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1983 Dec 4 - 1983 Dec 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1077
Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 5B)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 234
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83 Dec 24 Sa Major Lebanon: BRITFORLEBANON telegram to FCO (Ceasefire Committee: 'violations' sub-committee) [assessment of the proposal] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 9 Fr Major Lebanon: FCO briefing for MT ("Lebanon: Multi-National Force") [key points from Howe meeting with Rumsfeld & MNF Foreign Ministers on 8th October; key issues for the meeting] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 13 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of President Gemayel to London, 13-15 December 1983") [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 5 Mo Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Athens ("Lebanon") [Parsons minute outlining concerns about US policy & advising MT to contact Reagan directly] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 27 Tu Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut ("Lebanon Ceasefire Committee") [UK government's position] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 8 Th Major Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut ("Lebanon/MNF") [Howe, Luce, Rumsfeld: record of conversation: 7th December] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 4 Su Major Lebanon: Heseltine message to MT (US air raids on Syrian military targets) [update & advice on UK response] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 9 Fr Major Lebanon: Heseltine minute to Howe (Hunter aircraft for the Lebanese airforce) ["I believe that we must remain firm in declining to sell"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: MNF") [proposal to expand role of UNIFIL] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 8 Th Minor Lebanon: Ministry of Defence note to No.10 (Chief of Defence Staff: official visits to Middle East) [forthcoming schedule] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 20 Tu Major Lebanon: MT letter to President Assad (recent developments in the Middle East) ["I think it is important that we should explain our thinking to each other"; role of the Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 19 Mo Major Lebanon: MT letter to President Gemayel (visit to UK) [courtesy note following the visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 6 Tu Major Lebanon: No.10 (partial) record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) ["Lebanon": concerns about US policy; role of the UN] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 12 Mo Major Lebanon: No.10 briefing for Howe ("Visit of the President of the Lebanon") [schedule] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 14 We Major Lebanon: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles ("Lebanon") ["The real point is that all of us have run out of ideas and the situation continues to deteriorate... the FCO should consider discussing the UN card with the.. [Multinational Force] partners"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Lebanon: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles ("Lebanon") ["the time has come to play the UN card"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 6 Tu Major Lebanon: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles ("Lebanon") [Parsons: case against withdrawal of Multinational Force's UK contingent] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 5 Mo Major Lebanon: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles (Multinational Force: withdrawal of British contingent) [Rifkind answer to Draft Notice Question in Commons; "mood in the House... strongly critical of American policy"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Lebanon: No.10 minute to FCO (Prime Minister's message to President Mitterrand on 23rd October) [query as to how message was conveyed] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 29 Th Major Lebanon: No.10 minute to Howe PS (UKMIS telegram 1717: Lebanon: role of UN forces) [MT request for more detail about passing reference in telegram to UN Secretary General's "secret negotiations" on Cyprus] [declassified Aug 2013]