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5155235
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Title
Peacemaker
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Colouring
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37 x 30 cm
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Year
1967
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Original editorial cartoon in pen and ink with screen on card for the Toronto Telegram, around 1967. Georgios Grivas was a Cyprus-born Greek soldier dedicated to ridding Cyprus of British colonial rule and annexing it to Greece, which he did not achieve. Following 5 years of exile in Greece, He returned to Cyprus in 1964 after the outbreak of intercommunal violence between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots to take over the Supreme Command of the Greek Cypriot forces organised under Makarios's National Guard as well as the Greek military division sent to Cyprus by the government of George Papandreou to assist in the island's defence against a possible Turkish attack. On 15 November 1967 the Greek Cypriot National Guard under his direct command overran two small villages on the critical Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia intersection, resulting in the deaths of 27 people, mostly unarmed Turkish Cypriot civilians as well as Turkish Cypriot paramilitaries at Kofinou and Agios Theodoros. The immediate result of this event was the recall of Grivas to Athens. Tape residue marks at bottom right of image. Signed bottom right: Beaton The Telegram. Paper size 37 x 30 cm (14.5" x 11.5 inch). Printer’s notes on right margin.
