1982 Jul 12 - 1983 Sep 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1074
Lebanon (Internal situation; Israeli/Lebanese hostilities; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 3)
Document type: | File list item |
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Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 423 |
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83 Feb 14 Mo | Major | Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) ["Lebanon": "current position of the British contingent in the multi-national force"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
83 Feb 10 Th | Major | Lebanon: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [unreliable report, from Mitterrand's Counsellor for Security & Intelligence, of President Gemayel concerns about shift in UK policy] [declassified Aug 2013] |
83 Feb 4 Fr | Major | Lebanon: Heseltine minute to MT ("Lebanon - deployment of MNF") ["You will wish to be aware of recent developments"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
83 Jan 25 Tu | Major | Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("MNF/Hyperion") [UK ambassador record of conversation with US envoy on British deployment] [declassified Aug 2013] |
83 Jan 5 We | Major | Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut ("Multinational Force") [British deployment] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 29 We | Major | Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Negotiations for Israeli Withdrawal") ["The crux seems to be that the Israelis, as the price of withdrawal, want something like a peace treaty, while the Lebanese cannot give them one"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 20 Mo | Major | Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("UK contribution to the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Lebanon") ["Lebanese Foreign Minister... delighted"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 17 Fr | Major | Lebanon: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("MNF") ["Mr Pym is instructing our Ambassadors to make high level approaches to the Israelis, Syrians and PLO... Our decision to participate in the... [Multi-National Force] gives us a particular reason for taking this action now in support of US efforts"; MT: "I think this operation will be useless and could be damaging"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 16 Th | Major | Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 2124 to FCO (2120Z) ("UK contribution to Lebanon Multinational Force") [UN considerations] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 14 Tu | Major | Lebanon: Heseltine minute to MT ("Lebanon") ["You asked me to look into the possibility of providing a small contribution to the Lebanon Multinational Force for a period of three months"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 10 Fr | Major | Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Elie Salem, John Leahy, Khalil Makkawi) [request for UK contribution to Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 10 Fr | Major | Lebanon: No.10 letter to Pym PS ("Call on the Prime Minister by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lebanon") ["Following the meeting, the Prime Minister said that she would like the possibility of a British contribution to the Multinational Force... to be urgently re-examined"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 9 Th | Major | Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut (FCO record of conversation: Pym, Salem) ["Visit of Lebanese Foreign Minister": UK contribution to Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 9 Th | Major | Lebanon: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Multinational Force in Lebanon") [Mitterrand complaint about US contingent] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 9 Th | Major | Lebanon: FCO briefing for MT ("Call by Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 10 December at 1000") ["at his meeting with Mr Pym yesterday Dr Salem repeated with some feeling the Lebanese Government's request for British participation, however small, in the Multinational Force"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 6 Mo | Major | Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("British participation to the Multi-National Force in Lebanon") [Palmer, Salem record of discussion] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 6 Mo | Major | Lebanon: Nott minute to Pym ("UK military assistance to Lebanon") ["I am not attracted to our Armed Forces undertaking any military training in the Lebanon. However, the problems implicit in our participation in an expanded Multinational Force.. remain unresolved"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Lebanon: President Gemayel letter to MT (Foreign Minister Amel's visit to the UK) ["We need your help to effect the withdrawal of all foreign armies"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Nov 30 Tu | Major | Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon: Multi-National Force") [request from Lebanese Government for reinforcements; withdrawal talks] [declassified Aug 2013] |
82 Nov 26 Fr | Major | Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) ["British contribution to the Multinational Force in Lebanon"] [declassified Aug 2013] |