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...will never forget your gracious and decisive efforts to help bring an end to the suffering of my country. We see the U.S. role as the indispensable ingredient toward bringing peace not only to Lebanon but to the whole region." So said the new President of Lebanon, Amin Gemayel, 40, to Ronald Reagan on the south driveway of the White House last week. The American President has not heard that kind of talk from many Arab leaders lately. More important, officials hoped that the Gemayel visit to Washington would speed up the search for a solution to the most pressing...
...President Reagan also had the region's most intractable problem on his mind last week. Three days after his meeting with Gemayel, he received a seven-member Arab delegation, led by King Hassan II of Morocco. The group had been appointed by the Arab summit conference that met at Fez, Morocco, last month to explore Reagan's plan to solve the Palestinian problem by linking the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to Jordan. The Arabs at Fez had come closer than ever before to a recognition of Israel's right to exist...
...convergence of Arab visitors in Washington underscored the expanding U.S. involvement in the search for peace. Gemayel told Reagan that the 4,000-man U.S., French and Italian peace-keeping force in Lebanon would probably have to be expanded up to 30,000 in order to ensure stability in the country until the Lebanese army can be strengthened. Although U.S. officials do not like the idea of expanding the American garrison, which remains vulnerable to unexpected hostile action, the Administration is coming around to the view that it may have no choice. Said a White House official: "We are being...
...Gemayel, who became President after his brother Bashir was assassinated as President-elect less than six weeks ago, was on his first overseas mission as his country's head of state. On a one-day stopover in New York City, he made three speeches in three different languages. The first, an address to a gathering of Lebanese Americans, was delivered in Arabic. The second, to the United Nations General Assembly, was given in English for the benefit of television audiences in the U.S. The third, to the U.N. Security Council, was delivered in French...
Before the General Assembly, Gemayel declared that Lebanon was "like the phoenix rising out of its own ashes," and vowed to lay "the foundation of a strong, independent and democratic state." He said that the Palestinians should be allowed to live "in peace and freedom and self-determination in their land." Somewhat unexpectedly, he paid tribute to Syria, which still has 30,000 troops based in Lebanon. Then, to a burst of applause, he said, "I call for the immediate withdrawal of all non-Lebanese forces from Lebanon." Later, before the Security Council, he asked specifically for the removal...