Makarios writes to the Greek president Phaedon…

July 1974 CE

Makarios writes to the Greek president Phaedon Gizikis early in July, demanding that the remaining six hundred and fifty Greek officers assigned to the National Guard be withdrawn.

He also accuses the junta of plotting against his life and against the government of Cyprus.

Makarios sends his letter (which is released to the public) to the Greek president on July 2, 1974; the reply comes thirteen days later, not in the form of a letter but in an order from Athens to the Cypriot
National Guard to overthrow its commander in chief and take control of the island.

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Nicosia > Levkosía Nicosia Cyprus View →

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Dimitrios Ioannidis View → Fazıl Küçük View → Glafcos Clerides View → Makarios III View → Phaedon Gizikis View → Rauf Denktaş View →

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Turkish people View → Greeks (Modern) View → Greece, Kingdom of View → Turkey, Republic of View → United Nations, The (U.N.) View → Cyprus, Republic of View →

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Cold War View → Greek military junta (Regime of the Colonels) View → Turkish invasion of Cyprus, or Greek-Turkish Cypriot War of 1974, View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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