President Reagan discussed the Middle East as an “area of tension” with French President Francois Mitterrand today. Reagan, in Paris for a two-day summit meeting of the world’s seven industrialized nations, had a two-hour lunch and political discussion with Mitterrand. He later said that “areas of tension, Central America, the Falklands and the Middle East” were among the main subjects he discussed. French and American officials would reveal no details.
Just before he drove to the Elysee Palace, Reagan met Sharon Roy, the widow of the U.S. Assistant Military Attache Lt. Col. Charles Ray, who was shot dead last January outside his home. Reagan warmly embraced the widow and said he has posthumously promoted her husband to full colonel.
Ray was shot with a 7.65 mm pistol which ballistic experts say was also used to murder Israeli Embassy Second Secretary Yaakov Barsimantov last April. The same terrorist organization “Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Faction” claimed responsibility for both killings.
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