Paper Prepared in the Department of State: "Cyprus Contingencies"

Department of State / INR FRUS contingency_study Secret; Nodis

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Verbatim passages

If the Turks break out and do not halt soon, at some point the Greek Government is liable to attack Turkish forces. Turkey enjoys military preponderance everywhere, but frustration will force the Greeks to attack anyway, even with foreknowledge that they will lose.
FRUS 1969-76 v30 D130, Department of State / INR, 1974-08-13 · Written the day before the second Turkish offensive

Document metadata

Reference	FRUS 1969-76 v30 D130
Originating body	Department of State / INR — Simons (S/P), Baker (IO/UNP), Mautner and Belousovitch (INR/RES)
Date	1974-08-13
Document type	contingency_study
Classification	Secret; Nodis
Archive	Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US)
Provenance	Written the day before the second Turkish offensive

Claims this document bears on

contradicts documented

Greece would not go to war with Turkey over Cyprus.

Entities

Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)US Department of State Turkey Greece