Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Lebanon and Jordan, Volume XI

Editor:

Louis J. Smith

General Editor:

John P. Glennon

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1992

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Lebanon and Jordan
• I. Background to the Crisis in Lebanon, January 1-June 9, 1958: Eisenhower Doctrine and the Nature of the U.S. Commitment to Lebanon; U.S. Economic Aid to Lebanon; The Outbreak of Civil War; Preliminary U.S. –U.K. Planning for Military Intervention in Lebanon; Efforts to Contain the Crisis (Documents 1-65)
• II. The Decision to Introduce U.S. Forces Into Lebanon, June 10–July 17, 1958: Establishment of the U.N. Observation Group; Chamoun’s Rejection of Nasser’s Formula for Settlement; Lebanon’s Request for Military Intervention; The U.S.–U.K. Decision to Intervene; Introduction of U.S. Forces (Documents 66-154)
• III. Background to the Crisis in Jordan and the Introduction of British Forces, January 1–July 17, 1958: U.S. Economic and Military Aid to Jordan; U.S. Support for the Establishment of the Arab Union; The Crisis in Iraq and the Jordanian Request for U.S. Military Support; U.S. Support of the Introduction of British Forces Into Jordan (Documents 155-189)
• IV. Diplomatic Efforts to Resolve the Crisis in Jordan, July 18–August 21, 1958: Jordanian Request for U.S. Troops; The Murphy Mission; U.S. Response to a Soviet Proposal for a Heads of Government Meeting; The Lebanese Presidential Election; Jordanian Request for Additional Military Aid and a Mutual Defense Treaty; Negotiations with the United Arab Republic; Emergency Session of the U.N. General Assembly (Documents 190-287)
• V. Reestablishment of Political Stability in Lebanon and Jordan and the Withdrawal of U.S. and U.K. Forces, August 22–October 31, 1958: The “Arab Resolution”; Hammarskjöld’s Trip to the Middle East; U.S.–U.K. Coordination on Planning for Withdrawal; Negotiations with Lebanon Concerning U.S. Withdrawal; Negotiations Concerning Jordanian Security; Establishment of the Chehab Government; Withdrawal of U.S. Forces From Lebanon; Withdrawal of U.K. Forces From Jordan (Documents 288-362)
• VI. U.S. Relations with Lebanon and Jordan, November 1958–December 1960: The Question of the Level of U.S. Aid to Lebanon; U.S. Relations with the Karame and Salaam Governments in Lebanon; U.S. Military Survey Mission in Jordan; Negotiations Concerning U.S. Military and Economic Aid to Jordan; King Hussein’s Visit to the United States; U.S. Relations with the Rifai, Majali, and Talhouni Governments in Jordan (Documents 363-415)
• Index