The Reagan Administration:
U.S. Policy Goals in Lebanon

(August 31, 1982)

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This State Department memo discusses U.S. Policy goals in Lebanon, Those goals include:

  • Departure of all foreign military forces–Palestinian, Israeli and Syrian–coupled with arrangements to assure the security of Israel's northern border.
  • Establishment of strong central institutions, including a revitalized army and police, to extend the authority of the Lebanese government throughout the country.
  • Restoration of security to help Lebanon's free market economy mobilize local capital and attract foreign investment.
  • Rebuilding of life-supporting infrastructure damaged in the war.
  • Provision of urgent, humanitarian relief to Lebanese and Palestinian victims of the war.

The memo also discusses concerns about Israel's insistence on signing a formal peace treaty with Lebanon before withdrawing its troops.

Source: CIA

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