Chapter 556: The Situation Changed Suddenly

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"Oh, is it General Maziel?" Mario said with a smile, "I didn't expect our conversation to take place under such circumstances. I said before www.biquge.info that Turkey would definitely submit to the United States. It's just a matter of time. Look, I'm right, right? In the end, Turkey chose to throw in the towel. ”

"Hehe, of course it's right." Mazyeer smiled a little reluctantly, and he said all the despicable methods of the United States to try to control Turkey without any scruples, "At first, it was intended to use the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey to launch a large-scale rebellion, so that the Turkish side would have no time to take care of itself." The next step is to use the maritime boundary dispute between Turkey and Greece and the Cyprus issue, and even to intervene in the internal affairs of other countries to put pressure on Turkey to rectify the situation. Plus Greece, which confronted Turkey, was a potential ally of the USSR, so what Turkey does or does not do, it loses. Isn't it? It's just that one loses more ugly. ”

Mario clapped his hands and complimented the other party, "But you are very clever and did not choose to confront the Turkish troops in Cyprus with the United States face to face, General Mazyer, if we were not opposites, I think the United States and Turkey would be very close allies." ”

"yes, but I still think it's stupid. If we had handed over the ownership of the strait, we would not have suffered such losses. But ah, the Turkish straits were originally an integral part of Turkey, how could they be handed over to the USSR. Maziel said self-deprecatingly, "You won, President Mario." Won very brilliantly, and now, I wonder what conditions are needed for the United States to withdraw the aircraft carrier battle group from Cyprus and stop aiding the Kurdistan Workers' Party of Turkey? ”

Mario breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that Maziel was finally going to ask the most crucial question. The efforts of the United States over the past month have not been in vain, at least to ensure that Turkey will not become a staunch ally of the Soviet Union. As for becoming an ally of the United States? Mario never had much hope. He only wanted to see an anti-Russian and anti-Soviet Turkish regime.

"You know, General Mazyer. We need to deploy an anti-missile system on Turkey's soil, and the Turkish military doesn't seem to be willing to let us build an anti-missile system on their soil, which makes the Pentagon very difficult. ”

"Of course not, the establishment of an anti-missile system is a cautious and cautious issue, and this point needs to be discussed and studied by the Turkish side. We are not opposed to this project, but we need to make sure that there are no major accidents in this project. If I could, I would like to be able to complete the deployment by the year 2000. ”

Mazyel only wanted the Americans to get out of Cyprus, so he could only perfunctory for the time being and first perfunctory promises to the other side's request to build an anti-missile system. As for the rest, how long can it be delayed.

"With this sentence from General Mazyer, I am relieved." "One more thing, didn't the Turkish Navy want to sign a purchase agreement with the United States for eight Perry-class destroyers? ”

"Haven't you already sold your ships to the Greek government?" Maziel asked, a little confused.

"Only the United States can decide who our ships sell to, and the Greek government does not have that right." Mario said with a smile. At the same time, he also told Maziel on the side that as long as he is willing to cooperate with the United States, then no matter what the Turkish government does, Mario can turn a blind eye.

"Then there's President Raumario."

Clerides never dreamed that the United States would withdraw its asylum at his most critical moment. After taking the two major cities of Morfo and Lefka in Northern Cyprus, the Stanisk aircraft carrier battle group quietly withdrew from the civil war in Cyprus.

At the same time, the British also stopped air raids on the northern regime at the Royal Air Force Base in Yakrotili, Cyprus, and without air support, the offensive of the Cypriot army became difficult. Because the Turkish garrison, which had previously retained its strength, began to help the regime of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to counterattack the southern army. Previously, Mazyel had kept the Turkish garrison restrained because of the intervention of the United States, and did not engage in a large-scale intervention war.

And the Greeks are also helping the Cypriot army to clean up the Turkish army. The original conflict with Turkey was destined to turn the garrison between the two countries into a feud.

Of course, there is still a certain disparity in military strength, with the Turkish garrison of 32,000 men, while the Greek side has only more than 1,100. The Cypriot forces had relied solely on the support of the Americans and Turkey to attack the northern regime, and without the support of the United States, it all went bad.

The war has truly turned into a Cypriot scuffle. The Turkish army, the northern regime, the southern regime and the Greek army, a mess.

However, President Mario stood up at this critical point and called on the United Nations maintenance force to intervene in the civil war in Cyprus and send a Cypriot peacekeeping force to maintain stability and peace in the region. He called on the Greek-backed Cypriot regime to end its offensive at an early date and return to the negotiating table to resolve the issue. The plot in the United States reversed so quickly that even Greek President Stefanopoulos did not know what was happening. It seems that overnight, the United States changed its position and became the protector of the regime of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

And the arms deal between the United States and Greece has also begun to become a delay, which makes people uncertain. In addition to the delivery of an aging Perry-class destroyer, the remaining destroyers, the United States said it would need to pay the balance before the Greek Navy could take ownership. Otherwise, the U.S. side will delay the delivery time.

This made Stefanopoulos very uneasy, and it happened that it was a critical period for the conflict between Greece and Turkey, and the Cypriot president, with the support of the Americans, was ambitious to regain the northern region, but at this time the unilateral withdrawal of the American fleet changed the whole situation radically.

And all this is seen by Yanayev, who is not interested in the situation in Cyprus, but in studying the changes in relations between the United States and Turkey through the Cyprus issue. It is clear that after a brief period of alliance, the Mazyere government finally chose to form an alliance with Mario under the manipulation of the United States.

In other words, his intimacy with Maziel may have ended there.

Yanayev is not worried that Mazyel will attack Moscow after his change of position, after all, Mazyel is not a fool. In the face of the CIA that once wanted to overthrow itself, even if Turkey changes its position, it will leave a hand behind its back to prevent Turkey from committing a black hand.

However, Yanayev miscalculated one thing, and that was the question of building an anti-missile system. A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry declared at a recent press conference that Turkey's previous agreement with the United States on the issue of building an anti-missile system will be slowed down due to some technical reasons, but it will not be really canceled. It is also about deepening cooperation with the United States to complete full-scale testing and deployment by 2000.

Yanayev was so annoyed by Mazyel's hand that he even suspected that Mazyel had become a dog in the hands of the Americans.

Of course, after the change of position between the two countries, Yanayev should also distance himself from Mazyer. But in the Cyprus dispute, even if the U.S. fleet withdraws from Cypriot waters, Turkey is not the last to have the last laugh.

The relationship between the Greek government and the Soviet Union was far closer than the Americans thought, otherwise Greece's important missile and submarine procurement projects would not have been aimed at Moscow. So Yanayev will once again play an important role in this civil war on the island over the two superpowers.

A few days after President Mazjerdi and President Mario put down the phone, Greek President Stefanopoulos received a call from Yanayev. And Yanayev did not have any superfluous greetings, and the beginning was concise and to the point, going straight to the core issue.

"In the case of Cyprus, I think the Soviet Union can help Greece." (To be continued.) )