307. Editorial Note
Prime Ministers Menderes and Karamanlis together with Foreign Ministers Zorlu and Averoff and their staffs met in Zurich at the Dolder Hotel February 6–11, for talks leading to a final solution of the Cyprus question. On February 11, the two governments issued a statement announcing they had reached an accord on the future of the island. The text of the proposed accord was presented to the British Government the same day. Karamanlis returned to Athens on February 11 to discuss the Cyprus agreement with Archbishop Makarios who indicated his support for the proposed accord. Makarios publicly reaffirmed his support for the agreement on February 14 and the British Government invited representatives of the Greek and Turkish Governments to a conference in London for final discussions on the proposed agreement. February 17 was set as the opening date for the conference on Cyprus. For Macmillan’s account of British reaction to the proposed accord, see Riding the Storm, pages 692–694.