United Kingdom Cahoots
Daily Press Briefing for Dec.8 -- Transcript QUESTION: This comes up a lot, and maybe it's not the right time, but when you say that you suspect that al-Qaida leaders are in Iran, do you think that those al-Qaida leaders are in Iran because they're in cahoots with the Iranian Government or they just happen to be in this big country called Iran and the Iranians are trying to catch them just as much as any other country, like al-Qaida people in Germany? ... [Read More]
Documents 98-127 Our real problem in discussing enosis, I said, arose from Turkish distrust of GOG and GOC. They seemed to believe that Makarios and Papandreou are in cahoots./4/ How could we prove to them case was otherwise? First of all, we must reach agreement on substance of what was to happen after enosis and secondly we must devise means to put this agreement into effect without bringing about collapse of Turkish Government. We must save Inonu, who was sole strong, moderate figure in Turkish regime. If enosis brought about without any public indication that Greece and Turkey had reached agreement safeguarding Turkey's minimum interest, GOT would certainly fall. Only way I could think of was to have very general statement issued after agreement reached and then quickly bring about enosis. But Papandreou would have to give more than he had up to now to persuade Turks to stand still. ... [Read More]
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