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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\n-2-\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\nDate 6.26.75\nnt Flensburg. Both Murphy and Rooks felt strongly that\nDoenits and his so-called government should be arrested\nand that the OKW should be dissolved. The Soviet repre-\nsentative at Flensburg consulted Marahal Zukhov, who\nconcurs in this bolief. Subsequently Murphy and Rooka\nrecommended to Eisenhower that the individuals in ques-\ntion should be arrested and that the OKW should be dis-\npersed. Eisenhower has charged the 21st Army Group\nunder Montgomery with the arrest and detention of this\ngroup. In view of the limited British forces in this\nares Eisembower's decision is to be kept secret until\nnecessary menaures can be taken.\nSyria and Lebanon - Situstion Yery Serious. A press\nreport of the killing of several demonstrators in Beirut\nyesterday, Sunday, is unconfirmed from Departmentel sources,\nbut is presumably true. The climax which has long been\nexpected in the Tranco-Levantine triel of strength has\nthus finally occurred. The immediate outlook is for a per-\niod of intense diplomatic efforts to reach some settlement,\nbut extremely serious consequences are possible, if these\nefforte do not succeed.\nA statement is being prepared for Acting Secretary\nGrow to make at his press conference today. He will state\nsimply that the Department is informed on this subject,\nthat the situstion has been followed for some time and\nthat the Department has long been attempting to bring about\nmoderation on both sides in dealing with the numerous out-\nstanding questions.\nUlthough it cannot at present be said to be expected,\nthe possibility of large-scale hostilities between the\nFronch on the one hand and the Syrians and Lebanese on\nthe other is one of the really dengerous potentialities\nof the situstion. One renson why this is particularly of\nconcern is that such hostilities might draw in the Irnquie\nand the Egyptians on the Levent side against the French.\nThis would\n<0\ns"
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