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30 April 1959 My dear Ambassador and Friend, I learn that you are thinking of taking the bridge after your exhausting activity and your travels. And I hope that you will do so. Your health is precious to us all and to your Country, which you serve with such distinction. Since I shall therefore not see you for some time, here are the essential points I had to communicate to you. 1) I could not defer my letter to Makarios any longer. He was expecting it, I know. I therefore kept to the directives of discretion that you asked for in your letter of the 25th inst., for which I thank you Although I do not entirely share your reasons, as I will tell you in person when we next meet. But it is certainly more proper that my letter should not be interpreted as a step by your Department, for there is still a friendly power in Cyprus which governs the country, and not yet Makarios. Here is therefore a copy of my letter to Makarios, and I hope that you will approve it. But to Karageorghis, his confidant, I have written that a representative of the Ministry will shortly
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