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    "ocrText": "DEGLASSIFIED\nTOP SECRET\nE.O. 11652 Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (II)\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\n-3-\nNLTHH\nNARS Date 7.23.72\nYugoslavs on Italian, Austrian and Greek Borders.\nMay 22 was a quiet day on the Yugoslav frontier. Belgrade\nbegan to \"leak\" news stories of the concessions it had made\non Venezia Giulia, which indicates that we continue to make\nat least psychological progress in that sector. SAC has\nordered the Allies in Trieste to use force if necessary to\nprevent Yugoslav removal of valuable port equipment which\nthey have been attempting to do. Things are quieter in\nTrieste but the Yugoslavs are still arresting Italians\nunder cover of night. New troop dispositions in NE Italy\nand SW Austria include US forces. SAC considers the present\nYugoslav troop movements toward the Greek border as \"general\ndeployment but that there may well be \"frontier incidents.\"\nU.S. Continuing to Urge Restraint in Levant Crisis.\nThe Department's proposal for a Paris conference on the\nLevant crisis, instead of one at Beirut, has been trans-\nmitted to Ambassador Caffery, and his opinion has been\nasked. A principal purpose of holding it in Paris would\nbe to permit the inclusion of de Gaulle. The American and\nBritish Ministers in Beirut would be brought to Paris for\nthe occasion. In the meantime, Wadsworth has been in-\nstructed to repeat to Delegate General Beynet the serious\nview we take of the situation. He is informed that Acting\nSecretary Grew yesterday expressed to Foreign Minister\nBidault our hope that France would land no additional\ntroops.\nThe Lebanese and Syrian Ministers have notified Wads-\nworth of their governments' views that the great powers\nmust intervene in the present crisis. The Lebanese Govern-\nment feels its best contribution to a solution would be to\nsubmit a draft treaty of friendship and commerce with the\nthree powers and France. Both regimes have made clear the\ncomplete confidence they place in the support of their\naroused people at this time.\nIraqi government and political quarters are deeply\naroused by the appearance of further French troops in the\nLevant. A large street demonstration took place yesterday.\nIn the"
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