Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XVI, Cyprus; Greece; Turkey

Discussions on Cyprus, September 1964–June 1965

186. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rusk, at Tehran

Washington, April 6, 1965, 9:54 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Drafted by Ball, King, and Bracken; cleared by IO; and approved by Jernegan and Ball. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, Nicosia, London, USUN, and Paris for USRO. Rusk was in Tehran April 6–9 for the CENTO Ministerial Meeting.

187. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Athens, April 9, 1965, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris for USRO, USUN, Ankara, Nicosia, and Geneva for Labouisse.

188. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State

Tehran, April 9, 1965, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Geneva. Secretary Rusk traveled to Geneva on April 9 to attend a meeting of U.S. Ambassadors to the Middle East.

189. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Greece

Washington, April 20, 1965, 9:54 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Bracken, cleared by EUR and Jernegan, and approved by Ball. Repeated to Ankara, London, USUN, Nicosia, and Paris for USRO.

190. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State

London, May 13, 1965, 1700Z.2

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, Nicosia, and Paris for USRO.

191. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cyprus

Washington, May 28, 1965, 6:20 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Limdis-TOG. Drafted by McCaskill, cleared in GTI, and approved by Jernegan. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, London, USUN, and Paris for USRO.

192. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Athens, June 1, 1965, 1225Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority; Limdis; TOG. Repeated to Ankara and Nicosia.

193. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, June 10, 1965, 4:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Drafted by McCaskill and approved in S and U on June 28.

Beginning in May 1965, the dates and transmission times of all incoming Department of State telegrams were in 6-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich Mean Time.↩