Association for Cypriot, Greek & Turkish Affairs

Seminar on Friday 21st November 2008, London School of Economics, European Insrtitute, Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2AE

AMERICA, BRITAIN AND THE CYPRUS CRISIS OF 1974: CALCULATED CONSPIRACY OR FOREIGN POLICY FAILURE
by
Andreas Constandinos
James Ker-Lindsay in the Chair



Andreas Constandinos was born in Britain of Greek Cypriot and German ancestry. He studied Law at university, and then qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at the Middle Temple. In 2005-08 he carried out research on the Cyprus crisis of 1974 at the University of East Anglia where he successfully completed his PhD in Modern European History. He is currently studying Psychology at London South Bank University.

The paper examines recently released and declassified British and American government documents, in order to scrutinize the roles played by both of these countries during the Cyprus crisis of 1974. It evaluates British and American aims towards Cyprus and their respective relationships with the Cypriot, Greek and Turkish governments. It considers Whitehall and Washington's responses to the Greek military coup, the Turkish invasion, the two Geneva conferences on Cyprus and the second, consolidatory, phase of the Turkish invasion. Ultimately, the paper attempts to ascertain whether there exists any evidence to support the belief that either Britain or America or both were complicit in the coup against President Makarios as well as colluding with Ankara in its subsequent partition of the island.

See also:
http://aspectsofreality.blogspot.com/2008/11/seminar-video-america-britain-cyprus.html

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See past events by the ACGTA which were videotaped and are available for viewing online:

The Apostolides vs Orams Case: An Update
J116, Cowdray House
London School of Economics
6.30pm, 25 March 2009
Speaker: Constantis Candounas
Chair: Alper Ali Riza QC
http://www.archive.org/details/ConstantisCandounasApostolidesvOrams-UpdateandJudgement

Cyprus Settlement: Who Benefits?
The 2nd Keith Kyle Memorial Lecture
London School of Economics
Speaker: Caroline Flint, MP
Minister for Europe
Chair: Dr James Ker-Lindsay, LSE
25 February 2009
http://www.archive.org/details/CarolineFlintMPCyprusSettlement-WhoBenefits

Cyprus: Progress so Far
Canada Blanch Room (J116)
London School of Economics
6 February 2009
Speaker: Mr Andrew Dismore MP
http://archive.org/details/AndrewDismoreMPCyprus-ProgresssofarreporttoACGTAbyAndrewDismoreMP-6Feb2009


America, Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974: Calculated Conspiracy or Foreign Policy Failure?
Canada Blanch Room (J116), First Floor, Cowdray House
London School of Economics
21 November 2008
Speaker: Dr Andreas Constandinos
Chair: Dr James Ker-Lindsay, LSE
http://www.archive.org/details/AndreasConstandinosAmericaBritainCyprusCrisis1974

The Security Dimensions of a Cyprus Settlement
Joint event with the Hellenic Observatory, LSE
Canada Blanche Room (J116) , 1st Floor, Cowdray House
London School of Economics
10 October 2008
Speaker: Dr James Ker-Lindsay, LSE
Chair: Dr Zenon Stavrinides
https://youtu.be/KqJjSp1LRTU

The State of Greek-Turkish Relations
Canada Blanche Room (J116) , 1st Floor, Cowdray House
London School of Economics
11 July 2008
Speaker: Robert MacDonald
Chair: Alper Riza QC
https://youtu.be/N3IbPeNilmU

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Other Cyprus-related videos from this source available online at archive dot org are detailed by links at:
http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/grokked

and at the YouTube profile:
http://www.youtube.com/grokked

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