CODEL FOWLER: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SHAMIR: LEBANON ISSUES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R000801030036-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: February 13, 1984
• Content Type: CABLE

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MILITARY ADDEES TREAT AS SPECAT EXCLUSIVE
CINCEUR FOR POLAD, BRUSSELS FOR USEC
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, IS, LE, US, OREP (FOWLER, W.)
SUBJECT: CODEL FOWLER: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
SHAMIR: LEBANON ISSUES
2. SUMMARY: DURING FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH CODEL
AND AMBASSADOR, SHAMIR SAID THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL TO COOPERATE TOGETHER
TO DETER SYRIA. HE SPOKE OF SYRIA'S UNBRIDLED
AMBITIONS IN LEBANON AND ARGUED THAT FURTHER
SIGNALS WERE NECESSARY IF SYRIA'S GOAL OF DOMINATION
IN LEBANON WAS TO BE PREVENTED. HE SAID THAT THE
ACTIVITY OF THE U.S. NAVY MUST CONTINUE AND THAT THE
LEBANESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ABROGATE THE MAY 17
AGREEMENT. SHAMIR STATED THAT ABROGATION OF THE
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AGREEMENT WOULD BE DISASTROUS. END SUMMARY.
3. ON FEBRUARY 13 CONGRESSMAN WYCHE FOWLER
(0-GEORGIA) AND CONGRESSMAN MIKE LOWRY (0-WASHINGTON)
ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR LEWIS, MET ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER YITZHAK SHAMIR FOR A HALF HOUR MEETING.
IN THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSION, CONGRESSMAN FOWLER
ASKED SHAMIR INTER ALIA FOR HIS "CANDID ASSESSMENT OF
UNITED STATES' POLICY VIS-A-VIS LEBANON" AND WHAT
STEPS SHAMIR THOUGHT THE U.S. SHOULD NOW TAKE.
SHAMIR ANSWERED THAT HE WOULD LIKE "TO SEE A
CONTINUATION OF THE POLICY AGREED TO DURING HIS LAST
VISIT TO WASHINGTON" AND THE MAINTENANCE DF CLOSE
COOPERATION AND CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND ISRAEL. SHAMIR NOTED THAT THE LAST
MEETING CF THE JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP WAS
"SUCCESSFUL" AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH THE
UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL TO COOPERATE IN ORDER TO
DETER DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PART OF SYRIA.
4. SHAMIR SAID THAT SYRIA HAS AN AGGRESSIVE
MIND." IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO LET SYRIA KNOW
THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT PERMIT SYRIA TO CARRY
OUT ITS AGGRESSIVE DESIGNS. HE SAID THAT THE
SYRIANS "FEEL SUCCESS" IN LEBANON AND MAINTAINED
THAT THE "DREAM OF ASSAD IS TO BECOME LEADER OF THE
ARAB WORLD" AND CONTROL ALL OF SO-CALLED "GREATER
SYRIA." SHAMIR NOTED THAT SYRIA TALKS ABOUT THE
"LEBANESE-SYRIAN PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE LEBANESE
PEOPLE." SEES JORDAN AS PART OF "GREATER SYRIA,"
AND INDEED ALSO INCLUDES ISRAEL. SHAMIR ADDED
THAT "SYRIA WOULD BE DEFEATED BY ISRAEL IN A WAR BUT
ISRAEL DOES NOT WANT WAR."
5. AS FOR U.S. MILITARY ACTIONS IN LEBANON,
SHAMIR SAID THAT SYRIA NEEDS "FURTHER SIGNALS
THAT THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED IN DOMINATING ALL OF
LEBANON." ACCORDINGLY, THE "ACTIVITY OF THE U.S. NAVY
MUST CONTINUE." SHAMIR DECLINED TO TALK ABOUT THE
MARINE ROLE IN LEBANON BUT SAID THAT THE LEBANESE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE "ENCOURAGED TO STAND AGAINST
THE AGGRESSIVE AIMS OF SYRIA AND NOT GIVE UP THE MAY 17
AGREEMENT." SHAMIR SAID THAT GIVING UP THE MAY 17
AGREEMENT WOULD BE "DISASTROUS" BECAUSE IT WOULD
RAISE DOUBTS AMONG COUNTRIES IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD
EXDIS
MILITARY ADDEES TREAT AS SPECAT EXCLUSIVE
CINCEUR FOR POLAD. BRUSSELS FOR USEC
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL. IS. LE, US. OREP (FOWLER, W.)
SUBJECT: CODEL FOWLER: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
ABOUT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND OTHER COUNTRIES
AND THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN HELPING
NEGOTIATE SUCH AGREEMENTS. SHAMIR CONCLUDED THAT
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ULTIMATELY DEPENDS ON
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS ARAB NEIGHBORS.
6. DISCUSSION OF OTHER TOPICS COVERED BY PRIME
MINISTER SHAMIR AND CONGRESSMEN FOWLER AND LOWRY
WILL FOLLOW BY SEPTEL.
LEWIS
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