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...Israel is reportedly seeking the right to maintain early-warning stations and to conduct air and naval surveillance in Lebanon. It is also asking for a commitment that the P.L.O. will withdraw its remaining forces and free all Israeli prisoners of war before a simultaneous withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon takes place...
Even if Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement on troop withdrawals, Syrian President Hafez Assad will still have to go along with it. Assad has reportedly made up his mind to remove his 30,000 troops from Lebanon when the Israeli forces are withdrawn. But any Israeli efforts to gain a permanent military foothold in Lebanon could lead to a similar demand by the Syrians, and thus to further delays...
...announced an agreement with Lebanon for direct negotiations about the withdrawal of Israeli troops, as well as the consideration of political arrangements between the two countries. Israel, which had been under intense U.S. pressure, gave up its demands that such talks occur in both Beirut and Jerusalem. If Israeli, Syrian and P.L.O. troops actually begin to pull out of Lebanon, Reagan will be in a better position to pursue his West Bank peace proposal...
...with CIA Chief William Casey, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Special Envoy Philip Habib, who had been hastily summoned home from his diplomatic shuttle in the Middle East. The purpose of the gathering: to find a way to break the impasse in negotiations to secure the withdrawal of Israeli,. Syrian and Palestine Liberation Organization troops from Lebanon. The mood was somber. "Everyone in the Administration is angry," said a White House aide. "The President himself is as angry as everybody else over here...
...meantime, the U.S. was still try| ing, without much success, to I initiate negotiations for the ^withdrawal of Israeli, Syrian iand P.L.O. forces from Lebanon. But the talks were being blocked by an Israeli demand that at least some of the sessions be held in Jerusalem, a request the Lebanese feel they cannot accept without conceding Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem. Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that talks between Israel and Lebanon were the "stimulus" necessary before broader discussions could begin...