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1021Z 06 June 1967 transmitted message text from
American Embassy, Beirut to
Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.


Z 061021Z JUNE 67
FM AMEMBASSY BEIRUT
TO SECSTATE WASHDC FLASH 2199
INFO AMEMBASSY AMMAN 511
AMEMBASSY CAIRO 763
AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 104
AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 363
AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD 382
AMEMBASSY JIDDA 475
USMISSION USUN 104
COMAC FOR POLAD
CINCSTRIKE
COMSIXTHFLT
BT
UNCLAS BEIRUT 11250
1. MOB ESTIMATED 500-600 INCLUDING AUB STUDENTS BEGAN
DEMONSTRATING IN FRONT EMBASSY 1130 LOCAL.
ROCKS THROWN AT WINDOWS AND AT LEBANESE SECURITY
FORCES. SECURITY FORCES FIRED IN AIR AND SUCCEEDED
IN DIVERTING MOST DEMONSTRATIONS FROM FRONT. GROUP
SEVERAL HUNDRED CONTINUING DEMONSTRATE BEHIND EMBASSY.
2. AUB CAMPUS ALSO SCENE OF DEMONSTRATIONS
MAINLY BY STUDENTS. SOME GASOLINE BOMBS THROWN. POLICE SUMMONED
3. POLICE AND TROOP REINFORCEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED.
SITUATION CONTINUES TENSE. ARMORED CAR AND SECURITY
VEHICLES CORDONING OFF STREET. MACHINE GUN FIRE JUST
BEING HEARD AND BELIEVED TO HAVE SCATTERED SOME OF CROWD.
PORTER
BT


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