ATTITUDE OF TURKEY
British Actions Supported
LONDON, March 15.
The British Foreign Secretary (Mr Selwyn Lloyd) returned to London by air today after a fortnight’s tour of South Asia and the Middle East.
Mr Lloyd said that the Turks were Britain’s “very staunch allies,” and his visit to Ankara had helped to strengthen their friendship. Asked to comment bn the deportation of Archbishop Makarios, leader of the Greek Cypriot movement for union with Greece. Mr Lloyd said: “When I was in Turkey they (the Turkish leaders) made it quite plain that they thought Britain had gone to the limit —even too far—in the process of conciliation and negotiation on the Cyprus problem.” Mr Lloyd said he did not think that war was inevitable between Israel and the Arabs. “We have to take certain actions to preserve peace,” he added, but he declined to amplify what actions he had in mind until he had discussed his tour with the Government.
The Foreign Secretary said that his 15.000-mile tour had enabled him to have a clear idea of the policy Britain should adopt.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27920, 17 March 1956, Page 9
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