FUTURE OF CYPRUS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 9

FUTURE OF CYPRUS

“Revolution” Predicted

(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) NICOSIA, September 25. The American Associated Press reported that the Greek Foreign Minister, Mr Evangelos Averoff, was quoted in Oslo today as saying: “We expect an extensive revolution to start in Cyprus on October 2.”

In a New York interview published in the Oslo newspaper “Morgenbladet,” Mr Averoff §aid: “I predict the island will see more bullets and blood than it has seen in the last 10 years.” Mr Averoff said he would have to leave the United Nations earlier than he expected because of the British announcement that a Turkish representative will go to Cyprus on October 1. Reuter reported that today gunmen shot and seriously wounded a Cypriot Greek, Evangelos Charlambous, in a street in Famagusta town, after he had received a threatening letter from Eoka. A time-bomb exploded on the deck of the 3351-ton British steamer Sicilian at Famagusta, in east Cyprus early today but caused only minor damage, according to port officials. The Sicilian arrived from Britain a few days ago and has been unloading a commercial and military cargo.

Only 50 of 300 British policemen flown to Cyprus seven weeks ago to join the Cyprus police force have agreed to stay on, the “Daily Mail” reported. The policemen were recruited in England in June when the communal clashes in Cyprus were reaching boiling point and were given a three months’ contract, the newspaper said. Now the majority want to return to England at the end of their term, it said. o