Kissinger role in the invasion of Cyprus

[antonio]

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Intelligence officers confirm Kissinger role in Turkish invasion

Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday June 26, 2007

Release of CIA’s ‘Family Jewels’ provides insight into political juggernaut and Bush Administration adviser
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pushed for the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and allowed arms to be moved to Ankara for an attack on that island in reaction to a coup sponsored by the Greek junta, according to documents and intelligence officers with close knowledge of the event.
Nearly 700 pages of highly classified Central Intelligence Agency reports from the 1970's, known collectively as the "Family Jewels," are slated for public release today.
However, the National Security Archive had previously obtained four related documents through the Freedom of Information Act and made them public Friday.
“In all the world the things that hurt us the most are the CIA business and Turkey aid,” Kissinger declares in one of those documents, aWhite House memorandum of a conversation from Feb. 20, 1975. On the surface, the comment seems innocuous, but the context as well as the time period suggests Kissinger had abetted illegal financial aid and arms support to Turkey for its 1974 Cyprus invasion.
In July and August of 1974, Turkey staged a military invasion of the island nation of Cyprus, taking over nearly a third of the island and creating a divide between the south and north. Most historians consider that Kissinger – then Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford – not only knew about the planned attack on Cyprus, but encouraged it.
Some Greek Cypriots believed then, and still believe, that the invasion was a deliberate plot on the part of Britain and the US to maintain their influence on the island, which was particularly important as a listening post in the Eastern Mediterranean in the wake of the October 1973 War between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
According to columnist Christopher Hitchens, author of the book The Trial of Henry Kissinger, "At the time, many Greeks believed that the significant thing was that [Prime Minister Bulent] Ecevit had been a pupil of Kissinger's at Harvard."
Several intelligence sources, who wished to remain anonymous to maintain the security of their identity, confirmed to RAW STORY that Kissinger both pushed for the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and allowed arms to be moved to Ankara.
However, a former CIA officer who was working in Turkey at the time, suggests that Kissinger's statement in the memorandum about Turkish aid likely means the Ford administration, following Kissinger’s advice, conducted business under the table with right-wing ultra-nationalist General Kenan Evren, who later dissolved Parliament and became the dictator of Turkey in a 1980 coup.
“The implication is that the US government was dealing directly with General Evren and circumventing the [democratically elected] Turkish government,” the former CIA officer said. “This was authorized by Kissinger, because they were nervous about Ecevit, who was a Social Democrat.”
“We technically cut off military aid for them,” the officer added, referring to an arms embargo passed by Congress after the invasion. “Technically… technically, but this would imply that the military and/or probably CIA aid continued even after the aid was cut off by Congress. This may substantively be what led to the overthrow eventually of Ecevit.”
According to the former CIA officer, Turkey’s democratically elected President Ecevit had good relations with the Johnson administration, but the Nixon administration, where Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, had issues with Ecevit.
“I don't remember now what all the issues were,” the source said. “But I remember that the White House did not like Ecevit.”
Kissinger could not be reached for comment Monday....

[Megale]

Originally Posted by antonio
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This might not be news for some of you...



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Intelligence officers confirm Kissinger role in Turkish invasion

Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday June 26, 2007

Release of CIA’s ‘Family Jewels’ provides insight into political juggernaut and Bush Administration adviser
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pushed for the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and allowed arms to be moved to Ankara for an attack on that island in reaction to a coup sponsored by the Greek junta, according to documents and intelligence officers with close knowledge of the event.
Nearly 700 pages of highly classified Central Intelligence Agency reports from the 1970's, known collectively as the "Family Jewels," are slated for public release today.
However, the National Security Archive had previously obtained four related documents through the Freedom of Information Act and made them public Friday.
“In all the world the things that hurt us the most are the CIA business and Turkey aid,” Kissinger declares in one of those documents, aWhite House memorandum of a conversation from Feb. 20, 1975. On the surface, the comment seems innocuous, but the context as well as the time period suggests Kissinger had abetted illegal financial aid and arms support to Turkey for its 1974 Cyprus invasion.
In July and August of 1974, Turkey staged a military invasion of the island nation of Cyprus, taking over nearly a third of the island and creating a divide between the south and north. Most historians consider that Kissinger – then Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford – not only knew about the planned attack on Cyprus, but encouraged it.
Some Greek Cypriots believed then, and still believe, that the invasion was a deliberate plot on the part of Britain and the US to maintain their influence on the island, which was particularly important as a listening post in the Eastern Mediterranean in the wake of the October 1973 War between Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
According to columnist Christopher Hitchens, author of the book The Trial of Henry Kissinger, "At the time, many Greeks believed that the significant thing was that [Prime Minister Bulent] Ecevit had been a pupil of Kissinger's at Harvard."
Several intelligence sources, who wished to remain anonymous to maintain the security of their identity, confirmed to RAW STORY that Kissinger both pushed for the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and allowed arms to be moved to Ankara.
However, a former CIA officer who was working in Turkey at the time, suggests that Kissinger's statement in the memorandum about Turkish aid likely means the Ford administration, following Kissinger’s advice, conducted business under the table with right-wing ultra-nationalist General Kenan Evren, who later dissolved Parliament and became the dictator of Turkey in a 1980 coup.
“The implication is that the US government was dealing directly with General Evren and circumventing the [democratically elected] Turkish government,” the former CIA officer said. “This was authorized by Kissinger, because they were nervous about Ecevit, who was a Social Democrat.”
“We technically cut off military aid for them,” the officer added, referring to an arms embargo passed by Congress after the invasion. “Technically… technically, but this would imply that the military and/or probably CIA aid continued even after the aid was cut off by Congress. This may substantively be what led to the overthrow eventually of Ecevit.”
According to the former CIA officer, Turkey’s democratically elected President Ecevit had good relations with the Johnson administration, but the Nixon administration, where Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, had issues with Ecevit.
“I don't remember now what all the issues were,” the source said. “But I remember that the White House did not like Ecevit.”
Kissinger could not be reached for comment Monday....

There is a tell all book about kissinger and cyprus called the cyprus conspiracy.

[Prokomenos]

Kissinger is a clown. Lets not also forget what he said about the Greeks:

The Greek people are anarchic and difficult to tame. For this reason
we must strike deep into their cultural roots: Perhaps then we can force
them to conform. I mean, of course, to strike at their language, their religion,
their cultural and historical reserves, so that we can neutralize their ability to
develop, to distinguish themselves, or to prevail; thereby removing them as an
obstacle to our strategically vital plans in the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and
the Middle East.

[gmellos]

On the day he dies there should be a national day of celebration declared in Greece and Cyprus!

[Apollyon]

Antonio are you sure that you are Italian?
You act and talk more hellenic (greek) than many Hellenes I know.
That gives me hope...
That reminds me the myth of Pandora who released from a box all the bad things of the world and kept inside Hope.
It is forbidden by God , the loss of Hellas.

I would like to say a phrase that i have heard from a holy man...
<< The favour of Panagia (Madona) towards Hellenes is so scandalous,
because we are too unfit to manage the coming situations >>

[antonio]

Originally Posted by Apollyon
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Antonio are you sure that you are Italian?
You act and talk more hellenic (greek) than many Hellenes I know.
That gives me hope...
That reminds me the myth of Pandora who released from a box all the bad things of the world and kept inside Hope.
It is forbidden by God , the loss of Hellas.

I would like to say a phrase that i have heard from a holy man...
<< The favour of Panagia (Madona) towards Hellenes is so scandalous,
because we are too unfit to manage the coming situations >>

I am definately from Southern Italy, but I am descended from families with names like Colocero (Kalogeros) Schiro (Skyros), & Grieco ("Greek"). Also, I have found a lot of people in the Peloponnese and Epirus who match my DNA, so who knows.

I am a big history buff, so I have a strong appreciation for Greek culture and history.

[Prokomenos]

Originally Posted by antonio
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I am definately from Southern Italy, but I am descended from families with names like Colocero (Kalogeros) Schiro (Skyros), & Grieco ("Greek"). Also, I have found a lot of people in the Peloponnese and Epirus who match my DNA, so who knows.

I am a big history buff, so I have a strong appreciation for Greek culture and history.

Well whether you have Greek blood or not which is possible that you do you are more than welcomed on this forum Antonio.

[gorgona]

Kissinger should have been tried as a war criminal ages ago.

[Prokomenos]

Your right and I wonder why they never did. :mpa:

[Ellinas]

You wonder?
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