Editing EOKA (section)

===Preparations===
Grivas carried out a first reconnaissance in Cyprus as early as July 1951.<ref name="Newsinger93">Newsinger, 2016, p. 93</ref>
Makarios was certainly skeptical, telling Grivas on one occasion that he would not find supporters for an armed struggle. The British shared the same view. Grivas finally arrived on the island in early November 1954 and set about establishing his underground network.<ref name="Newsinger94">Newsinger, 2016, p. 94</ref> He recruited from the Cyprus Farmers' Union (PEK) in the villages and from the two main youth movements, the Church-controlled Christian Youth Movement (OHEN) and the nationalist Pancyprian Youth Movement (PEON) in the towns.<ref name="Newsinger94" />{{sfn|French|2015|p=64-65}} Grivas intended to turn the youth of Cyprus 'into the seedbed of EOKA'.<ref name="Newsinger94" /> The backbone of EOKA were the mountain groups, a conventional guerrilla force living in hidden camps in the forests, and the town groups, often continuing their civilian job or schooling.<ref name="Newsinger94" /> Supporting this armed wing was the much broader National Front of Cyprus (EMAK), which provided EOKA with intelligence, supplies, weapons, medicines, recruits and safe houses, confronted the British on the streets with demonstrations and riots and conducted the propaganda offensive.<ref name="Newsinger94" />