MR. FOLEY also tells me Angus Macdonald was contributing to
his newspaper at the time of his murder in Nicosia. The draft of an article was found after his death; and the editor, believing that Macdonald would wish to have his views known, printed it on the following day. In the course of it Macdonald wrote : Repressive measures antagonise the people who might otherwise oppose EOKA. The publication of the surrender terms at the time of the EOKA truce in August was a serious blow to public confidence, and many Cypriots who previously were on the side of the authorities turned against them. What is worse, the surrender terms were drawn up on the basis of inaccurate reports. . . . Not a single Cypriot took advantage of the surrender offer, and despite increased activity by the Government since the end of the truce, the number of attacks has not diminished. Those who advised the Governor that EOKA was beaten bear some responsibility for the men who have died since.
I should add that Macdonald did not go to Cyprus (so far as I could judge) with any preconceived ideas. The first article he sent back from Nicosia actually leaned slightly to the official line. Evidently it was the talks he had with Cypriots (many of them, by his own account, hostile to EOKA) which convinced hint of the bankruptcy of the Government's policy there.
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