Anti-British sentiments are exacerbated when Britain concludes…
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Meanwhile, Grivas has returned to the island surreptitiously and made contact with Makarios.
In December the UN General Assembly, after consideration of the Cyprus item placed on the agenda by Greece, adopts a New Zealand proposal that, using diplomatic jargon, announces the decision "not to consider the problem further for the time being, because it does not appear appropriate to adopt a resolution on the question of Cyprus."
Reaction to the setback at the UN is immediate and violent.
Greek Cypriot leaders called a general strike, and schoolchildren left their classrooms to demonstrate in the streets.
These events are followed by the worst rioting since 1931.
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