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1983 Sep 6 - 1983 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1075
Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; Beirut barracks bombing, 23 October 1983; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 275
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83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: Multinational Force") ["too early... to take new decisions on the future of our contingent... But the Prime Minister may nevertheless find helpful an interim assessment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 13 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO telegram 1497 to UKE Washington (1808Z) ("Lebanon/MNF") [analysis; "we are just as concerned as the French are at the implications of the new US position"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 27 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO telegram 523 to UKMIS New York (1340Z) ("Lebanon: MNF") [Heseltine views on UK role in proposed new UN force to replace Multinational Force; supporting documents of same date on ceasefire agreement; Hong Kong markets/appointment of Percy Cradock; Mugabe denunciation of UK] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 20 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to CICC Germany ("Lebanon: situation report") [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 27 Th Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Lebanon: Meeting of MNF Foreign Ministers in Paris 27 October") [record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Rome ("Lebanon") [Howe, Andreotti: record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 20 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKrep Brussels ("Lebanon MNF: meeting with French Foreign Ministers and Italians") [deployment of observers; public statement of support for Lebanese government; US support; division of responsibilities; Israeli position; situation update] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 23 Fr Major Lebanon: Heseltine minute to MT ("Lebanon") [French request to use RAF Akrotiri; sale of Hunter aircraft to Lebanon] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 12 Mo Major Lebanon: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Lebanon: review of the position of BRITFORLEB) [US request for support to counter Druze offensive on Suq al-Gharb; "would carry the risk that we would be sucked into a wider involvement"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sa Major Lebanon: Howe message to Shultz ("Lebanon/MNF") ["how our thoughts are developing here on the future of our MNF contingent"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 21 We Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to Heseltine PS ("Cyprus and Lebanon") [Lebanese request to use RAF Akrotiri] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 15 Th Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to Heseltine PS ("Cyprus and the Lebanon") [use of RAF Akrotiri sovereign airbase in Cyprus by other members of the Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 3 Mo Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to Heseltine PS ("Lebanon") ["we should think through carefully our involvement in the longer term"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 12 Mo Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon") [conflicting US/UK reports of situation around the village of Suq al-Gharb] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon") [Luce visit to Beirut: discussions with Lebanese Prime Minister & Foreign Minister; Howe discussions with Andreotti & Cheysson] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 31 Mo Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: Message from President Reagan") [draft reply to Reagan letter concerning bomb attack of 23rd Oct on Multinational Forces] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 26 We Major Lebanon: King Hussein bin Talal letter to MT (Lebanon) [cover letter enclosing copy of letters of 25th October & 19th October to Reagan] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 25 Tu Major Lebanon: King Hussein bin Talal letter to President Reagan (Lebanon) [proposals for way forward following bomb attack of 23rd October on Multinational Forces] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 19 We Major Lebanon: King Hussein bin Talal letter to President Reagan (Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the Occupied Territories) ["It is vital to us to know in no uncertain terms that you... are committed to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 242 as we both formulated it in 1967"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 23 Su Major Lebanon: MT message to President Mitterrand (bomb attack on the US/French contingent of the Multinational Forces) [condolences] [declassified Aug 2013]