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dated May 20, 1958 : Crisis in Lebanon

Russia warned the West in a formal statement by Tass on May 18 that any attempt to use the current internal Lebanese crisis for outside intervention “may have serious consequences not only for the future of the Lebanese state and its independence, but for peace in the Middle East too.” The statement claimed that the United States and other Western powers were taking advantage of the Lebanese events to “prepare a new plot in the Near East." Such interference could start a dangerous hotbed of war in this area, the statement warned. The attempts in Lebanon were being made under the false pretext that the current mass demonstrations there were inspired by the United Arab Republic.

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