1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
Middle East
1908 - 1985
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North America
Lebanon
1931 - 2022
1928 - 2014
1956
Lebanese government leaders debate military action against Egypt, and other countries scrutinize Lebanon's domestic situation.
July 5, 1958
Account of two recent meetings at an arm of the Soviet Embassy in Beirut regarding the political status of Lebanon, and communists distribute pamphlets calling on security forces to join the masses.
June 17, 1958
Account of Syrian Army meetings to discuss responses to Lebanon and the deployment of foreign troops.
November 4, 1957
Account of plans and objectives for a coup in Lebanon.
July 25, 1956
Account of Lebanese perspectives toward the Turkish Alliance, controversy over a Saudi Ambassador, US intervention, and several other matters of urgency.
April 20, 1956
While the Lebanese government favors Iraq and the British, it faces pressure to support Egyptian-Syrian-Saudi policies, and an opposition front is expected to form in the coming weeks.
January 9, 1956
A plan emerges to exploit Lebanese uranium ore, and an American diplomat discusses prospects for the Lebanese government, a recent resolution forbidding army supplies, and other regional issues.
March 5, 1953
Said Ramadan describes his travels to Morocco, Turkey, and Indonesia and his observations of Muslim civilizations.
February 1, 1952
Muslims in Lebanon fear the country's changes, turning instead toward Pakistan, and plans emerge for the expansion of the Pakistani Legation and the establishment of the Islamic Caliphate.
1957
Lebanese opposition and Syrian officials meet in Damascus to plan the removal of the Lebanese government from power.
