He commanded the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 and the Cyprus crisis of 1974.
Karamanlis attempted to defuse the tension between Greece and Turkey, which were on the brink of war over the Cyprus crisis, through the diplomatic route.
They point to the many previous failed efforts to end the Cyprus crisis as warning signs.
Implementing the policy of the British Government, Harding also attempted to use negotiations to end the Cyprus crisis.
In addition to her normal taskings, she participated in contingency operations related to the Cyprus crisis, completing this task in December 1974 before returning to Norfolk.
In the Cyprus crisis of 1967 and in Korea in 1968, he was President Johnson's special envoy.
Androutsopoulos, described as a political non-entity, did not have the clout to effectively negotiate an honourable end to the Cyprus crisis.
This period encompassed the Cyprus crisis of 1963-1964 and the withdrawal of NATO forces from France in 1966.
The presidency has also sought to reaffirm the role of the Union in the search for solutions to the Cyprus crisis through the nomination of its own ad hoc representative.
He said any solution to the Cyprus crisis must include the withdrawal of an estimated 30,000 Turkish troops and 65,000 settlers on the northern third of the island.