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commentary for use new york times news service clients ben bagdikian san francisco chronicle san francisco there really agreement how treat the dispute between greece and turkey over their joint occupation cyprus maybe just maybe may end the uncanny way which the cypriot authorities have been shadowing for nearly years when was foreign correspondent was starting tour the middle east which then now was full war talk was flying from london cairo when landed refuel cyprus the cypriot authorities required manifest all the passengers the plane and when had filled out the form inquiring about occupation wrote journalist that was mistake did not know that would have consequences for the rest life months later when crossed the mediterranean the egyptian israeli war had started and was plane israel with all its lights off including the plane running lights recent news item about cyprus said was year standoff but really began when landed there because the turkish end the island had just beefed its police force act that enraged the greeks during the refueling nicosia the passengers had deplane and wait the airport where the authorities loaded every passenger with bundle pamphlets about cypriot outrage against the turks forgot the pamphlets the cypriots did not least they remembered the manifest which was listed journalist ever since that day matter where have lived every two weeks familiar manila envelope postmarked nicosia cyprus has followed still following years later since that fateful day nicosia have lived three countries with different mailing addresses back home the united states have had three different addresses providence four washington four california one new york city one virginia and one maryland how the cypriots have discovered new addresses quickly not know when rented house london sooner later the manila envelope came when moved rome the italian postal service that everyone told was totally unreliable was quite efficient delivering the familiar manila envelope from nicosia every two weeks when returned providence the mass mail that had accumulated while traveled without permanent address throughout spain and portugal included you know what first used open the big envelope and read the contents which for most those years were diatribes against the perfidious turks and because occupation makes media freak used read the pamphlets but time the predictable messages palled and looked only now and then there did come time however had been perceptive enough when could have reported before anyone else that the two cyprus antagonists were leading compatible living the mailings from nicosia suddenly had fewer polemics against the turks and shifted the tourism wonders cyprus and the wisdom its political leaders but had become negligent reader uninterested even opening the envelope now old friend the tan envelope suffers the same fate all mail receive whose outer envelope stamped large upper case red letters urgent time sensitive open once government information they all into the recycling bin unopened sorry cyprus but percent your envelopes into the trash once even asked our admirable letter carrier could put post office stop cyprus and all other junk mail and earl said only was obscene threatening furthermore too many people did and thousands letter carriers would laid off because junk mail and unwanted catalogs constitute most what carried those cute red white and blue trucks one point wondered what this years tailing had cost the government cyprus the last envelope received was address the graduate school journalism the university california berkeley and the postage that was drachmas the newspaper foreign exchange column said there were drachmas the dollar and assuming stamps were bought once every two weeks for all these years comes the equivalent dollars fifty eight dollars obviously does not impoverish the government cyprus their per capita annual income not crushing tax each cypriot follow around but still with there must kids nicosia who could buy lot lollipops maybe stick two souvlaki wrong disbelief afterlife there will come time when either the penthouse furnace room but any case the envelope would come every two weeks because they will know ben bagdikian media critic and former dean the graduate school journalism the university california berkeley while the washington post helped publish portions the pentagon papers the author the media monopoly beacon press sixth edition editors publications outside the united states may find the following stories from the new york times news service for friday feb particular interest international will move news category attack afghan dateline come developments the campaign afghanistan staff byline come terror iraq washington president bush national security adviser condoleezza rice scheduled speak about iran iraq and north korea michael gordon pakistan reporter undated developments kidnappers extend one day the deadline for carrying out their death 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