THE CYPRUS CRISIS -- AND ANOTHER HITCH IN KEY TALKS OVER THE TROUBLED ISLAND'S FUTURE. BRITISH AND AMERICAN PLANS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO POLICE CYPRUS FAILED TO SATISFY LEADERS OF CYPRUS'S GREEK AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES AT A CONFERENCE IN LONDON TODAY (FRIDAY).

BOTH SIDES VOICED DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER HEARING DETAILS OF THE JOINT FORCE FORMED OF TROOPS FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION NATIONS. AMERICA HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE UP TO 2,000 TROOPS TO THE PEACE-KEEPING FORCE, PROVIDED ALL SIDES ACCEPT U.S. CONDITIONS.

AFTER TODAY'S TALKS, THE TURKISH-CYPRIOT LEADER, MR.RAUF DENTKASH, SAID HE WAS NOT SATISFIED. TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER, MR. FERIDUN ERKIN, HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT. THE GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER, MR. CHRISTOS XANTHROPOULOS-PALAMAS, SAID HE WAS ONLY PARTIALLY SATISFIED, AND THE GREEK-CYPRIOT LEADER, MR. GLAFKOS CLERIDES, SAID THE TALKS HAD "NOT GONE WELL."
THE GREEK, TURKISH AND CYPRIOT LEADERS HAVE BEEN IN LONDON TO DISCUSS THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND, WHERE BRITISH TROOPS ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING OVER A TRUCE FOLLOWING VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN GREEK AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES LAST MONTH.