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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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85 Jan 24 Th Major Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Cyprus SYG’s initiative”) [“risk… that the Turkish Assembly will pass an unhelpful resolution on Cyprus, has not materialised”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 24 Th Major Cyprus: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Cyprus: Messages from the Prime Minister”) [Howe believes it would be right “to encourage Kyprianou to a greater sense of realism”] [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]
85 Jan 25 Fr Major Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 46 to FCO (2100Z) (“Cyprus”) [“Turkish permanent representative is not without hope that the situation can be salvaged”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 26 Sa Major Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Cyprus: Prime Minister’s message”) [“the Turks are prepared to give the Secretary General a little more time”] [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 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]
85 Jan 29 Tu Major Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Meeting with Denktash: 29 January”) [“Denktash insistent that elections take place before a new high level meeting”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 30 We Major Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Call on Kyprianou: 30 January”) [“Kyprianou keen to keep up the momentum by pursuing his proposal for a new high level meeting”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 31 Th Major Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Cyprus”) [“Turkish position is pretty unyielding”] [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 Feb 4 Mo Major Cyprus: MT letter to Francis Noel-Baker (UN talks) [“We continue to support the UN Secretary General’s efforts”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 6 We Major Cyprus: No.10 letter to Howe APS (“Cyprus”) [“Kyprianou is pressing for a further meeting with the Prime Minister”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 7 Th Major Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 91 to FCO (2318Z) (“Cyprus”) [“only chance, however slim, of getting settlement”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 9 Sa Major Cyprus: Prime Minister Ozal letter to MT (UN talks) [“The Turkish Cypriot side alone can not secure the breakthrough for a negotiated settlement”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 11 Mo Major Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Cyprus”) [“A prompt negative response from Denktash to the UN Secretary General’s proposals for new meetings”] [declassified 2014]
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 Feb 13 We Major Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Secretary of State’s talks in Ankara”) [“Turkish disenchantment was clear”] [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 Feb 21 Th Major Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 121 to FCO (0034Z) (“Cyprus”) [“Secretary General confirms his intention is first to press for Kyprianou’s agreement… then get Denktash to accept a high level meeting”] [declassified 2014]