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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
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 423
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83 Jul 5 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 1878 to FCO (2333Z) ("Israel/Lebanon") [situation update] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 22 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2081 to FCO (2316Z) ("Lebanon") ["the appointment of McFarlane [to replace Habib] ...is being interpreted as an indication of the President's dissatisfaction with Shultz's handling of Lebanon"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2415 to FCO (2343Z) ("Lebanon") [evacuation of PLO; multinational force] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 17 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2470 to FCO (1555Z) ("Israel/Lebanon") [violation of US Arms Export Control Act; warning from US to Israel against violating ceasefire; evacuation of PLO; Franco-Egyptian initiative] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 21 We Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2512 to FCO (2330Z) ("Lebanon") [Reagan meetings with Syrian & Saudi Foreign Ministers: records of discussions] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 22 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2527 to FCO (2335Z) ("Lebanon") [evacuation of PLO; situation update; report of Israelis confiscating Lebanese army weapons; Italian contribution to multinational force] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 23 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2537 to FCO (2200Z) ("Lebanon: civilian casualties") [estimates but "Israelis... controlling very tightly access to the former Palestinian camps"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 3 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2640 to FCO (0032Z) ("Lebanon: UN observers") [Derek Thomas, Lawrence Eagleburger: record of conversation: "US position is that it would be positively unhelpful for UN observers to be sent before agreement has been reached with the PLO"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 3 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2641 to FCO (0054Z) ("Lebanon: visits to Washington of Egyptian and Israeli Foreign Ministers") [record of four discussions: Shultz, Hassan Ali; Shultz, Egyptian ambassador; Reagan, Shamir; Shultz, Shamir] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 3 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2649 to FCO (2250Z) ("Lebanon") [Habib negotiations; deployment of UN observers; Shamir meetings with House Foreign Affairs Committee & Senate Foreign Relations Committee] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 4 We Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2660 to FCO (2150Z) ("Lebanon") [US considering countermeasures following Israeli invasion of Beirut] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 5 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2674 to FCO (2320Z) ("Lebanon") [US position on Israeli invasion of Beirut] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Aug 20 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2794 to FCO (2246Z) ("Lebanon") [mandate of the Multinational Force; withdrawal of PLO; role of UNIFIL; withdrawal of Israel & Syria; the Palestinian Question] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 3 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2950 to FCO (2321Z) ("Lebanon") [update & analysis] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 8 We Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2965 to FCO (0045Z) ("Lebanon") ["withdrawal of foreign forces... now the top item on the agenda"; Bashir Gemayel; US/UN peacekeeping measures] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 20 Mo Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3102 to FCO (0035Z) ("Lebanon") [Reagan statement on television announcing Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 20 Mo Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3103 to FCO (0040Z) ("Lebanon") [Eagleburger briefing for Western diplomats on task of the Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 22 We Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3119 to FCO (2145Z) ("Lebanon: peace-keeping forces") [US terms & aims of deployment] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 20 We Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3406 to FCO (2218Z) ("Lebanon: Gemayel's visit to the United States") ["The Americans profess to be pleased with the tone of the discussions, though there is a considerable gap between the Lebanese and Israeli positions on the withdrawal of foreign forces"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 23 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 455 to FCO (1736Z) ("Lebanon") [Beirut massacres: "American criticism of Begin has reached unprecedented levels. His refusal of an independent investigation has attracted censure"] [declassified Aug 2013]