Word: chehab
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Dates: during 1958-1958
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Lebanon. The election of General Fuad Chehab to the presidency relaxed tension but did not end it. Lebanese rebels insist on remaining under arms until President Camille Chamoun steps down and U.S. troops depart; Chamoun, not to be outdone, insists on serving out his term to the final minute on Sept. 23. President-elect Chehab ducked all responsibility: the opposition wildly protested the return of Dr. Charles Malik as Lebanon's U.N. representative, and Dr. Malik wanted Chehab's endorsement before leaving for Manhattan. Chehab, as usual, was cagily silent. As a brutal reminder that the rebel-enforced...
...then tactfully left town on polling day). All knew, and had long known, that there was only one possible figure on whom government and rebel forces alike could agree. Early in the week Patriarch Paul Meouchi of the Maronite Roman Catholic Church helped persuade Army Chief Fuad Chehab that...
Army Salute. Voting began without debate. On the first ballot, with the rebels as well as most of Chamoun's men voting solidly for him. General Chehab received 42 votes-just two short of the necessary two-thirds majority. Beirut's Independent Raymond Edde polled a surprising ten votes from Lebanese Christians who had begun to suspect that Chehab's election now would amount to a rebel victory. Edde, respected son of a former President, had himself proposed Chehab's name early in the revolt, but insisted that his own withdrawal now would be "to surrender...
...palace Chamoun quickly announced-with President-elect Chehab's evident concurrence-that he would stay in office until his term ends in September, and that Chehab would meanwhile remain army commander. The opposition repeated its demands that U.S. forces withdraw and that Chamoun resign at once, and cynically backed up its threats to continue the rebellion until these demands are met, by setting off a pair of bombs near Parliament next afternoon. Score: 2 dead, 15 wounded...
Some Lebanese Christians feared that the rebels might get their way, and Premier Sami Solh, who narrowly escaped assassination earlier in the week (see below), angrily threatened to resign. Yet in the face of popular pressure for peace, and the fact that President Nasser seemed willing to settle for Chehab, the opposition probably could not keep up resistance much longer...