For the latest political developments please see enclosed:

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Reportage, Commentary on Anti-Israeli Operation, Federal Broadcast Information Services (Washington D.C.), FBIS-NES-90-106, 1 June 1990, pp. 1-3. Especially the following articles: "Arafat praises Summit at Baghdad News Conference", "Discusses U.S. Dialogue", and "PLO Warns Camps of Israeli Reprisal Raid".

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"PFLP Praises Operation", "PLF Apologizes to 'Arafat", "Arafat News Conference", and "Arab Reaction to U.S. Veto of UN Mission", Federal Broadcast Information Services, FBIS-NES-90-107, 4 June 1990, pp. 10-14.

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John Laffin, The World in Conflict 1989, War Annual 3, (London: Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1989), pp. 155-161, "Conflict in Lebanon".

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"Looking to the United Nations for Solutions", by James Graff in Palestine and the Palestinians: A Handbook, (Toronto: Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada, 1989), pp. 103-110.

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"The United States, Israel and the Palestinians", by Fouad Moughrabi in Palestine and the Palestinians: A Handbook, pp. 96-102.

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"Canada, Israel and the Palestinians", by Peyton Lyon, James A. Graff and Farid Ohan in Palestine and the Palestinians: A Handbook, pp. 90-95.
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The entire section on Lebanon taken from the U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989 has information which deals with most of your questions.
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For a recent update on the situation in southern Lebanon and other key points, please refer to: The Middle East and North Africa 1990, 36th edition, Europa Publications Ltd., 1989, pp. 603-605.
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For a brief but very detailed study of the Palestine Liberation Organization as well as other Palestinian groups, please refer to the section entitled "Palestinian Movements" taken from Henry W. Degenhardt, Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide, (London: Longman, 1988), pp. 266-284.

For an overview of the structure of the Palestine Liberation Organization, please see the chapter bearing the same name taken from Palestine and the Palestinians: A Handbook, quoted above, pp. 77-83.
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The latest fighting between Palestinian factions is reported in Federal Broadcast Information Service, FBIS-NES-90-117, 18 June 1990. This article states that on 16 June 1990 clashes broke out in Rashidiyeh camp in South Lebanon (near Tyre) after the assassination of a Fatah official in the camp.

Regarding the situation in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon we refer you to our answers to information requests Numbers LBN4311 and LBN4215, as well as the following texts:

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U.S. Committee for Refugees, World Refugee Survey 1989 In Review, section on Lebanon, pp. 83-85.

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Amnesty International, Report 1989, pp. 267-269.

As a final note, the Documentation Centre of the Immigration and Refugee Board would appreciate receiving a copy of the report on the Danish Refugee Council's mission to Lebanon when it becomes publicly available.