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Title
Date(s)
- 1997 April 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
18pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Jonny Abdou, head of Lebanese military intelligence (1978-1982) discussing the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon and creation of buffer zone occupied by United Nations Emergence Forces, 1978; intelligence concerning Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982; meeting between Bashir Gemayel, Lebanese Christian Militia leader, and Hani Hassan, Palestinian leader, concerning Palestinian cooperation with the Lebanese army; the role of the Philip Habib, US envoy, mediating between Lebanese, Palestinians and Israelis; his meetings with Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) concerning Israeli attacks on Beirut and his Arafat's departure for Tunisa; Bashir Gamayel's Presidential election campaign (1982). 18pp