The Greek Nationwide Intelligence Company (EYP) was criticized as a result of the knowledge and paperwork it printed relating to Cyprus and Turkey for the interval of July and August 1974, on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation, had been based mostly on press experiences of the interval and didn’t comprise in-depth intelligence.
Within the information of Efimerida Ton Sintakton newspaper printed in Greece, it was said that the 58 paperwork disclosed consisted primarily of experiences ready by compiling the information printed within the Turkish and worldwide press.
Within the paperwork, it was said that the coup towards Archbishop Makarios on July 15, 1974 was discovered from the press someday after the incident and that the developments had been adopted by the media, indirectly from intelligence sources, and that the paperwork printed by EYP didn’t make a significant contribution to the historic occasions.
In criticism, it was emphasised that the paperwork in query contained publicly obtainable data, not the intelligence actions of that interval.
The information underlined that this step by EYP might be an effort to whitewash its previous controversial actions and strengthen the picture of the establishment, and famous that it was “exceptional” that it took half a century for the paperwork to be disclosed.
On November 13, the Greek Nationwide Intelligence Company shared with the general public the paperwork it ready relating to Turkey and Cyprus for the interval of July and August 1974, on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation.
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