Speech #940114120

That is because this administration and this Secretary of State have made it absolutely certain that there would not be any progress by opposing the embargo. by fighting in every way to get around it. by suggesting to the Turks if they stood firm in their situation. we would finally come to the exact moment we are at today. namely. the embargo would come off. because this administration would fight to remove it. in spite of the fact there has not been any progress on Cyprus. The other historical situations cited have no bearing on the Cyprus case today. We are talking about an area where 40 percent of the land is occupied. We have some 200.000 refugees. Turkey moved on Cyprus not once. but twice. using our arms in violation of written. signed agreements with our country. Now we are being asked to set our laws aside today. because this administration does not have the strength or the will to lay it On the line to Turkey. and say there has to be progress on Cyprus coincident with the resumption of U.S. arms shipments.