THE CHRONICLE OF THE SURRENDER OF CYPRUS ON 20/7/1974
THE TREATMENT OF CYPRUS IS ALIVE AND NO
TRAITOR WAS TRIED AND NO ONE
WAS PUNISHED AFTER THE FALL OF JUNTA , ON THE
CONTRARY THEY NOW PUT FORWARD THE SURRENDER OF THE AEGEAN SEA.
THIS TIME IT IS
NOT THE MILITARY JUNTA BUT THE "PARLIAMENTARY JUNTA" AND THE
ANHELLENIC ELIAMEP.
THE "ETHNARCHIS K. KARAMANLIS SAID THE IMITATIVE
"CYPRUS IS FAR AWAY" AND HE LET THE
2ND ATTILAS PASS
THE OTHER “ETHNARCHIS” MAKARIOS AT THE UN SECURITY
"HE CALLED THE GUARANTEEING FORCES TO EXPELL THE ATHENS JUNTA MEANINGFULLY
HE CALLED TURKEY AND BRITAIN TO INTERVENE"
GREGORIOS BONANOS, CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES
SAID ABOUT THIS: "LET THE TURKS TOUCH YOU A LITTLE"
"No action against Turks unless I order
it" • The June 1, 1974 – prophetically,
as it were – Bonanos, in a secret document, orders the chiefs of staff to avoid
provocations against Turkey. Any action against Turkey
would only be taken after his own order. (01.06.1974) • On July 18 at
11.00, American ministers Cisco and Ellsworth inform Bonano of the possibility
of a Turkish invasion of Cyprus. - 18.07.1974 • At 18.00,
Bonanos conveys to the staffs distorted information that the reactions from the
Turkish side were considered… encouraging. “Ioannidis assured me that
the Turks will not get involved” • At 19.00 he conveys the assessment:
“…Ioannidis assured me many times that the Turks will not get involved, because
the Americans are also in favor of the overthrow of Makarios and will stand by
us, in any case.” Indeed, as emerges from the
testimony given on June 29, 1975 to the Congressional subcommittee by the US
ambassador to Athens, Henry Taska, Ioannidis maintained direct contact with the
CIA station chief. In fact, he assured the other
junta members that he “had guarantees from all interested parties, especially
from the USA, that in the event of a coup against Makarios, Turkey would not
intervene” (testimonies by Georgitsis, Kompokis, Palainis, Pilichou, etc.). • Friday, July 19 at 03:00,
the Kyrenia station intercepted a signal with instructions to the Turkish
Cypriots. At 21:00, Nicosia notified
Athens that “Turkish landing craft had been seen”. The staff replied: “This is an
exercise”. The Chief of the Hellenic
National Defence Staff, Gr. Bonanos, declared that “no excuses should be given
to the Turks”. He preferred to spend the
night in the military camps of Agios Andreas. - 19.07.1974 • July 20, 1974
at 08.40 the Hellenic National Defense General Staff refuses to give approval
to the General Staff of the National Guard. It reassures that this is an
exercise by the Turkish army and recommends self-restraint. (20.07.1974) "The Turks
are burning us!" - "Do you see ghosts?" The artificial complacency
cultivated by Bonanos and his associates is also confirmed by Major General
Poulos, narrating a conversation he had with Brigadier General Sp. Politis. - And what are we going to do? I tell him, are we going to
wait like this for them to burn us? - Go to sleep, nothing is
happening. At that time, a signal
arrived by telex, which said "Movements of Turkish naval forces north of
Cyprus. NATO-approved exercise. Self-restraint.” – At that moment, Georgitsis
tells me: “Come to the phone.” And I hear Bonanos: – What are
you doing? Why are you shooting? Why are the anti-aircraft guns firing? – They
are burning us. – Didn’t I tell you not to hit? Do you see ghosts? Dreams? •
Since 06.10, however, he knew about the beginning of the Turkish landing. •
Until 20.00, when the War Council was convened, Bonanos was performing… other
duties. • At 22.00, orders were given to implement repulse plans. • Years later (July 1986)
before the parliamentary committee he brazenly admitted that he had not
contacted the General Directorate of the Armed Forces all day: “When I went to
the AED on the morning of the invasion, I did not contact Cyprus. It was not my
job to contact the General Directorate of the Armed Forces. I had other
priorities to attend to. I did not take the General Directorate of the Armed
Forces all day on July 20, 1974. But they took me…”. The Turks advanced – Bonanos
was afraid of the Bulgarians! • On the morning of July 21,
Bonanos pompously announced to the leaders of the three branches that it had
been decided to declare war against Turkey. Of course, it did not happen. (21.07.1974). • They declare general
mobilization and dispatch of a squadron of commandos, three submarines, the
573rd volunteer infantry battalion and 30 Fantoms. Only the first was carried out
in comically tragic circumstances. In the same committee, the
“renegade junta” Navy chief P. Arapakis acquits him: “At 13.00 he issued an
order to recall two submarines (“Glaucos” and “Nireus”) “for the defense of the
Aegean from any attack from… the north”. In order not to give the occasion for
a military conflict”. Perhaps to lighten his
position, Arapakis argued that “a combined attack on July 22 would mean the
complete destruction of the Turkish invasion”. “Let them touch Kyrenia a
little” Another huntaios and coup plotter of Cyprus, Brigadier General Mich.
Georgitsis stated that he was informed by staff that Bonanos was saying: “Here
it is
FREEDOM FOR CYPRUS
NO MORE TURKISH
OCCUPATION
NO MORE PARTICIPATION
OF THE
ISLAND
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