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Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
33pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Karim Pakradouni, aide to Bashir Gemayel, describing his first meeting with Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), in Jordan, 1969; conflict in Lebanon between Christian, Palestinian and Muslim groups and the Lebanese Army; the funeral of Palestinian leaders Kamal Nasser and Kamal Adwan and Mohammad Youseff Najjar assassinated by Israeli forces, attended by Pierre Gemayel and Kamal Jumblat (14 Apr 1973); meeting between Bashir Gemayel and Yasir Arafat in Ashrafieh, East Beirut (April 1973); discussions between B Gemayel, Ariel Sharon, Israeli Minister of Defence 1981-1983, and Rafael Eitan, Israeli government official, concerning plans for Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Jan 1982; B Gemayel's contact with Mohammad Rahnim, Syrian Intelligence Chief, Feb-Apr 1982; changes in US Middle East policy as George Pratt Shultz, US Secretary of State 1982-1989 succeeds Alexander Meigs Haig, US Secretary of State 1981-1982, (Jul 1982); Phalange courting of Syrian support for B Gemayel's election campaign, Aug 1982; relations between Arafat and B Gemayel (Sep 1982); meeting between Gemayel's and Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, concerning Lebanese Israeli peace treaty, 1 Sep 1982; B Gemayel's assassination, 14 Sep 1982; B Gemayel's political methodology and leadership. 33pp