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A new crisis rekindles intercommunal tensions on …
Years: 1972 - 1972
January
A new crisis rekindles intercommunal tensions on Cyprus in January 1972, when an Athens newspaper reports that the Makarios government has received a shipment of Czechoslovakian arms.
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.
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.
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- Turkish people
- Greeks (Modern)
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
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- Cyprus, Republic of
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Years: 1972 - 1972
January
Locations
People
Groups
- Turkish people
- Greeks (Modern)
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Cyprus, Republic of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions