1983 Dec 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1432
Cyprus (Internal situation: UK/Cyprus relations) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 446 |
| Any docs withheld? | 9 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Feb 12 Tu | Major | Cyprus: COI telegram to FCO (“Wide-ranging Howe-Halefoglu talks in Ankara”) [“If there were to be a solution it must be by direct contact between the parties directly concerned”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 26 Sa | Major | Cyprus: Cyprus High Commission press release (President Kyprianou statement) [disappointment at failure of talks “should not turn either into defeatism or fatalism”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Cyprus: Cyprus High Commission statement (UN talks) [“an orchestrated effort is being made by certain circles of the U.N. Secretariat to put the blame on the Greek Cypriot side for the failure of the High Level Meeting”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 3 Sa | Major | Cyprus: FCO letter to No.10 (“Message from President Kyprianou to the Prime Minister”) [“did not want the possibility of parallel exchanges (between the UK and Greece and the UK and Turkey) to be excluded”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 4 Su | Major | Cyprus: FCO telegram to UKHC Nicosia (“Cyprus: Guarantor Power Consultations”) [“Kyprianou was anxious that the British Government should not seem to encourage talks between himself and Mr Denktash before the purported Turkish-Cypriot declaration of independence had been reversed”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Cyprus: FCO telegram to UKHC Nicosia (“Cyprus”) [conveys MT message to Kyprianou with instructions: “disappointed that it proved impossible to make further progress at the high-level meeting in New York”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 29 Th | Major | Cyprus: FCO telegram to UKHC Nicosia (“Cyprus”) [“Kyprianou was anxious to talk to the Prime Minister”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 28 Mo | Major | Cyprus: Francis Noel-Baker letter to MT (Cyprus Neutral Group Initiative) [“my predictions about the failure of the ‘proximity talks’ was right”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Major | Cyprus: Francis Noel-Baker letter to MT (Cyprus Neutral Group Initiative) [“suggest that the two Communities should invite us to hear their respective cases”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 21 Tu | Major | Cyprus: Francis Noel-Baker letter to No.10 (observations) [“existence of an “independent” Turkish-Cypriot State makes federation psychologically easier”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Apr 11 We | Major | Cyprus: Francis Noel-Baker letter to No.10 (proposed sale of land to Greek Government) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 15 Fr | Major | Cyprus: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus: Membership of NATO and European Community”) [“it would be appropriate to discuss the Cypriot ideas in confidence with the Americans”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 May 15 We | Major | Cyprus: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [UN talks: Denktash “at least seems not actually to be seeking to sabotage it”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Cyprus: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [“the situation is much less polarised than President Kyprianou had thought”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 31 Th | Major | Cyprus: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [“The word “unitary”… appears to upset the Turks and Turkish Cypriots”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 2 We | Major | Cyprus: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [“Turkish aim will be to transfer to the Greek Cypriots any odium for failure at the summit”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Apr 24 We | Major | Cyprus: Howe minute to MT (“Cyprus”) [de Cuéllar to seek UK help in securing Turkish agreement to proposals] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Dec 6 Th | Major | Cyprus: Howe PPS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [“some of the Secretary General’s proposals pose genuine difficulties for the Greek Cypriots”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 22 Tu | Major | Cyprus: Howe PPS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus”) [“The outlook is uncertain”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Cyprus: Howe PS briefing for MT (“Meeting between Mrs Thatcher and the Prime Minister of Greece”) [“only advantage in agreeing to take on the role of mediator would be presentational”] [declassified 2014] |