NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION DIRECTIVE ON OUR RESPONSE TO THE LEBANON CRISIS

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• Publication Date: October 24, 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE GEORGE BUSH
The Vice President
THE HONORABLE GEORGE P. SHULTZ
The Secretary of State
THE HONORABLE CASPAR W. WEINBERGER
The Secretary of Defense
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THE HONORABLE WILLIAM J. CASEY
The Director of Central Intelligence
THE HONORABLE JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK
The United States Representative to
the United Nations
GENERAL JOHN W. VESSEY, JR.
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SUBJECT: National Security Decision Directive on Our
Response to the Lebanon Crisis (S)
Attached is the Decision Directive pursuant to yesterday's
meetings of the National Security Planning Group. (U)
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Responding to the Lebanon Crisis (S)
Based upon the series of meetings completed yesterday and drawing
upon the recommendations of the National Security Planning Group,
the following decisions will provide policy guidance for our next
steps in response to the Lebanon Crisis: (S)
Responding to the Attacks on the_USMNF Contingents
-- The Director of Central Intelligence will prepare an uraent
summary of all source intelligence
-- Based upon the above assessments, the Department of Defense
will submit options for overt military retaliation against
identifiable sources of terrorist activity against our
forces. (TS)
-- Based upon the above assessment, the Department of State
will provide a policy review of the costs and benefits of such
retaliation. (TS)
General Kelley's Mission to Beirut
-- General Kelley will lead a delegation to Beirut and
undertake a comprehensive review of the security of our MNF
contingent. (U)
-- General Kelley will submit his recommendations to me on
possible modifications to our deployment in the Beirut area and
on other measures we might take to enhance security. (S)
-- General Kelley will convey to the leadership of the Lebanese
Armed Forces the urgent need to tighten security in the south
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Beirut area including closer collaboration with Lebanese security
agencies and those confessional militias able to assist in
controlling the movement of hostile terrorist factions. (S)
-- General Kelley will meet with delegations of other MNF
countries that may travel to Beirut and the leadership of the MNF
contingents to explore means and measures to reduce our
collective exposure. (S)
High-Level MNF Meeting
-- The Secretary of State will communicate with French
officials and suggest that we convene a high-level meeting of the
MNF countries this week, preferably in Paris to permit a
comprehensive review of our efforts in Lebanon and measures we
may take to reduce the exposure of the MNF even as we continue to
support the GOL. Should the French government agree to this
proposal, the high-level delegation will be prepared to discuss
broader security issues including developments in the Gulf War
and U.S. policy toward that war. (S)
-- To this end, the interagency review of our Persian Gulf
policy, in particular the questions of our position toward the
Iraq-Iran War, should be completed early this week. (C)
Lebanon Negotiations
-- The choice of a Presidential envoy for the Middle East will
be made within the next several days. Thereafter, the selection of
supporting staff and travel arrangements should be completed
forthwith with a view to permitting an early departure for the
Middle East. (C)
-- Our ambassador in Beirut should schedule meetings with
President Gemayel and the Lebanese government to accelerate the
resolution of outstanding issues in the process of promoting
national reconciliation. (C)
-- He should formally request that the government of Lebanon
sever all diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of
Iran. (S)
-- He should also undertake urgent consultations with the
leaders of all the principal Lebanese factions to stress U.S.
disquiet over repeated delays in arranging the national
reconciliation conference. He should stress that while we are
committed to the process of reconciliation, the U.S. government
cannot tolerate interminable delays in the process. (S)
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