Declassified 1974 document reveals US diplomat accurately outlined Turkey’s invasion plans

A declassified 1974 diplomatic document discovered in the archives of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos reveals that senior US officials accurately predicted Turkey’s territorial ambitions and military plans between the first and second phases of the invasion. The document records an August 2, 1974 meeting in Nicosia between Lindsay Grant, the outgoing deputy chief of […]

By Costas Venizelos