The Reagan Administration:
U.S. Rejects Israeli Proposal for Interim Withdrawal from Lebanon

(January 27, 1983)

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In a memo to the Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas Veliotes outlines the positions of the parties to the Lebanon conflict. Israel is proposing an interim withdrawal rather than full withdrawal. Phil Habib objects to the idea.

Source: CIA