Archive Report
Archive Report
U.S. Dilemma in Southeast Europe
Attempt to Repeal Turkish Arms Embargo
Greece and Turkey are in agreement on at least one issue: both countries are unhappy about American policy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Carter administration's attempt to lift the three-and-a-half-year-old embargo against Turkey has brought this unhappiness to the fore. Greek Cypriots, Greeks and the Greek-American lobby view the effort to repeal the embargo as a betrayal of President Carter's campaign promises, an admission that another country can disregard American law with impunity and a hindrance to any fair settlement of the Cyprus conflict. Turks are critical of congressional opposition to the administration's proposal and angry at the administration for not lobbying harder for repeal.
Congress approved the embargo, over the strong objections of President Ford ...