Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State (tel. 4658, Polto 20)
Department of State (Sisco, reporting from Athens) FRUS telegram Secret
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Verbatim passages
Finally, I have the distinct impression that no matter what is done in this situation, the Turks see it as an ideal time to achieve by military intervention a longstanding objective, namely, double enosis.
Joseph Sisco — FRUS 1969-76 v30 D99, Department of State (Sisco, reporting from Athens), 1974-07-19 · The sharpest pre-invasion warning in the volume — one day before the landing
Document metadata
| Reference | FRUS 1969-76 v30 D99 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | Department of State (Sisco, reporting from Athens) — Joseph Sisco |
| Date | 1974-07-19 1707Z |
| Document type | telegram |
| Classification | Secret |
| Archive | Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US) |
| Provenance | The sharpest pre-invasion warning in the volume |
Claims this document bears on
supports
documented
Turkey was increasingly likely to intervene militarily in Cyprus.
The sharpest warning in the record, one day before the landing.
supports
documented
Sisco uses the term "double enosis" from the field.
Assessments recorded from this document
- Department of State — high (1974-07-19) · "double enosis"
- Department of State — high (1974-07-19) · "the Turks see it as an ideal time"
Information provenance
- same_underlying_source (documented) → FRUS 1969-76 v30 D96 — Both records originate with Sisco's own mission notes and reporting from the same shuttle.
Entities
Joseph SiscoUS Department of StateTurkeyEnosis (union of Cyprus with Greece)Double enosis / de facto partition