There is some opposition to the agreement…

There is some opposition to the agreement in Britain, but not enough to prevent it, and colonial administration is established on the island.

Greek Cypriot nationalism makes its presence known to the new rulers, when, in a welcoming speech at Larnaca for the first British high commissioner, the bishop of Kition expresses the hope that the British will expedite the unification of Cyprus and Greece as they had previously done with the Ionian Islands.

Thus, the British are confronted at the very beginning of their administration with the reality that enosis is vital to many Greek Cypriots.