§ 59. Mr. G. Longdenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, as a result of his protests to the Greek Government, there has now been any diminution of incitements to violence in Cyprus broadcast by the officially controlled Athens radio.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerNo. The broadcasts in question continue to praise acts of terrorism and incite Cypriots to murder other Cypriots who are opposed to Enosis. The following are some typical extracts from monitoring reports
He [Wideson] was against Enosis. During the holding of the plebiscite for Enosis in 1951, Wideson openly opposed it and openly fought the Greek journalists who were in favour of the plebiscite. Lastly, when the Cypriot people's struggle entered a bloody stage, Wideson continued playing the rôle of mean informer and co-operating with the Larnaca police.Two attempts against his life did not serve to bring him back to his senses. But the Cypriots waited for him many times. The third attempt was effective. Wideson fell dead last Saturday. This is the end for traitors. His death, although a hard blow to his family, is the payment of the necessary price for purification.A few traitors are participating in the Cyprus Last Supper, but fortunately they are being eliminated by the dynamic organisation of Cypriot patriots just as Odysseus Wideson was eliminated.(Commentary on 2nd May, entitled "The Last Supper of Cyprus".)… the Cypriots by exercising their primary duty to kill for the sake of their liberty and to punish members of their own family for perpetrating treacheries are jailed by Churchill's fellow-countrymen".(Commentary on 12th June.)Cyprus: Shooting of Judge: A daring achievement.Chief Justice Shaw was wounded in the centre of Nicosia a few yards from police headquarters and the courts, while in his car which stopped for the traffic lights. This is the most daring achievement carried out by the Cypriot patriots since the placing of a time-bomb in Harding's bedroom.85WIt is worth noting that the attack on the British Chief Justice is the realisation of the oath of the Cypriot fighters, to punish the judge who sentenced to death the executed patriot Demetriou, and who passed death sentences on six other fighters. The wounded British Chief Justice has sentenced to life and long terms of imprisonment many other fighters. His condition is most serious.(Commentary on 24th June.)