitled "British Aims for Cyprus", .....
It really does seem that you are incapable of making a post that does not contain distortions of actual fact to suit your needs.
The document (singular) was not entitled "British Aims for Cyprus". The document contained within it a sub heading of such. Still let's not let actual factual truth get in the way of your stories shall we.
GreekIslandGirl wrote:We don't know how far they got with their aims
We know they never got as far as offering to 'give financial and other assistance for the resettling of TC' because such was not an aim of the British Government.
GreekIslandGirl wrote:.... as contained within the documents are the fears that Turkey wouldn't accept them.
Yet more distortion.
DO (O) 64/26 wrote: If Mr Tuomioja and others reach the conclusion that a "pro-Greek" solution is the only possible one the main problem will be to bring the Turks to accept this conclusion.
Do you see the word IF there ? DO you know what the word IF means ? The document also has another IF in it that you have ignored, also under the sub heading "British Aims for Cyprus"
DO(O) 64/26) wrote: If, therefore, we believe that a 'pro-Greek' solution is the only one with any chance of long-term success,..."
Do you see the word IF there ? DO you know what the word IF means ? DO you know the differenced between saying 'If, therefore, we believe" and "as, therefore, we believe" ?
GreekIslandGirl wrote:And indeed as I said, we know what happened shortly after these aims were discussed/formulated.
We do indeed. Some of the things that 'happened' In Cyprus following this document being produced
On 7th March a large armed Greek-Cypriot force from Limassol entered the village [of Mallia] and attacked the Turk-Cypriot quarter. The entire Turk-Cypriot population retreated into the community's school and was laid seige. British troops intervened and a cease-fire was accepted on 10 March after the Turk-Cypriots agreed to surrender their arms to the Greek-Cypriots. During the fight, five Turk-Cypriots were killed. It is alleged that most of these casualties were unarmed and occurred when the cease-fire was supposed to be in effect.
on 19 March Greek-Cypriot forces launched an attack on the Turk-Cypriot village of Ghaziveran. Seven Turk-Cypriots and one Greek-Cypriot were shot dead before British troops were able to arrange a cease-fire agreement
On 27 March 1964, the commander of UNFICYP declared his force to be operational, and United Nations troops took over the British observation posts which had been established along the various cease-fire lines.
On 25 April, Greek-Cypriot units began an offensive against Turkish-Cypriot positions near the [Kyrenia] pass during which six Turk-Cypriots and one Greek-Cypriot were killed. Efforts by UNFICYP to stop the fighting were completely ignored until 29 April when President Makarios announced that his forces had achieved their objective of pushing back the Turkish-Cypriot front lines.
Between 11 and 13 May, probably 32 to 35 Turk-Cypriots were abducted and executed as a reprisal for the deaths of these three men. The abductions seem to have been carried out by a well-organized Greek-Cypriot gang based in Famagusta and Larnaca Districts, although it is not improbable that a few of the kidnappings may have been spontaneous and uncoordinated acts of revenge.
On 14 June 1964, General Grivas returned to Cyprus. In the next two months 5,000 Greek troops arrived to form the Greek Army in Cyprus under his command.
On 6 August, National Guard and Greek Army units attacked Turk-Cypriot villages around Kokkina.[60] Turk-Cypriot civilians and Fighters were forced to retreat into a narrow beachhead and were subjected to an intense artillery bombardment. On 7 August, Turkish aircraft had over-flown the battle-zone and fired their weapons out to sea as a show of strength to reinforce a Turkish ultimatum to stop the attack. On 8 August, Turkish jets attacked National Guard and Greek troops in the Tylliria region.
This then was what happened in Cyprus in the months after this document was used to brief the policy committee, whilst there was supposed to have been a cease fire leading up to the arrival of UN troops and after their arrival.
GreekIslandGirl wrote:But, I for one would have supported them 100% if they were collecting money to send "those Turkish Cypriots" to Turkey.
Seems like the GC leadership of the time, the likes of Grivas et al, were of the view why pay TC to leave when we can just force them too with force of arms and intimidation and murder aided by contingents of Greek mainland troops, all on the assumption that the presence of UN troops would keep Turkey at bay whilst they did so - an assumption that was a catastrophic miscalculation on their part.
How much would it cost to pay you to fuck off from this forum GiG ? I am sure we could find plenty of people willing to contribute to such a fund.
