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1983 Sep 6 - 1983 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1075
Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; Beirut barracks bombing, 23 October 1983; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 275
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83 Sep 6 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2480 to FCO (1800Z) ("Lebanon") [briefing for Multinational Force contributors on recent developments] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 6 Tu Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2487 to FCO (2350Z) ("Lebanon: MNF") [future role of the Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 7 We Minor Lebanon: No.10 minute to Heseltine PS ("BRITFORLEB - options for emergency withdrawal") [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 792 to FCO (2238Z) ("Lebanon") [Thomson, de Cuellar; Thomson, Urquhart: record of conversations: UN position; ceasefire negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2518 to FCO (2357Z) ("Lebanon: MNF") [John Stanley, Admiral Howe: record of conversation: strategic discussions] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2519 to FCO (2358Z) ("Lebanon: MNF") ["present US thinking"; Multinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2509 to FCO (1550Z) ("Lebanon") [briefing for Multinational Force contributors] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Heseltine, Edwin Bramall, Antony Acland, Anthony Parsons & others) ["Lebanon: Multi-national Force": MT concerned about lack of clear role for MNF] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Th Major Lebanon: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: Multinational Force") ["too early... to take new decisions on the future of our contingent... But the Prime Minister may nevertheless find helpful an interim assessment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2531 to FCO (2114Z) ("Lebanon") [situation report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2532 to FCO (2111Z) ("Lebanon") [US State Departement statemtent condeming the ongoing conflict & calling for ceasefire] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Lebanon: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Lebanon/MNF") [Bullard (representing Howe), Shultz, Andreotti, Cheysson: record of conversation: Multinational Forces] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Heseltine, Parkinson, Lord Cockfield, Luce, Geoffrey Pattie, John Stanley) ["Lebanon": position of the British contingent in the Mutinational Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Lebanon: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Heseltine, Luce, Geoffrey Pattie, John Stanley) ["Lebanon": rules of engagement for the Buccaneer aircraft] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2545 to FCO ("Lebanon") [recent developments] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [situation report] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sa Major Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Protection for British contingent in the MNF") [Palmer, Haddad: strategic discussion] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sa Major Lebanon: Howe message to Shultz ("Lebanon/MNF") ["how our thoughts are developing here on the future of our MNF contingent"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 11 Su Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2550 to FCO (1630Z) ("Lebanon: sitrep") [report of attack on village of Suq al-Gharb, a strategically important location] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 11 Su Major Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 2553 to FCO (0143Z) ("Lebanon: sitrep") [US decision to defend village of Suq al-Gharb, a strategically important location] [declassified Aug 2013]