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1983 Nov 1 - 1983 Dec 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1076
Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 5A)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 220
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83 Nov 8 Tu Major Lebanon: President of the World Maronite Lebanese Union message to MT (terrorist attacks against the Multinational Forces) [condemnation] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 19 Sa Major Lebanon: President Reagan message to MT (Lebanon) [decision not to take retaliatory action against terrorist attacks on US forces] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 9 We Major Lebanon: President Reagan message to MT (terrorist attack on US forces) [interim message regarding US response to the attack] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 6 Su Major Lebanon: President Reagan message to MT (terrorist attacks on the Multi-National Forces) [retaliation & long-term considerations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 14 Mo Major Lebanon: Reagan message to MT (terrorist attacks on the Multi-National Forces) ["Although I have not yet made a final decision, my current inclination is to take decisive but carefully limited military action in the very near future"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 2 Fr Major Lebanon: UKdel NATO telegram to FCO ("US/Israeli talks in Washington") [US report to NATO on Yitzhak Shamir visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 4 Su Major Lebanon: UKE Athens telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [line to take on US air strike] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 18 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Beirut security") [situation report on British security measures following recent bomb attacks; incomplete record of conversation with Gemayel recording his intention to visit UK] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 3 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Firing at BRITFORLEB") [situation report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 17 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon - Reconciliation") [Khaddam & Gemayel reported to have had constructive talks in Lebanon] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 2 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon internal") [situation report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 23 We Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon internal: President Gemayel's Independence Day speech") [key points] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 4 Su Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") ["I recommend that we should dissociate the UK as firmly as possible from this US action, in terms at least as critical as those we used about the French attack"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 24 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("President Gemayel's travels") [visits to Rome, US and possible UK visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 28 Mo Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("President Gemayel's visit") [programme] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 4 Su Major Lebanon: UKE Damascus telegram to FCO ("Mr Luce's call on Syrian Foreign Minister") [Luce, Khaddam: record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 18 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French airstrike in Lebanon") [concerns for security of British troops in light of possible further French airstrikes without prior notification to UK] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 8 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Lebanon: US retaliation") [French position] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 1 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Tehran telegram to FCO ("Threat to UK presence in Lebanon") [anonymous phone call in wake of recent bomb attacks on US/French forces] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 2 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("EC/Israel/Lebanon") [Patrick Moberly, David Kinche record of conversation: "Israelis believe that Syria has lost the initiative in Lebanon and that it would be a tragic mistake if the Europeans helped Syria to recover it"] [declassified Aug 2013]