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The Cyprus question, 1949–1952: British attitude, American reactions and Greek dilemmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Ioannis D. Stefanidis
Ioannis D. Stefanidis*
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The present study is an attempt to construe the position of Britain and the US as well as Greek reactions with regard to the Cyprus question at a stage which preceded its internationalisation and the concurrent deterioration of Anglo-Greek and Greek-Turkish relations. There is a voluminous bibliography on the problem, which has developed into one of the major international entanglements of our time. Most works on the Cyprus question, in the form of either general scholarly works or memoirs, devote very little space to the 1949–1952 period — when they do not overlook it entirely. A notable exception is Angelos Vlachos’ Deka hronia Kypriako (Ten Years of Cyprus Question) which mainly examines the attitude of the Greek government and the Greek-Cypriot Ethnarchy towards the question of Enosis. Francois Crouzet’s Le Conflict de Chypre, 1946–1959, on the other hand, published in 1973, offers a rather limited insight of the question at its early stage given the absence of relevant primary sources at that time. The present paper, however, is primarily based on British and American diplomatic records.

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Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , Volume 15 , 1991 , pp. 212 - 268
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Copyright © The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham 1991

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38. Ponsonby M. Crosthwaite, British Embassy, Athens, to Bevin, 8 Aug. 1950, PRO, FO 371, 87722, 1081/169; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 27, NA, DS 747C.00/7–650; Vlachos, op. cit., pp.32, 35.

39. Norton to Foreign Office, 18 May 1950, PRO, FO 371, 87719,1081/100; Foreign Office to Athens, 23 May 1950, ibid.; Norton to Rumbold, 19 May 1950, PRO, FO 371, 87719, 1081/104.

40. Reports in the Greek press that Dugdale dismissed the plebiscite as non-valid and even went as far as to claim that the Cypriots would fare better under British rule than Greek citing the Dodecanese as an example of Greek inability to administer efficiently newly acquired territory: Norton to Foreign Office, 23 June 1950, PRO, FO 371, 87720, 1081/139; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 27, NA, DS 747C.oo/7–650; Vlachos, op. cit., p.28.

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86. Wright to Oliver Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary, 5 May 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101811, 1081/21; Peake to Eden, 30 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/50; Wagner to Dept of State, desp. 272, NA, DS 747C.00/4–2552. Vlachos, op. cit.t pp.40, 56; Kranidiotis, op. cit., pp.44–51.

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88. BBC Monitoring Service, 14 May 1952, PRO, FO 371, 1018811, 1081/22; Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 4802, NA, DS 747C.0O/5–952; Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 4922, NA, DS 747C.00/5–1652.

89. Peake to Strange, 31 May 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101811, 1081/27.

90. Memo, of conversation with King Paul, by Strange, 28 Feb. 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101808, 1052/1; notes by Lord Halifax, 9 May 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101807, 1051/2; Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 5449, NA, DS 747C.O0/6–2452.

91. Galsworthy to Western and Southern Depts, 11 June 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101811, 1081/30; Galsworthy to Western and Southern Depts, 20 June 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101811, 1081/39; Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 5449, NA, DS 747C.O0/6–2452; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 190, NA, DS 747C.00/8–1452.

92. Foreign Office minute by David Murray, 20 June 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101811, 1081//34; Foreign Office minute by Anthony Nutting, 20 June 1952, PRo, FO 371, 101811, 1081/36; Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 5449, NA, DS 747C.00/6–2452; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 190, NA, DS 747C.00/8–1452.

93. Minute of conversation with Melas, by Strange, 20 June 1952, PRO, FO 371,

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94. Galsworthy to Western and Southern Depts, 23 June 1952, PRO, FO 371,

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96. Peake to Eden, 7 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/44; Peake to Eden, 14 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/46.

97. Peurifoy to Dept of State, tel. 83, NA, DS 747C.00/7–852; Gross, US UN Delegation, New York, to Dept of State, tel. 29, NA, DS 747C.00/7–952; Acheson to US UN Delegation, tel. 28, July 11,1952, NA. DS 747C.00/7–952; Acheson to US Embassy in Athens, NA, DS 747C.00/7–1852.

98. Averoff, op. cit., pp.34–36; Galsworthy to Western and Southern Depts, 23 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/48; PRO, FO 371, 101807, 1051/4; Peake to Strang, 27 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101807, 1051/5; minutes by Barnes, 4 Sept. 1952, ibid.; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 190, NA, DS 747C.00/8–1452. Apart from Cyprus, other points of friction were the recognition of Farouk as King of Sudan, at a time when the British were committed to Sudanese independence; the initiative of the Plastiras government to expropriate large estates belonging to British concerns of the Lake Copais Company: London felt obliged to stage representations in defence of these interests. British resentment was manifested on 19 July, when the Embassy failed to invite Venizelos to a dinner in honour of Lord Mountbatten, where the Greek royal couple and the US Ambassador were present.

99. Peurifoy to Acheson, tel. 271, NA, DS 41.81/7–2252.

100. Galsworthy to Western and Southern Depts, 28 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/49; Peake to Eden, 30 July 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/50; Memminger to Dept of State, desp. 190, NA, DS 747C.00/8–1452; Vlachos, op. cit., pp.57–58.

101. The series of classified documents of the State Dept file 747c.00 include eight letters and despatches from Nicosia and two memos, dated between 18 August and 24 October 1952.

102. Galsworthy to Barnes, 4 Nov. 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/61; Crosthwaite to Barnes, 13 Nov. 1952, PRO, FO 371, 101812, 1081/63; memo, by Porter to Howard, NA, DS 747C.00/10–2852.

103. ‘British Overseas Obligations’, memo, by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 18 June 1952, PRO, CAB 129, C (52) 202.

104. Cabinet Committee, meeting of 3 Dec. 1952, PRO, CAB 128, 25, CC (52) 101.