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Why we never caught Grivas
by MARK WILSON-
GRĪVAS AND THE STORY OF EOKA, By W. Byłord-Jones,
Robert Hala. 21s.
THREE miles from Nicosia the westbound road winds to a hilltop, and just over, the rise is the monument to the work of George Grivas in Cyprus.
mercy to women, old men
It stands in the middle of nowhere, a lonely square of crude wire fencing and a low brick wall enclosing row upon row of white wooden crosses.
These are the graver of the The true answer is that no Bellish that Gilvus had murder- matter how many men we ed during his "wait until you, employed the physical search for can see the small of the back" Grivna was a waste of me. His terrorist war which offered no intelligence_service_always_kcept and him one jump ahead of the Stripped of powdered artifice
boys.
searching soldier. The history of EOKA's four and painted cunning, she and her
I remember once being called friends have found a new stature. years of cowardice is skilfully from my bed at 3.30 am. to join pieced together by Bylord the Royal Ulster Rifles on a They have become warmer, more ex-Jones and he is able to add highly hush-hush surprise rald somo fresh personal detalls on a Famagusta district village. citing personalities by revealing that about Crivas, including how ho The only real surprise in the
himself,
serving in operation was reserved for our All the villagers of they are human beings, not celluloid Greece, saved this mass mur- troops.
derer's life in Athens in 1944. EOKA Rye had moved out hours before we got there to stay with fantasies.
relatives elsewhere.
And if this film fashion is as in- fectious as others --- men could save a fortune,
Naturally when Miss Hurareet
"It is rather cheap and self- in Hollywood the
indulgent," he said, "to expose arrived natives were somewhat startled one's insides to public view. at first by suen an advanced
place "I am not entertained by "Many of the soclal conven- point of view being a tions which exist elsewhere and that is full of weak men who the vague for actors to tell all. I think it's in very which are the result of women like to feel strong, occupying an inferior posylinn,
But eventually they capitu- poor taste. lated to her combination of
and the company is now back probably: the oldest story in the do not exist in Israel.
world.. "My performances beauty, femininity and strength.
form of self-revelation in London. virtue as a rex is only
Mr Stark dis- It is not that Our great thai
know We
we're that I go in for," when
agree with the London critics, 1 cannot Imagine that Mr. In fact, he thinks they showed Peck has always been so secre- remarkably good taste in pan
show. Mr Stark Just Uve and reticent when meeting ning thơ the Press. is present wife was happens to think that his alm a French journalist who came will be a lot better, In better to interview him and stayed to taste. marry him.
"For instance if I met a man at a party witom 1 lberd I would not necessarily wait for him 10 telephone me. If I wanted to I beaten. would telephoné him.
"Nor would a girl expect la Discreet be taken out by a man, Ex- be shared, In penses would
cara ps much as Israel girls men and expect to pay as much.
"I don't think this in volves
loss' any
of
I had a somewhat unprodue tive meeting with Mtr Gregory Peck when he was in London the other week.
She must have been a very
I asked Mr Peck about the food interviewer. Or something.
Ava Just a job.............
Introduction of B romance (between himself Brui Gardner) in the film of On the Beach, and Me Feek sald he did not wish to be put in the post- ilon of replying to the critics.
I asked him about his por trayal (which has been attacked in America) of F. Scott Fiz Hernid In Beloved Inndel, and Mr Peck said he did not wish to be put in the position of criticising the crities,
I asited Mr Peck about his feud with director William
Wyler (who was staying in the
She's just a high-thinking girl
THIS IS the now Laslic Caron' as she appears in her latest film The Sub- forraneans. Mins Caton -plays- 'a"-member-of-San- Francisco's famous Bohemian colony, where high thinking goes hand In hand with low living.
Despite the panning which the London stage production of The World of Suzie Wong has received, Hollywood producer Ray Stark is confidently going ahead with the film version, starring William Holden,
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I suggested to Mr Stark that was Suzie Wong a not only member of the oldest profession
in the world, but that the story of an artist in love with golden-hearted" prostituto
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At this. Mr Jenn Negulesco the director, became positively emotionat.
"It is," he said "a beautiful, beautiful love story. It is so It is the love story of a beauti- beautiful it is almost religious, ful innocent girl and an artist,
"The fact that she's a prosti- well that is just what she happens to do for a living.
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It's a job, that's all
-(London Express Sorolez),
**At gofs in Bitle rough around here at high fide”
Inexperienced
Military Intelligence Just wasn't able to master the job. Two weeks bofore Grivas flew But by far the most important from Cyprus to Atheas a great contribution of this interesting and revealing book is that it many senior British officers were
absolutely confdent' poses the question: Why was reason why he had not been Grivus never captured in Cyprus?
For more than four years, 1,502 days and nights on army of 25,000 men and more combed the Island and falled to And him.
EOKA men told Byford-Jones that British troops were too inexperienced, on night opera- trens they gossiped and smoked
that
the
caught was because he had died
at least two years before.
-(London Express Service).
CRIME SHELF
◆ SHADOWS AND IMAGES,
Viney
thus giving away their positions: Meriel Trevor. Macmillan, 158. they were too gullible, lacking A novel with an individual In guite, averse to searching the favour about Victorian Eng- darkest parts of forests, apt to land, involving Octional skip searching cellors ond characters apart from a isolated buildings.
real John Henry Newman. Something oul of the ordinary.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE STORK, WILL BRING.. Charles Criswell. Hutchinson.
Always knew
EOKA always did have a fund 13%, 68. American short stories of such propaganda. But there with shock endings. Efficient is no getting away from the fact but depressing. that we could not catch Grivas.
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