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What gave the announcement an added sense of drama was that it coincided with the return to the Middle East of President Reagan's Special Envoy Philip Habib. On leaving Washington earlier in the week, Habib had declared: "There is an urgent need to put the problems of Lebanon behind us so that we can move on to the larger issues of peace in the region." Whether the Reagan Administration's rising impatience over the deadlock contributed to last week's agreement was not clear, but the return of Habib undoubtedly increased the pressure on both...
...Jerusalem, U.S. envoy Philip C. Hubib-sent back to the Middle East by President Reagun to speed the slow-moving negotiations-spent 90 minutes with prime Minister Menachem Begin but declined to make any comment to reports following the meeting...
...Special Envoy Morris Draper, who is also taking part in the talks, declared last week that the U.S. supported Israel's "legitimate security interests" as well as Lebanon's "sovereignty and independence." But Washington generally favors the Lebanese position. The Reagan Administration fears that wide-ranging discussions would merely prolong the crisis in Lebanon and would prevent the U.S. from making any headway on President Reagan's Sept. 1 peace plan, which calls for a future association between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Philip Habib, an envoy for all seasons...
...rising over Washington when, promptly at 7 a.m. last Wednesday, Vice President George Bush convened a special high-level meeting in the White House Situation Room. National Security Adviser William Clark was there, along with CIA Chief William Casey, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Special Envoy Philip Habib, who had been hastily summoned home from his diplomatic shuttle in the Middle East. The purpose of the gathering: to find a way to break the impasse in negotiations to secure the withdrawal of Israeli,. Syrian and Palestine Liberation Organization troops from Lebanon. The mood was somber. "Everyone in the Administration...