Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
US. Troops
In Lebanon
'Upio $4,000

BEIRUT. AUG. 4 M-Tht
United States gwelled lts armed
force in Lebanon 10 more thar
$4,000 men over the week end
The Middle East battle-ground
enjoyed . respite from majol
shooting but the politicians
began pickering over who
should represent Lebanon at .
summit conference.
twenty-five hundred Ameri.
can soldiers landed In Beirut
yesterday and rs tanks and 22t
other vehicles awaited unload
ING. Most Of the new arrivals
were men Of a tank battalion
plus engineers. radiomen. .
medical unit and food In.
spectors.
There we're indications thai
more American troops anc
equipment were on the way al
though the Lebanese rebellion
has settled into an uneasy un-
ofncial truce since the election
Of Gen. Fuad Shehab as presi-
dent. In the only explanation
Of the United States reinforce
ments. Admiral James L. Hollo-
way. the American commander
in the area. said they were part
Of the total originally ordered
TO Lebanon last month and had
not been diverted.
Glamour Withdrawal Urged
Both Beirut and the north
ern port city Of Lebanon, the
two chief centers Of fighting
were almost completely quiei
over the week end. Rebel
leader Kamal Jumblatt wa,
reported disarming his 1000
man private army in the noun.
tains southeast Of Beirut. But
the rebel leaders in Tripoh anc
Beirut kept UP their demands
that President Camille Cha.
noun step down In favor Of
Gen. Shehab Immediately and
that the United States forces
withdraw. The Beirut Tripod
rebels were told to hold theil
fire, but to hang on to theil
weapons and positions.
Mr.. Chamoun's term doe
not expire until September %
and some politicians main.
tanned he should represent thG
government at any summit
conference on the Middle Easi
held before then.
However. Saeb Salam, the
rebel chief IN Beirut, and othel
rebel leaders threatened a re.
newal Of fighting II Mr.. Cha.
noun or some delegate Of hi
went TO the summit for Leb.
anon.
Murphy 10 See Nasser
There were some suggestion
that the president designat,
Gen. Shehab as the Lebanesl
delegate. But the new presi
dent is a military man, mex
perienced in International poll
tics. and already has his hand
fun getting ready to take owe
the government. For that mat
ter Mr.. Chamoun's departur
from the country probabl,
would endanger his precariou
hold on the presidency.
Other Middle East develop
ments:
United States Deputy Unde
Secretary of State Rober
Murphy. President Essen
hower's Middle East conciliatoH
returned from a 24-hour sta,
in Baghdad and prepared Il
leave for Cairo tomorrow to SCI
President Nasser Of the Unitet
Arab Republic.
Mr.. Murray said he was i'm
pressed by the determination
of Iraq's new Premier, Abdu
Karin Kassem, and his Min
listers to maintain their in
dependence in foreign polio!
and not to be dominated b!
ANYONE. He said his reception
was extremely cordial anG
friendly" and that he though
the United States recognition
of the Iraqi regime, coupled
with his explanations of Amer
lean aims and policies, hat
allayed any suspicion TIL
Baghdad leaders might hav'
had Of Washington's intentions
toward them.
Mr.. Murphy added that h,
thought it would be some tim
before the Iraqis decides
whether to remain in tn,
Baghdad pact, Of which the,
lare the only Arab member.
"They said they are givinl
the Baghdad pact activ'
study" he said. They dom
speak in terms Of hostility"
Jordan Trying "a
A military court IN amman
the capital of Jordan, began
trying ~ Jordanians on charges
Of smuggling arms and explo'
sives from Syria to be used X
overthrow King Hussein.
The prosecution said the de-
PENDANTS and 1913 assorted gum
had been captured in a CLASH
near the Syrian border a weel
ago and the men had con
fessed. Some 80 more members
Of the band were still hunted
If convicted, the defendant
could be hanged for illega
possession of arms.
Informed sources in Amman
said Israel had revoked its per
mission for the British airlif
over its territory which hai
been supplying the more thai