WASHINGTON: The U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Francis Melloy, Economic Counsellor Robert Waring and their Lebanese driver have been found dead in Beirut, White House sources said today [June 16].
The sources said, the White House would issue a statement shortly... . ... The body of [the] 1(idnapped American Ambassador was found in a western area of Beirut, the Voice of Lebanon, a conservative Christian controlled radio, reported. Lebanese progressives and Palestinians ... denied any part in the ... disappearance, Voice of Palestine radio reported. Neither the Palestinian resistance nor the Left-wing national Lebanese movement were involved ... said a communique of the United Command of the two movements. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Islamabad,] Prime Minister Bhutto has reaffirmed Pal(istan’s willingness to make ‘every possible effort’ to help resolve the ‘tragic crisis’ in the Lebanon and to contribute to ... national reconciliation there. He did so in a reply to an urgent message sent to him by the chief of the ... PLO Yasser Arafat, according to official sources here today [June 16].