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...certain. After one of the bloodiest weeks since the Israeli siege of Beirut began nearly two months ago, there were hopeful signs late last week that a diplomatic solution to the Lebanese crisis might yet be found. The quest for peace was being led by U.S. Special Middle East Envoy Philip Habib, who shuttled to Jerusalem and Beirut after a tour of Arab capitals and talks with Jordan's King Hussein in London. Said a top U.S. official: "His trip moved us ahead. We got some specific commitments, enough to make things credible for the P.L.O...
Habib presented the outline of the proposal to Lebanon's President Elias Sarkis and Prime Minister Chafik Wazzan after the U.S. envoy had returned from his swing through the Middle East. A P.L.O. evacuation plan had been drawn up early last week by Colonel Johnny Abdo, head of Lebanese army intelligence, and Hani al Hassan, Arafat's political adviser. The P.L.O. was pleased with the Habib proposals, even though the Palestinians had to forgo the staged withdrawal they preferred by way of the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon and thence to Syria...
...their visit to Washington, Saud and Khaddam endorsed a new plan for getting the P.L.O. out of Beirut: the guerrillas would first withdraw to other parts of Lebanon. At week's end Philip Habib, the U.S. special envoy in the Middle East, was reportedly hammering out a detailed version: the P.L.O. would go to Tripoli in northern Lebanon, while the Israelis would withdraw to Damur, twelve miles south of Beirut. This would be the first stage in a phased withdrawal of all P.L.O., Syrian and Israeli forces from Lebanon...
...Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat had no intention of leaving Beirut and that he was deliberately dragging his feet in order to avoid a direct Israeli attack on his stronghold. In East Beirut, the director-general of Israel's Foreign Ministry, David Kimche, bluntly warned U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib that a final assault on the Palestinian positions could become inevitable, if the deadlock persists. Said Kimche: 'Time is running out. They better take us seriously...
...from 13 Western states. A battalion of 1,800 Marines, currently sailing with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, was ordered to prepare for possible deployment as part of a multinational peace-keeping force. Under the conditions laid down by Reagan, troops would be dispatched only if his special envoy, Philip Habib, can work out a peace arrangement among all the parties involved, and if at least one other nation, notably France, agrees to participate...