ISRAELI EVACUATION OF LEBANESE VILLAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002500270002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Ryas Harfuahe publisher of the Beirut newspaper, al-~iadith, who is
friendly with certain Tsra?li leadarso particularly w aurice Fi~achvrp
Israeli bdinis~er to Francep Elias SaBSOOna and Eliahu Elath (Epstein)
Israeli Representative to the United Statea? claims to have learned from
Israeli officials who attended the IIB meeting in Paris that the Israelis
are willing to evacuate Lebanese territoryF only upon condition-that
a) an armistice be signed between Lebanon and Israel;
b) the Syrian Army be withdrawn from Lebanese territory if an
agreement is reached at the Rhodes aonferencesg
a) Lebanon gledge neutrality toward any new Zionist~Arab differm
encas v~ ich might arise from the Rhodos talka4
2n iiarfush said that he had conveyed this information to Lebanese President
Bisharah Khuri and to the Prime Minister, Riyad Sulhp and Harfush
promised thato if the terms ware acceptedg he would go to Israel to
negotiate far the arithdrawal of the Israeli forces from Lebanese terrim
toryy within fortymeight hours after the acceptancem
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