I hope that this special order and the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 310. of which I was a cosponsor. will help expedite a peaceful settlement of the Cyprus conflict. Today is the eighth anniversary of the Turkish occupation of that Mediterranean nation. While Greek Cypriots make up 80 percent of the population of Cyprus. the Turkish Army has continued its hold on 40 percent of the island. The occupation has forced 200.000 Greek Cypriots to live as refugees in their own homeland. For humanitarian reasons. we would be concerned if 200.000 innocent civilians in any state were displaced from their homes. However. we are particularly disturbed by the fact that Turkish troops occupied Cyprus in 1974 with U.S.-supplied NATO arms.
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