Throughout 1964 and later, President Makarios and…

Throughout 1964 and later, President Makarios and the Greek Cypriot leadership have adopted the view that the establishment of UNFICYP by the UN Security Council has set aside the rights of intervention granted to the guarantor powers—Britain, Greece, and Turkey—by the Treaty of Guarantee.

The Turkish leadership, on the other hand, contends that the Security Council action has reinforced the provisions of the treaty.

These diametrically opposed views illustrate the basic Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot positions; the former holding that the constitution and the other provisions of the treaties are flexible and subject to change under changing conditions, and the latter, that they are fixed agreements, not subject to change.