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Lebanon: Newspaper articles reporting evacuation of U.S. embassy staff by helicopter in September 1989

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 February 1990
Citation / Document Symbol LBN3830
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Enclosed, please find a few articles which describe the above-mentioned situation:

"U.S. airlifts staff from besieged Beirut embassy", The Globe and Mail, 7 September 1989, p. A1.

"U.S. shuts its embassy in Lebanon over threats", The Toronto Star, 7 September 1989, p. A3.

"Beyrouth, l'ambassade américaine plie bagage", Libération (Paris), 7 septembre 1989.

"Aoun demande des excuses aux Américains", Libération (Paris), 8 septembre 1989.

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