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ange, overlooking the pass through which the Nicosia to Kyrenia road ran. This
effectively extended the Nicosia enclave to a point that overlooked the Northern
Coastline, aiding the area's security. However, to the discomfiture of the
community, UN organised convoys (in September 1964) escorted Greek-Cypriot
vehicles through the area twice a day, during which they required Turkish-Cypriot
traffic to pull over.
Responding to the Turkish-Cypriot withdrawal into fortified enclaves the (now
exclusively Greek Cypriot) Government of Cyprus operated a policy of embargo on,
what it termed the "rebel" element. For much of 1964 the blockade of the Turkish-
Cypriot enclaves of Nicosia, Lefka, Limnitis and Kokkina was total, a situation that
was periodically restored. Under pressure from the UNFICYP 36 and the
International Red Cross and with the concession of the opening of the Nicosia and
Limnitis enclaves to UN escorted Greek-Cypriot traffic, the Makarios Government
let in quotas of food, clothing, kerosene and médical supplies. In mid September, as
the Unes of engagement remained around Nicosia, Kokkina, Lefka and other
villages and groups of villages where tension remained, an ever changing list of
items were specified as "strategie materials" and proscribed. Strategie items
generally included building materials, tiles, timber, cernent, certain items of
clothing, many raw materials, spare parts and vehicle accessories, electrical
equipment, batteries, chemicals and large quantities of fuel. Dipsticks were used to
check the quantity of fuel in cars entering the Nicosia enclave (the largest enclave
and the administrative centre of the Turkish-Cypriot community). Anything over a
gallon would be siphoned off and spilled over the pavement. All the fuel used by
the Turkish-Cypriot military before 1968 was, however, smuggled in. The 650-man
Turkish Army contingent supplied themselves and was monitored in doing so by the
36 United Nations Force in Cyprus, established by Security Council resolution (S/RES/186) on 4
March 1964.
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