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Cyprus

Volume 884: debated on Friday 17 January 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the steps that have been taken by Her Majesty's Government's representatives in Cyprus to obtain information about the actions of the Cyprus authorities following the murder during July 1974 of Mrs. Leigh Matthews.

The High Commission has reported such evidence as is available about Mrs. Leigh Matthews' murder. Unfortunately the only witness, her husband, was shot at the same time and died three weeks later. We have studied his statements but are aware of no other source from which information could be expected. The Cyprus Government are not in control of Kyrenia, where the murder was done.