George Bush actually said...

I am disappointed in the lack of progress in the negotiating process and in the persistence of what the Secretary General has on several occasions called the negative atmosphere prevailing on the island.

Context

Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Cyprus Conflict

01/29/1991

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