Soviet Union 1991

First update

"Oh, is it General Maziel?" Mario said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the conversation between us would be conducted under such circumstances. I have said before that Turkey will definitely surrender to the United States. It was just a matter of time. You see, I was right, right? Turkey finally chose to admit defeat."

"Haha, of course that's right." Maziyel smiled a little reluctantly. He told all the despicable means used by the United States to control Turkey without any scruples. "At the beginning, it wanted to use the PKK in Turkey to launch a massacre. The large-scale rebellion left Turkey with no time to worry about itself. Next, it used Turkey and Greece. Maritime boundary disputes between the two countries and the Cyprus issue, it even intervened in the internal affairs of other countries to put pressure on Turkey. In addition, Greece, which is in confrontation with Turkey, is a potential ally of the Soviet Union, so whatever Turkey does or does not do will be affected. Lose. Isn’t it? It’s just that it’s ugly to lose.”

Mario clapped his hands and praised the other party, "But you are smart and did not choose to let the Turkish garrison in Cyprus confront the United States face to face. General Maziyel, if we were not opposed, I think the United States and Turkey would be very different. A close alliance."

"Yeah, but I still feel so stupid. If we could have handed over the ownership of the Strait, we would not have suffered such losses. But, the Turkish Strait is an inalienable part of Turkey, how could it be handed over to the Soviet Union "Maziyel said self-deprecatingly, "You won, President Mario. You won very well. Now, I want to know what conditions are required for the United States to withdraw its aircraft carrier battle group from Cyprus and stop aiding the Turkish PKK?"

Mario breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Maziel was finally going to ask the most critical question. The efforts made by the United States in the past month have not been in vain, at least it has ensured that Türkiye will not become a staunch ally of the Soviet Union. As for becoming an ally of the United States? Mario never had high hopes. He just wanted to see an anti-Russian and anti-Soviet Turkish regime.

"You know, General Maziyel. We need to deploy anti-missile systems on Turkish soil, and the Turkish military does not seem to be very willing to let us build anti-missile systems on their soil. This makes the Pentagon very embarrassed. ”

"Of course not. The establishment of an anti-missile system is a cautious and careful issue, and this needs to be discussed and studied by Turkey. We are not opposed to this project, but we need to ensure that this project will not occur. Major accident. If possible, I hope to complete the deployment by 2000."

Maziel just wants the Americans to get out of Cyprus, so he can only temporarily perfunctory the other party's request to build an anti-missile system. As for the rest, it can be delayed as long as it takes.

"With General Maziyel's words, I feel relieved." Mario said, "One more thing. Didn't the Turkish Navy want to sign a purchase agreement with the United States for eight Perry-class destroyers before?"

"Didn't you already sell the ship to the Greek government?" Maziel asked with some confusion.

"Only the United States can decide who our ships will be sold to. The Greek government does not have this right." Mario said with a smile. At the same time, he also told Mazyel from the side that as long as he was willing to cooperate with the United States, Mario could turn a blind eye no matter what the Turkish government did.

"Then there's President Rao Mario."

Clerides never dreamed that the United States would withdraw asylum at his most critical moment. After taking over the two important cities of Morfu and Lefka in Northern Cyprus, the Stanisk aircraft carrier battle group quietly withdrew from the Cyprus civil war.

At the same time, the United Kingdom also stopped air strikes against the northern regime at the Royal Air Force Base in Akrotili, Cyprus. Without air strike support, the Cypriot army's offensive became difficult. Because the Turkish garrison, which had retained its strength before, began to help the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus regime counterattack the southern army. Previously, Maziyel had kept the Turkish garrison restrained due to the intervention of the United States and did not engage in large-scale intervention wars.

The Greeks are also helping the Cypriot army to deal with the Turkish army. The original conflict with Turkey was destined to turn the troops stationed between the two countries into a feud.

Of course, there is still a certain disparity in the comparison of military strength. Türkiye has 32,000 troops stationed, while Greece has only more than 1,100 troops. The Cypriot troops previously relied entirely on the momentum of the Americans and the support of Turkey to launch attacks on the northern regime. Once there is no support from the United States, everything becomes worse.

This war really turned into a Cyprus melee. The Turkish army, the northern regime, the southern regime and the Greek army were in a mess.

However, President Mario stood up at this critical point and called on the United Nations maintenance forces to intervene in the Cyprus civil war dispute and send Cyprus peacekeeping troops to maintain stability and peace in the region. Call on the Greek-backed Cyprus regime to end its offensive as soon as possible and return to the negotiating table to resolve the issue. The plot in the United States reversed so quickly that even Greek President Stephanopoulos didn’t know what was happening. As if overnight, the United States changed its original position and became the protector of the regime of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The arms trade between the United States and Greece has also become difficult to predict. After delivering an old Perry-class destroyer, the United States said that the Greek Navy would have ownership of the remaining destroyers only after paying the balance. Otherwise, the United States will delay the delivery time.

This made Stephanopoulos very uneasy. It happened that it was a critical period for the outbreak of conflicts between Greece and Turkey. With the support of the Americans, the President of Cyprus was ambitious to regain the northern region, but the unilateral withdrawal of the US fleet at this time fundamentally changed the entire situation.

All this was seen by Yanaev. He was not concerned about the situation in Cyprus, but about studying the changes in the relationship between the United States and Turkey through the Cyprus issue. Obviously, after a short alliance, the Maziyel government finally chose to form an alliance with Mario under the heavy means of the United States.

In other words, his close relationship with Maziyel may end here.

Yanayev was not worried that Maziyel would attack Moscow after changing his position. After all, Maziyel was not a fool. Facing the CIA that once wanted to overthrow him, even if Turkey changed its position, it would keep a hand behind to prevent Turkey from making a move.

However, Yanayev still miscalculated one thing, that is, the issue of establishing an anti-missile system. The spokesman of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced at a recent press conference that the establishment of the anti-missile system previously signed by Turkey and the United States would be slowed down due to some technical reasons, but it would not be truly cancelled. Moreover, it would deepen cooperation with the United States and strive to complete comprehensive testing and deployment in 2000.

This move behind Maziyel made Yanayev very annoyed. He even suspected that Maziyel had completely become a dog in the hands of the Americans.

Of course, after the two countries changed their positions, Yanayev should also keep a distance from Maziyel. However, in the Cyprus dispute, even if the US fleet withdrew from the Cypriot waters, Turkey would not be the one who laughed last.

The relationship between the Greek government and the Soviet Union is much closer than Americans imagine, otherwise Greece's important missile and submarine procurement projects would not be aimed at Moscow. So Yanaev will once again play an important role in this island civil war between the two superpowers.

Just a few days after President Mazierdai and President Mario hung up the phone, Greek President Stephanopoulos received a call from Yanaev. And Yanaev did not have any extra greetings. He started with a concise and to-the-point statement, directly hitting the core issue.

"On the issue of Cyprus, I think the Soviet Union can help Greece." To be continued.