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PREM19/1297
Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 6)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 365
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Terrorism, British relations with France, British relations with Italy, British relations with the US

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Showing items 101 - 115 of 115

Date Value Title
84 Feb 17 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Damascus telegram 89 to FCO (1130Z) ("Lebanon") [probable current Syrian thinking] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 17 Fr Major Lebanon: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Lebanon") [draft MT message to Vice President Bush] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 17 Fr Major Lebanon: FCO telegram 74 to UKMIS New York (1813Z) ("Lebanon: UN options: French views") [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 18 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 587 to FCO (1925Z) ("Lebanon") [situation report] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 18 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Damascus telegram 93 to FCO (1120Z) ("Lebanon") [Syrian rejection of Saudi peace plan] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 19 Su Major Lebanon: No.10 minute to MT (BBC news report of Israeli bomb attacks on Lebanese villages) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 19 Su Major Lebanon: FCO telegram 94 to UKE Beirut (1230Z) ("Lebanon MNF") [phased redeployment of US marines] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mo Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 138 to FCO (0930Z) ("Lebanon") [situation report] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mo Major Lebanon: UKE Bahrain telegram 31 to FCO (0745Z) ("The Gulf and Lebanon") [Bahraini concerns about US/UK policy] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 21 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Riyadh telegram 42 to FCO (0930Z) ("Lebanon") [Saudi reaction to Syrian rejection of peace proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 21 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 143 to FCO (1210Z) ("UN Force for Lebanon") ["Lebanon's position on the current proposals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 23 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 611 to FCO (0255Z) ("Presidential Press Conference 22 February") ["played a very difficult hand quite well"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 24 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 628 to FCO (0049Z) ("Lebanon and the Middle East Peace Process") [Eagleburger, Leahy: record of conversation: Lebanon "a disaster"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 25 Sa Major Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 202 to FCO (0134Z) ("Lebanon: UN options") ["development... which implies a more substantial degree of Israeli withdrawal"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 28 Tu Major Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 204 to FCO (0115Z) ("Lebanon: UN options") [Security Council: amendments to French draft resolution] [declassified Jan 2014]