354. Editorial Note
The draft text of a Cypriot constitution was initialed by representatives of Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus on April 4 and presented to the British Government. On July 1, British and Cypriot representatives announced agreement on the terms of a settlement of the British bases issue by which the United Kingdom retained two bases on the island covering a total of 99 square miles. On July 6, Makarios and Kutchuk initialed agreements setting the division of offices and responsibilities in the new national government of Cyprus between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The following day the text of a bill granting independence to Cyprus was presented in the House of Commons. For text of the British-Cypriot agreement, see Cyprus, Cmd. 1093 (London, 1960).