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...then, at week's end, President Reagan's special envoy Philip Habib suddenly announced in Jerusalem that a cease-fire had been established. Emerging from a talk with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Habib read a message from a scrap of paper: "I have reported to President Reagan that as of 13:30 hours local time, July 24, 1981, all hostile military action between Lebanese and Israeli territory, in either direction, will cease." Begin then followed with a comment of his own: "The government of Israel endorses the statement just made by Mr. Habib, the emissary...
...secret of his success, says former U.S. Diplomat Averell Harriman, is his special gift of understanding "the other man's point of view," thereby gaining the precious element of trust. No talent is more vital in the Middle East, and Philip Charles Habib, 61, has so far used it impressively during his eleven-week mission. Says one Israeli admirer: "If he hears the word no, he pretends he hasn't heard...
...Habib, the tough, salty son of a Lebanese grocer in Brooklyn, entered the Foreign Service in 1949 and three years later earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He subsequently took on tough assignments in South Korea (1962-65) and as top deputy in the embassy in Saigon...
...Habib's combination of patience, discretion, endurance and shrewd calculation flowered in 1968, when he was appointed No. 3 man at the frustrating Paris peace talks between the U.S. and North Viet Nam, where Harriman was chief negotiator. Cyrus Vance, Habib's immediate superior and later Secretary of State, recalls Habib's meticulous allnight preparations of U.S. positions. The observant diplomat once advised his American colleagues to look under the bargaining table while dealing with the impassive North Vietnamese, since "you can tell when they're unsure of themselves by the way they cross and uncross...
...Habib headed the U.S. peace delegation from 1969 to 1971, then took over for three years as a highly popular Ambassador to South Korea. Later, back in Washington, Habib worked closely with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on his many Middle East shuttles...