A spokesman for our own Government suggests that "some very rough stuff" continues. This is a deplorable situation. and I appeal to the Turkish Government and all parties involved to make every effort in behalf of bringing peace and relief to Cyprus. Apart from securing a meaningful separation of forces and a political settlement at the conference table in Geneva. there are three items of lmmediate concern to me as chairman of the Subcommittee on Refugees: First. the emergency relief needs of refugees and others in distressincluding food. water. shelter. medicine. and protection. Second. the condition. treatment. and release of civilian detaineesincluding those who may have been deported to Turkey or other areas. and Third. the free movement of international relief convoys and humanitarian personnel from the United Nations or the International Committee for the Red CrossICRCincluding the free access of Red Cross personnel to detention centers on both sides. The United Nations and the ICRC are the primary international agencies charged with the care and protection of Cypriot civilians. Reports from the U.N. and elsewhere suggest. however. that difficulties continue in all three areas of my immediate concernespecially in the Turkish salients of the country.
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