PROPOSED CHANGE IN FORM OF LEBANON GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500800309-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 309
• Publication Date: March 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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'rropo.ed Change in Norrt c,: l,eb~non Government
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l~ the iorkingmcu~n.,cfhwhichzheuproposesbto introduce ruthoritarianmgovernment for
legal t^euns.
2. The following step-: planned; a. ixuplctccment of the Y^fi governmerrit by a
coalition. b. Use off tnfluence on pt.rliantcnt with, the object of obtaining from
it a grant of t:nl'_mited powers for the new government. c. Dismissal or
adjournment of t,:--rli:mert. u. Thereafter, government by decrees for which no
parlirlmentory approval willbe required.
3. Chamoun probably .rill have attained his goal by April or May 1954.
4. The Presldent i:; guided ;by the following reasons: a. The parliamentary system
in ~_ .ct ice, thr?,u n ::ham influence of corrupt elements, has hindered the
creation of a ::table government and a constructive policy. b. Stabilization
of the internal polttical situation is the more necessary because the president
plans an axtended state visit to South American in the spring. c. Close
association with 'hhishekly has not been without influence on Chamounts ideas
about the proper methods of government.
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