The parties went to Geneva. and talks began on a settlement. talks which offered an opportunity to resolve the situation. On the 14th of August Turkey broke off those talks in Geneva at 2 a.m. and within 3 hours Turkey had launched a major military assault which had been in the planning stage. This assault overran 40 percent of the area of the island representing 70 percent of its wealth. created 200.000 refugees. onethird of the islands population. and killed and wounded thousands of innocent people. That was clear blatant aggression. and it is that military assault which has brought us to this point. In response to that aggressive action. the Congress stopped the flow of military arms to Turkey.
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