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Middle East: Israeli PM Begin to President Reagan (Israeli invasion of Lebanon) [compares to British action in Falklands] [declassified 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Reagan Library: Executive Secretariat NSC, Head of State File (Begin 8290376-8290579)
Editorial comments: Sholmo Argov was Israeli Ambassador to the UK, the subject of an assassination attempt by the PLO earlier that summer.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (USA)