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Cold War: President Reagan draft letter to Israeli PM Begin (invasion of Lebanon) [McFarlane's proposal to Judge Clark] [declassified Jun 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Reagan Library: Executive Secretariat NSC Head of State File (Menachem Begin) Box 17
Editorial comments:

The annotations on the draft are in Haig's handwriting. "This is in no way a tragedy in B's perception, rather a glorious day. Bill - this should not be sent! Al"

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East)