REAGAN SAYS BLAST WON'T DETER U.S.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505400079-3
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: April 21, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TIMES
21 APRIL, 1983
WASHINGTON, April 20 - President
Reagan said today that as a result of the
bombing of the American Embassy in
Beirut he was determined "more than
e
ver" to do everything possible to bring
about the
forces from withdrawal of all foreign
The White issued Mr. Rea-
gan's remarks, made in a telephone call
to the United States Ambassador in Bei-
rut, as It announced plans to send -a
delegation to Lebanon to bring back the
American dead.
Mr. Reagan ordered the flying of all
official flags at half-staff until Tuesday
..as a mark of respect for the American
diplomats, military personnel and loyal
staff members who died violently" in
the attack on Monday.
Larry Speakes, the deputy White
House press secretary, said 10-Ameri-
can dead had been identified, and six
other Americans were missing and pre.
sumed dead. Nine names had previ-
ously been made public. Today the
State Department added a 10th, Terry
Gildea, 26 years old, who had been on
temporary duty at the embassy as a se-
curity officer.
.
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try again. a tree and safe cam-
sp-W tone H..YWtr Mr. Speaker said the No. 3 man at the
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epartment, Lawrence s. Under Eagle.
burger, the
cal Affairs, would head the her delegation, which would include
representatives from the State De
part.
-meat, the Agency for International
velop eet alt Ie Defense Department,
Agency, of which had colleagues all
eagues killed in the
embassy explosion.
. Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign Reia.
tions Committee followed the House
Foreign Affairs Committee and voted to
approve the entire 5251 million in addi-
tional economic and military aid re-
quested for Lebanon for this fiscal year:
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