The two parties will meet again on June 5 to continue working toward a Cyprus settlement. Commenting at the end of the first round of talks. a New York Times editorial of May 8. 1975. made the following observations: What was diappointing about this first round was the absence of any goodwill gesture by Turkey. whose army still occupies 40 per cent of Cyprus. There have been no troop reductions. no territorial withdrawals. not even permission for some Greek Cypriot refugees to return to their homes in the northern part of the Island. Slight concessions in these areas could have Improved enormously the climate for negotiation and agreement In both Cyprus and Greece. What Congress is being asked to react to today is the lowest common denominator in the Cyprus equationthe unreasonableness of Turkey.
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