CYPRUS (Briefing for 22 July WSAG Meeting)
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Verbatim passages
Prime Minister Androutsopoulos told Secretary Sisco yesterday that young military 'officers would take over the government within 24 hours.'
DCI briefing text — LOC-HAK-471-4-5-9, CIA, 1974-07-22 · CIA foreknowledge of the junta's imminent collapse
The Turkish failure to render their corridor to the Nicosia enclave secure means that they lac[k the] easily defensible core area they would need to establish partition; they further lack sufficient territory to accommodate re[se]ttlement of the other Turkish enclaves...
DCI briefing text — LOC-HAK-471-4-5-9, CIA, 1974-07-22 · The CIA judgement that the second phase of 14 August overturned
Document metadata
| Reference | LOC-HAK-471-4-5-9 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | CIA — Director of Central Intelligence |
| Date | 1974-07-22 |
| Document type | intelligence_memo |
| Classification | Top Secret |
| Archive | CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room (CREST) (US) |
| Provenance | Declassification stamp 2013/04/17 |
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After the first operation Turkey lacked the territory needed to establish a defensible partition.
The CIA judgement of 22 July.
Assessments recorded from this document
- CIA — low (1974-07-22) · "they lack sufficient territory"