TALKING POINTS FOR THE DDI'S MEETING AT HPSCI 4 OCTOBER 1988 - LEBANESE SITUATION: CONTINUING TENSION, BUT NO MAJOR FIGHTING YET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T00412R000707380016-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 4, 1988
• Content Type: MISC

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Talking Points for the DDI's Meeting at HPSCI
4 October 1988
Lebanese Situation:
Continuing Tension, but No Major Fighting Yet
Damascus and pro-Syrian Lebanese leaders continue to denounce Christian Army
leader Michel Awn's regime in East Beirut but have not taken any major steps yet to move
against the Christians.
The cohesiveness of the Christian leadership is untested and may erode. Awn is weak
and overly ambitious in seeking to become President. The Embassy believes--and we agree--
that he has no plan of action. Ja'Ja is more clever and better organized but is a fanatic
opposed to compromise with Syria.
Ja'Ja has been recruiting supporters within Christian Army units for years, giving
him enough influence to prevent Awn from making concessions on his own to
the Muslims or Syrians.
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