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CIA • 1990

RELEASE OF HOSTAGE IN BEIRUT DELAYED, U.S. REFUSAL TO DISPATCH ENVOY CITED

App II PYf fVV00 8 -]Q-W.A%-111Z00401020006-9 Iii Beirut Delayed U.S. Refusal to Dispatch Envoy Cited By Caryle Murphy Washington Post Foreign Service Appr DAMASCUS, Syria, April 19- Lebanese kidnappers said tonight in Beirut that they have postponed freeing an American hostage be- cause of the refusal by the United States to dispatch a senior State Department official here to make final arrangements for the release. The statement by the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine has at least...
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Created
Nov 4, 2016
Released
Jun 26, 1998
Publication
Apr 20, 1990
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Metadata

Document #

CIA-RDP96-00789R000401020006-9

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Document Type

CREST

Collection

STARGATE

Release Decision

RIFPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

6

Pages

2 pages

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228.37 KB