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[BlueWater]

Ever since the Turkish army invaded and occupied Northern Cyprus in 1974, the partition of the island between ethnic Greeks and Turks has seemed set in stone.

But the first green line, through the capital, was drawn ten years earlier, by a British general -- using a green chinagraph pencil that happened to be at hand. Throughout 1964, British troops were on the island, supposedly for peace-keeping. But were they really bringing peace? In this programme, Mike Thomson examine new documents that suggest that the real motives of some of the peacekeepers were less than honourable. New documents uncovered by the programme reveal the existence of a spy ring of British troops who were materially aiding Turkish insurgents by gun-running and spying on Greek Cypriot military installations. Although one of the men was caught by the Greek Cypriots, the rest were spirited off the island by the British authorities before the Cypriot police could interrogate them.

The programme also investigates the long-standing mystery of a British army major who was abducted, presumed murdered, by Greek Cypriot paramilitaries. New documentary evidence uncovered by the programme shows that he, too, was aware of illicit gun-running on behalf of the Turks; and that, although the British authorities had good intelligence about the identities of his murderers, they chose not to press the Greek Cypriot authorities to investigate the case.

Many Greek Cypriots have long believed that the Nato powers, notably Britain and America , were opposed to the idea of an independent Cyprus because of fears that it could fall into communist hands and become a "Mediterranean Cuba" - a scenario that would have put at risk British electronic spying bases on the island. The programme assesses the evidence that pro-American elements on the island in 1964 actively conspired to foment inter-communal strife in order to justify the effective partition of the island - a situation that came to pass in 1974.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/d ... 0123.shtml

[cypezokyli]

welcome to the forum bluewater.

interesting documentary , especially since it is coming from the bbc. unfortunately for technical reasons i didnot manage to listen to it.
is there a chance to get it on a pdf file or sth similar , somewhere ?
thanks

[BlueWater]

The new uncovered documents presented by The British Broadcasting Corporation shows more evidences of British criminal involvement in independence Cyprus during the 1960’s. The evidences shows while President Makarios III was trying secure Cyprus independence and achieve social harmony among the different ethnic groups in the country, at the same time, the British systematically recruited and armed members of a terrorist organization called the Turkish Resistance Organization (T.M.T), to undermine the Treaty of Guarantee and the goals of Makarios III.

welcome to the forum bluewater.

interesting documentary , especially since it is coming from the bbc. unfortunately for technical reasons i didnot manage to listen to it.
is there a chance to get it on a pdf file or sth similar , somewhere ?
thanks

I myself didn’t hear the Dividing Cyprus radio documentary, also due to technical reasons. In addition, I do not know of other internet or downloadable file sources the radio documentary is being streamed.

[cypezokyli]

well i am not sure if makarios first priority was to have "social harmony between social groups" . i am starting to have my reservations on that .

but, it will interesting to get some more info on the british involvement in the period. the more we know, the better..

[rawk]

I'm looking into this BBC radio documentry, I'm currently researching the source material. Whatever I find, I'll post in its original form, no interpretation, no editing, the original stuff. No worries.

rawk

[eracles]

i have a recording and will post it up later tonight...

[eracles]

here it is...

http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FTL ... CQGD030SK9

[BlueWater]

The Cyprus crisis.

www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/ind ... opic=68440

[Natty]

Hey, I listened to that on the Radio, it was very interesting......There was this one Britsh officer who wanted to intergrate the TC's and GC's after the intercommunal fighting, but that was put a stop to by an American officer who told him to stop and that partition is what they wanted...The British officer was then sent away, something like that......