MURPHY MEETING CHAMOUN

Press photo dated 27 July, 1958 that show Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert Murphy (L), Lebanese President Camille Chamoun (C) and U.S. Ambassador Robert McClintock at the presidential residence in Beirut Thursday. The caption reads: “With Lebanese rebels only a short distance away, the curtains were drawn in the room and the photographer was not allowed to use a flash for fear of drawing rebel fire. Murphy was sent to Lebanon soon after the U.S. Marines landed there.”