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Intelligence update on the Arab-Israeli dispute as of 7:00 a.m. Issues include: Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban's report to his Cabinet on the results of his visit to Washington, D.C.; Egypt's reiteration of its intention to prevent Israeli ships from Cable. Central Intelligence Agency. TOP SECRET. Issue Date: May 28, 1967. Date Declassified: Sep 23, 2003. Complete. 3 page(s).
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10. POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE ARAB CAUSE" IS GROWING IN LEBANON. MOSLEM LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR A "HOLY WAR" AND POLITICAL LEADERS ARE MAKING STATEMENTS CALLING FOR ARAB UNITY. SECURITY FORCES HAVE SO FAR BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATIONS, BUT TENSION IS INCREASING. LAST NIGHT A BOMB WAS EXPLODED A BACK OF THE US EMBASSY BREAKING MANY WINDOWS BUT CAUSING NO SERIOUS DAMAGE. THE US AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON FEELS THE SITUATION IS VERY VOLATILE AND GETTING WORSE.
11. THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AT 3:00 P.M. TOMORROW TO CONSIDER THE CRISIS. A RESOLUTION DRAFTED ON 27 MAY CALLS FOR AN EXPRESSION OF CONCERN AT THE INCREASING GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, URGES ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED TO ACT WITH SPECIAL RESTRAINT, TO FOREGO BELLIGERENCE AND TO AVOID ALL OTHER ACTIONS WHICH COULD INCREASE TENSION, AND ECIDES TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION FURTHER AS A MATTER OF URGENCY. IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY'S EGYPTIAN REQUEST FOR A MEETING, THE US IS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR A TOUGHER DRAFT RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD SPECIFICALLY MENTION THE STRAIT OF TIRAN. MEANWHILE, EGYPT HAS APPARENTLY INTERPRETED CANAS LEDING ROLE IN THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK AS ONE OF SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELIS, AND HE ORDERED THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT OF UNEF TO LEAVE EGYPT WITHING 48 HOURS.
CCC SECOND LINE OF TEXT SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS: "INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM 28MAY 1967 GP-1 900
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Intelligence update on the Arab-Israeli dispute as of 7:00 a.m. Issues include: Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban's report to his Cabinet on the results of his visit to Washington, D.C.; Egypt's reiteration of its intention to prevent Israeli ships from Cable. Central Intelligence Agency. TOP SECRET. Issue Date: May 28, 1967. Date Declassified: Sep 23, 2003. Complete. 3 page(s). Reproduced in Declassified Documents Reference System. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008.
Document Number: CK3100570113
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