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Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1982
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Statement on the Situation in Lebanon
August 4, 1982
Last night Israeli forces moved forward on several fronts from their cease-fire lines around Beirut. These movements were accompanied by heavy Israeli shelling and came only a day after I had made clear to the Israeli Government, in my meeting with Foreign Minister Shamir, that the United States placed great importance on the sustained maintenance of a cease-fire in place—to avoid further civilian casualties and to secure the prompt withdrawal of the PLO forces in Beirut.
This is a necessary first step toward our goal of restoring the authority of the Government of Lebanon, a goal Ambassador Habib is earnestly working toward with the full cooperation of the Government of Lebanon.
Through governments which have direct contact with the PLO, I have expressed my strong conviction that the PLO must not delay further its withdrawal from Lebanon. At the same time I have expressed to the Government of Israel the absolute necessity of reestablishing and maintaining a strict cease-fire in place so that this matter can be promptly resolved.
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Chicago: Ronald W. Reagan, "Statement on the Situation in Lebanon," Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1982 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1982 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.1654-1655 Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UUCABBLNKTH3NPQ.
MLA: Reagan, Ronald W. "Statement on the Situation in Lebanon." Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1982, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1982 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.1654-1655, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UUCABBLNKTH3NPQ.
Harvard: Reagan, RW, 'Statement on the Situation in Lebanon' in Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1982. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1982 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), Pp.1654-1655. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UUCABBLNKTH3NPQ.
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