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Less than two weeks earlier, the Syrians had promised Secretary of State George Shultz that a high-level American negotiator would always be welcome. But last week the state-run Syrian press agency declared that Syria had "nothing to discuss" with Special Envoy Philip Habib, whom it described as "one of the most hostile American diplomats toward the Arabs and their cause." At the time of the signing, the Syrians expressed their displeasure by closing highways in the Syrian-controlled areas of northern and eastern Lebanon. The Syrians have hinted that they might close the Syrian-Lebanese border indefinitely...
...primary incentive. A longer-range Syrian goal is recovery of the Golan Heights. Shultz said last week that he was not "applying" for the job of negotiator between Syria and Lebanon. But once the perimeters of the problem have been established, probably under the guidance of Special Envoy Philip Habib, Shultz may have to embark on another exercise in Middle East shuttle diplomacy. Having pressed the Israelis to leave Lebanon, the U.S. is now obliged to try to persuade the Syrians to uphold their end of the bargain...
With a gracious nod toward U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib, Shultz modestly noted, "I have the pleasure of helping to put a little icing on the cake. At any rate, we hope it is a real good cake." Later the Secretary gave Jerusalem some good news: President Ronald Reagan would now lift the ban imposed last summer on the sale of 75 F-16 fighter planes to Israel...
...time for me to come out and give Phil a hand. The issues have got to a point where a new face would be helpful." So said Secretary of State George Shultz last week as he winged to the Middle East to help U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib clinch a deal on the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon. If the remark was offhanded, the mission was not: in his first visit to the region since taking office last summer, Shultz faced the task of bringing about an Israeli-Lebanese agreement after four frustrating months of negotiations. Much more than...
...irony is that, having suffered so serious a setback in its efforts to bring Hussein and the Palestinians to the conference table, the U.S. seems to be making progress at last in the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib has told the Israelis that he saw a letter in which Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam assured his Lebanese counterpart, Elie Salem, that "when the last Israeli leaves, the last Syrian will leave...