U.K.: LEBANESE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION IN LONDON

Record ID: 565974

  • Title: U.K.: LEBANESE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION IN LONDON
  • Date: 28th May 1968
  • Summary: 1. GV EXT. LEBANESE EMBASSY 0.03 2. CU SIGN LEBANESE EMBASSY 0.06 3. SV OFFICIAL GATHERED IN GARDEN 0.14 4. GV LEFT TO RIGHT. KUWAIT AMBASSADOR, LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR 0.27 5. CU LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND EGYPTIAN AMBASSDOR 6. GV LADY BENNETT WITH LEBANESE AMBASSADOR 0.32 7. SCU SAUDI ARABAIAN AND KUWAIT AMBASSADORS 8. CU SUDANESE AMBASSADOR 0.40 9. SV TALIB SHABIB DIRECTOR OF ARAB LEAGUE 0.43 10. CU DITTO 0.46 11. GV LIBYAN AMBASSADOR AND MOROCCAN CHARGE DE AFFAIR 12. CU TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR 0.56 13. GV MICHEAL STEWART LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTER 1.04 14. CU PRESS WOMAN 1.07 15. GV STEWART WITH LEBANESE AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER 16. GV LEBANESE MILITARY ATTACHE AND GUESTS 1.20 17. LV GUESTS IN GARDEN 1.25 Initials GS/V/JB/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th June 1968 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA41F2QW3PMQ0W6RY0EFD84HMYF
  • Story Text: LEBANON'S FOREIGN MINISTER, FUAD BUTROS, HAS SAID IN LONDON THAT THERE WAS QUESTION OF A FINAL PEACE SETTLEMENT OVER THE MIDDLE EAST. THE MINISTER WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT AN OFFICIAL RECEPTION AT THE LEBANESE EMBASSY TODAY (MAY 28).

    MR. BUTROS ARRIVED IN LONDON LAST SUNDAY (MAY 26) FOR TALKS ON THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR. MICHAEL STEWART. HE TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE BEFORE TODAY'S RECEPTION THAT HIS GENERATION CONSIDERED THERE WOULD NEVER BE MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATIONS OF A PEACE TREATY.

    THE FOREIGN MINISTER IS TOURING THE CAPITALS OF WORLD POWERS TO PRESENT LEBANON'S VIEWS ON THE ARAB-ISRAELI PROBLEM. HE PRAISED THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ADVISER, GUNNER JARRING, BUT SAID THE ADVISER NEEDED TO BE HELPED IN HIS TASKS, IF HE WAS TO SUCCEED.

    LATER THIS WEEK MR. BUTROS WILL SEE THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, U THANT, IN NEW YORK, AND WILL THEN VISIT THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, DEAN RUSK, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HE WILL THEN GO TO MOSCOW FOR TALKS WITH MR. GROMYKO.

    FOREIGN AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS WERE AT THE LONDON RECEPTION, INCLUDING THE AMBASSADORS FROM KUWAIT, EGYPT, LIBYA AND TUNISIA. THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, TALIB SHABIB, WAS ALSO A GUEST.
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