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June 12, 1981

Memorandum for the President [Ronald Reagan] from Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., ‘U.S. Strategy for UN Security Council Meeting on the Israeli Raid on the Iraqi Nuclear Facility’

This document outlines Haig's proposed political strategy, which was approved by Reagan on 12 June, and was constructed around the notion of red lines: Washington would harshly condemn Israel but would also “draw the line on punishment” by Israel.

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Executive secretariat - Country file: Israel-Iraq, Box 37 (Box 69), RRL. Obtained by Giordana Pulcini and Or Rabinowitz

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2021-05-25

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Memorandum

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270553

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Confidential