LEBANON: PLO SPOKESMAN REJECTS UNITED STATES OFFERS FOR TALKS.

Record ID: 337022

  • Title: LEBANON: PLO SPOKESMAN REJECTS UNITED STATES OFFERS FOR TALKS.
  • Date: 3rd August 1979
  • Summary: 1. CU PLO spokesman Mr. Yasser Abed Rabbo speaking in English with newsman taking notes (3 shots) 2.20 TRANSCRIPT: RABBO: SEQ 1: "We don't see any change in the position and policy of the American administration. Even some European countries and others who are considered as friends of the United States, they are pessimistic and they don't share the same idea
  • Embargoed: 18th August 1979 13:00
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  • Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVABLBLZL8CVHXBGTL0OJPDPVOSE
  • Story Text: The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has rejected an offer by the United States to hold talks, claiming it was a manoeuvre to gain time and soften Arab opposition to the U.S.-sponsored Egyptian-Israeli peace pact. Mr. Yasser Abed Rabbo, head of the PLO's information department, and a member of the PLO Executive Committee held a news conference on Thursday (2 August). He commented on recent American declarations that the United States was prepared to start talks with the PLO if it accepted Israel's right to exist.
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