USSR-LEBANON-US:SOVIET COMMENTS ON BOMBING

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06825347
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2020
• Case Number: F-2019-00123
• Publication Date: April 22, 1983

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- Contents
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El Salvador: Guerrilla Leadership in Disarray
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USSR-CUBA: Increase in Economic Aid
West Germany-East Germany: Strained Relations
USSR-Lebanon-US: Soviet Comments on Bombing
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Guatemala: Assassination Plot
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Australia-China; Premier Zhao's Visit
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Special Analyses
Iran: Tehran's Terrorist Campaign
USSR-ASEAN: Bid for Better Relations
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NUS: Soviet Comments on Bombing
Soviet media�after a period of brief, factual reporting�have
begun to use the bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut to criticize
US policy in Lebanon and the Middle East. A TASS commentary on
Wednesday, pointing to the US announcement of a CIA official's
death in the explosion, castigated the CIA's "subversive" role
throughout the Middle East. Radio Moscow in an Arabic broadcast
yesterday linked the bombing directly to the unresolved Lebanese
and Middle East crisis and to US support for Israeli "expansionism."
An earlier broadcast implied that the Israelis were responsible for the
explosion.
Comment: The Soviets are likely to portray the incident to Arab
audiences as "proof" of Lebanese popular opposition to the US
presence in Lebanon. The recent expulsions of Soviet intelligence
officers from Western Europe and the publicity given to the defection
last year of a KGB official stationed in Iran are added incentives for
Moscow to squeeze maximum propaganda from the US statement
concerning the CIA official.
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