VOL. XXXII

NO. 4

30-OCTOBER-1989

The Political Scene

At the eleventh hour the Lebanese deputies in Taif finally bit on the bulletand agreed on a national reconciliation charter which incorporates the ArabLeague proposals for a settlement of the Lebanese crisis virtually wholesale, including the original provisions for the redeployment of Syrian troops aftera two-year period and subsequent negotiations on further withdrawals.Last-minute Saudi diplomacy produced only minor Syrian concessions on the...