FOIA
LAF IN EAST BEIRUT
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP85M00363R000300630008-6
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
C
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 1, 2010
Sequence Number:
8
Case Number:
Publication Date:
September 3, 1983
Content Type:
CABLE
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SUBJECT: LAF IN EAST i3,CINUT,
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AREAS AFTER HAVING DJINDLLD ALMOST TU THE VANISHING
POINT IN RE CL yT r'UCLITHS. (REPORTING 1, DAO CH,."Nr:LLS
PRUVIDES DETAILS Of LAF. POSITIONS IN EAST DLIPijT.)
3. THE RETURN OF THE ARMY TO LAST 8LIPUT CAME. AT
THL INSIST04CE OF PRIME NINISTEN AL-WAZZAPJ, ' UTIVATED
jl~UY THE NEED TO SHUN AT LLAST THE SEMBLANCE OF EVEN-
HANULD TELATMENT BY THE GOVEPNMLNT IN F3UTH EA :T AND
AEtT bLIF:UT. Tf US FAR, THE DLPLUYat**T HAS ?iELN
LAkGELY A RESTAGING OF THE LAF OPERATION IN LAST
bLIRUT LAST FEBRUARY: LHECKPOINTS AND NHTkI;LS, kUT---
i Feti11~iE`: THAT MATH ILLY AFF+ L. _ I- r i I a~
GF TH M ~? LEBANESE FORCES. THUS FAR,
,rUH LXAP'PLL, THE ARMY HAS NOT f UVtU u AKL L TRUL
OF THE LF HEADOU,)ARTLRS I KA r ;Y
K ATER OLItW
6. N MAY t,AVE SOME COSMLTIC
.'*l;EE LF IT, IT IS LL nT LIKELY Tr? Have A c I~,r,IF7(ar~T
IIr".PACT ON MUSE Teo, ATTITd,r;FS UNLESS THE LA F TAKES
ALf IONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT G~3VEi< ;ltE ~T CONTROL IN
' LAST bLIRUT IS A FACT, NOT JUST AN AppEARANCE, FED1A
TPLATPLl'T INDICATES THIS IS THE CASL, LEFTIST
- ?A;i-SAF Il:, FUR EXAMPLE, GIVES MI:JIrAL CGVE!iAGi To THE
'L--LPLNATiO N, NOTING IN A SUU-f3LADL11"NL ONLY Tr, +T THE
LLi Ar4LSE ARMY HAS "INGKE ASED PATNOLS 1" EAST PF IRUT,
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