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...approval by Syria, which was not a party to the negotiations, but retains some 40,000 troops in Lebanon. Although the accord deals only with Israeli troops, Jerusalem has insisted its pullout is contingent upon the simultaneous withdrawal of all Syrian and P.L.O. forces. Thus if Syrian President Hafez Assad refuses to remove his army, Israeli soldiers will stay in Lebanon indefinitely. Shultz flew to Damascus on Saturday, declaring on arrival that he wanted to discuss "ways of putting an end to the turmoil in Lebanon." After six hours of talks with Assad and other Syrian officials, he wearily acknowledged...
Shultz may yet turn into a realist; persuading Syria to go along with the accord will be a formidable task. When Lebanese Foreign Minister Salem flew to Damascus to brief Assad on the progress of the talks, Syrian officials raised so many objections that Salem became convinced that no agreement could possibly satisfy Syria...
...Even if Assad wants to pull out his forces, he is certain to demand a price. One possibility: a security pact with Lebanon seeking assurances that the Israelis will not be allowed to use Lebanese territory and that Beirut will take measures to prevent the smuggling of arms and men into Syria by such opponents of the Assad regime as the Muslim Brotherhood. Shultz has vowed not to become involved in a second round of shuttle diplomacy, but he may find himself on the road to Damascus more than once to secure Assad's cooperation. Only if he prevails...
...expected in Amman on March 27 to meet with Hussein. But instead Arafat flew to Saudi Arabia and then to Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Syria. Arafat's aim was to shore up Arab support before making any commitment to King Hussein. Arafat did not see Syrian President Hafez Assad, who is strongly opposed to Jordanian participation in peace talks, but he did deliver a fiery speech to a large throng of supporters in Damascus. The next day Arafat arrived in the Jordanian capital in a silver Mercedes after a three-hour drive from Damascus...
...after he was inaugurated last September, Lebanese President Amin Gemayel ordered Assad Germanos, chief prosecutor of the country's military tribunal, to conduct an investigation of the Beirut massacre and to report his findings directly to him. Gemayel told Germanos, "We want all the truth, not 50% or anything less than all the truth. Our nation's honor is at stake, so you must do everything, even the impossible...