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Karami Ends Crisis in Lebanese Government; Report Arresting Guerrillas

January 24, 1969
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Prime Minister Rashid Karami of Lebanon has apparently resolved the crisis within his newly formed Government and will follow a policy of closer alignment with the Arab states while at the same time avoiding a new confrontation with Israel, according to reports from Beirut today. The reports said that Lebanon will not allow Palestinian guerrillas to operate against Israel from Lebanese soil and will try, unobtrusively, to keep them out of Lebanon altogether.

The newspaper of Syria’s ruling Baath Socialist Party accused Lebanon yesterday of using troops to prevent Palestinian guerrillas from crossing its southern frontier to attack Israel. According to the paper, Al Baath, Lebanon sealed the border with Israel and rounded up a commando unit when it returned from a mission in Upper Galilee. A spokesman for El Fatah, largest of the Palestinian guerrilla groups said in Amman that Beirut authorities had asked them not to use Lebanon as a base for activities, it was reported here.

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