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...Pierre Gemayel, 79, father of the current President, offered plans that would have created separate and independently administered Christian and Muslim "cantons," while leaving the presidency and other important posts in Christian hands. They were joined by another former Maronite President, Suleiman Franjieh, 73, who had helped found the Syrian-backed National Salvation Front last year but broke with that group in the course of the recent conference...
...Syrians, who sponsored the conference, were deeply disappointed by its failure. Declaring that "Lebanon's salvation starts with bringing the country out of the sectarian quagmire," the Syrian government newspaper, Tishrin, asked whether the country's leaders "will learn this lesson, or have they become so insensitive that only cauterization will work for them?" Having supported President Gemayel during the conference, the Syrians privately blamed the Christian "godfathers," Chamoun, Franjieh and Pierre Gemayel, for the breakdown...
...Syrian invasion of this country. In 1980 we almost had an invasion. A small incident could have triggered a major war. It could happen again...
...slowly eased back into a normal working day. Three weeks ago he reshuffled his Cabinet, a move that some analysts interpreted as an attempt to balance power among potential successors. Though slightly wan, he remains forceful and engaging. In his modest office in Damascus last week, the Syrian President received Time Inc. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, TIME Managing Editor Ray Cave and Chief of Correspondents Richard Duncan for the first interview he has granted a U.S. publication since the suicidal bombing of the Marine headquarters in Beirut last October. He insisted that Syrian forces will not withdraw from Lebanon...
...then we have to conclude that somehow these acts were arranged or condoned by the U.S. government. If foreign missions [in the U.S.] are attacked, are we to hold the U.S. responsible? We have had terrorist acts committed in recent years in Syria. Are we to say that the Syrian government was behind them? Why are we to be held responsible for an act that took place in Beirut when we have no presence in Beirut? Some American officials have made such accusations, but I doubt that they believe what they say. I told one of them that...