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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1951.

Spotlight on Cyprus Brings Warnings

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PARATROOPS ISLE NEEDS AIR BOOST

Cyprus.. By SEFTON DELMERR

HAVE been having

a look around this

present showing, not only a lower standard of living, but) lower standards of elvil liberty and administrative efficiency

island of Cyprus. atomic bombers? Well, thero is I drove on to Timbu airfield; What I have found is one airfield In commission, there was not. single building, "But want it all the alarming. For years in That is at Nicosis,

a single pit, shelter or hangar same," he said. "We want to be fact, ever since we evacuated civilian airlines, At present, too,

The RAF shares it with ́ for miles around.

part of our Greek Motherland, In addition to these three, no matter what sacrifice 38 Palestine, and a possible the RAF has no aircraft here. there are some ill-kept us Involved." withdrawal from the Suez The smallest permissible group landing strips at Paphos, Canal Zone began to be con- of maintenance men guard it. Limassol, and Famagusta. At a sidered,

pinch they might be used 45 haye been

emergency fighter stations. hearing how Cyprus would be built up into a big base which would replace these bastions.

We

were

If... If...

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radar

Kis solution nvas that the British Government should malce a promise of self-deter- nination to the population-not 13 The island bes no kind of for immediate implementation defence естест I but for some futura dato when tried hard to find out whether the world situation is easier.

I the idea behind this was that

this promise were given, Turkish rador the nationalists would call off

promise of this

what Greek Premier 'Venizelos would like. He feels embarrassed in his relations with Britain by the Cypriot agitation.

Grecis and

No спе

accessary warning Cyprus the their boycott.

A could, or would, tell me. kind, however vague," is also 4 Accommodation for troops

Is poor. The garrison, con

Regiment R.A., live mostly in at present of the Qx, and Bucks Cheshires, and 20th tents and Nissen huls.

THESE, I am told, form n But now that I am here cadre which at a moment's could be expanded by on the eve of the arrival notice of a paratroop brigade from Zone and elsewhere to handle a Britain for possible despatch larger number of planes if they to Persia--I find:-

sent here, and if the necessary equipment for hond- ling them were sent here assisting well: Timbu. not too far away. there is another airfield with long farmne runway's in good condition. A third not-so-long and not-so-good airfield is near Larnaca,

There is one port only where troopships

can berth at a jelly-Famagusta. And that is so small it can handle only a Itmited number of men and supplies,

The authorities talk of build- ing a new jetty to enlarge the Inrbour,

2 Airfields are few and mostly unprepared. Remember all the talk of Cyprus as a base for

“I WAS CHURCHILL'S SHADOW,” PART 10

GLOOM

A

AS THE MAN LIES

By EX-INSPECTOR

At

used to

The camps which house Israeil immigrants are hastily being got ready for the new arrivals.

Apart from the runways. However, there is nothing at 5 The population, which must Timbu or Larnaca-not even provide the labour force, is fencing to keep off the curious largely anti-British, thanks to publie or eager saboteurs.

agitation by the Communists and by priests.

GREAT

ILL

"Enosis"

FAR more

Winn

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Sympathy, but--- ·

SYMPATHISE

with the Cypriot nationalists. I would probably be one of them. If I wore a Greek-spealding, Greek- educated Cypriot, na 75 percent of the islanders are.

But I also understood the attitude of the British adminis tration. They say that any such . promise would serve only to reinforce still further the pres- the nationalists through the Church.

Stre

exert

The Turks, Armenians and alber minorities now looking to (British rule for security and protection would feel a need to appease the nationalists as the

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So

Teheran conferencer

FTER the Cairo and WALTER HENRY THOMPSON ng down the cliff with a large of the Greek icingdom just as ordinances

ned

Mr Churchill plan- one-night A

He looked at me with heavy He had now sufficiently re- eyes and asked for his sleeping covered to bo

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Important anything the *Communists may stir up, however, is the nationalist movement led by priests of the Greek Orthodox Church under the island's

handsome young and

Arch- bishop.

and things would soon be worse "Enosis" oneness with, than ever, Greece, Is their slogan,

They

we British, to deal with Lady Duff Cooper was hurry-

boycott, want the Island to become part this difficult

Issue of which I am table cloth.

Rhodes and the Dodecanese ashamed, "Put this round him," she Islands, once Italian, have be-

There

is. one, for instance, suggested.

which come Greck.

permits the arrest of We did. My colleague and I

citizens on suspicion of sub- took an end cách, and without Nationalists have launched versive action and behaviour, chill we had him to the top in threaten eternal damnation to disproving the suspicion and no time-much to the amuse- aby islander who does not tries them in courts closed to ment of the guests above.

