A new crisis rekindles intercommunal tensions on…
January 1972 CE
The guns are intended for Makarios's own elite guard; the Greek government, hoping to overthrow Makarios through Grivas, EOKA B, and the National Guard, objects to the import of the arms.
The authorities in Ankara are more than willing to join Athens in such a protest, and both governments demand that the Czechoslovakian munitions be turned over to UNFICYP.
Makarios is eventually forced to comply.