When the Prime Minister was Support Enosis and falls to join the public.

In the boycott.

As I and it today, Cyprus is by по means the reliable

for spring-board

action In these paris, that I have heard Persia, or anywhere else in

it cracked up to be.

stay in Tunis as the guest tablets. I knew they had been warmer spot for conrodrome causing any strain on Mr Chur- an anti-British boycoit, Priests and puls on them the onus of

fore visiting the troops in Italy,

them

moo ved to

and we left Tunis

Marrakesh. for for

Elaborate plans had been made for the therm, night. Strict limits had

Inid on altitude, and an RAF answered. doctor flew with us with oxy-

gery apparatus.

been

of General Eisenhower be removed and played for time

by pretending to look

"Can't

find you.

he said.

fully recovered he flew T sir," "Shell I call your valei?"

In the plane on the way there he appeared tired and listless a natural reaction from the long round of meetings and urgent busi-

ness.

we

reached Long before Tunis he was impatient to be thore, and there was en irritat- ing delay when we were at first diverted from Tunis airport.

We had to land on small airfield some miles away, and later took off for Tuuls, where the Prime Minister was met by

General Eisenhower.

I knew he would not permit the valet to be disturbed.

"No. It doesn't matter," he answered and climbed

back Into bed. I went over to see that he was comfortable.

*

He lay back on the pillow and said drearily:/

We flew at about 7,000 feet and were making a detour to nvold the Atlas Mountains. Mr Churchill, who was cheerful and feeling fairly well. gested the direct route, which

meant climbing higher.

Those in attendance on him were against the idea, but the Prime Minister had his

own

to

Gibraltar, where we boarded HMS King George V for home. On the voyage le rested in the Admiral's cabin and took a little exercise on the bridge.

He made his visits of "inspec- tion to various decks, and it was a funny sight to watch husky Royal Marine sergeant with his shoulder at the rear of Mr Churchill, heaving the Prime Minister up tha narrow-gang-

Winston

was aware of the chuckles and a grin would ap pear on his own face as the

out way. So we climbed carefully way. "Thompson, I am tired

in body, soul and spirit."

to over 10,000 feet.

་

check

1 "No, not in spirit, sir,"

At each stage Mr Churchill answered. "You are just very asked the doctors to check his tired after a strenuous time, pulse, and when each

was satisfactory he cried with Now that the conferences are When he plane the Old Mari looked ex- ended I hope you will be able gusto: hausted and drawn, I told Lord to get a little rest."

He lay Moran, his physiclan, that thought he was ill.

climbed out of the

And this spiritual hell-fire terrorism is more effective than any Iron Curtain shootings and torture.

How can we deal with it?

Frankly, I have no idea. I had a long and friendly talk with the Eoston-educated bishop.

Arch-

Honest...clear

Britiah

other anll- and anti-Western

me as it

sergeant did his jet propulsior. TN contrast to

The cheers that greeted him at nationalists I have recently Paddington station, and on his talked with, from Nehru to "There! I told you I should first entry of the House of Com- Mossadeg, he struck few be all right."

mons after his illness, were man with a clear and honest heartwarming. But they could mind, not drown, for me, the silence of that dark night in Tunis,

(TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT SATURDAY)

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back for Imoments with his eyes closed. Then he looked at me and re-

peated:

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"Yes, I am worn right out." "I think he is only tired," he aut," with returning animation,

answered.

"Well, sir, I have been with him many years, and I believe he is ill."

It

"all is planned and ready.”.

Suddenly he sat straight up in bed, and flung out his armu, crying.

"In what bolter place could

But he was very tired when

we landed and went straight to bed. For the next few days ho took things easily, sitting | out in the sunshine.among the and lemon (rees, but

oran on his work as usual.

I die than here in the ruins My colleague and I found

of Carthage!"

As soon as he arrived at the White House in Tunis, Mr Chur chill went straight to bed. He slept for some hours. Then was discovered that he had a temperature. He was developed as he sank back into 1ng pneumonia,

I was asked to take a turn

life

rather morc strenuous. "Don't say that, sir," I plead. There was a high tower in the the villa at Marrakesh, from which pidows: "The world needs one could get a glorious view of the sunset over the distant blue mountains.

you."

He sighed, and dropped off in the night watching over him. But I suggested that I should to skep suddenly anci

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stay up the whole night, as I peacefully as a little child. was used to doing so in my

Before I

P..

med lately.

Just before sunset Mr Chur- chill would ask us to take him

We

up in an im-

At 8 pm. Lord Moran and to the top of the lower. the day staff took over. With carried him

that

and

He

A

ca.

He admitted to me quito frankly tint union with Grecco would mean for Cyprus, on

earned more

than his boss.

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