890E.00/270
Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Ailing)
[Washington,] November 19, 1943.
Mr. Hayter, First Secretary of the British Embassy, telephoned to me today with further reference to the Lebanese situation. He said that the hour of 10 a.m. Sunday, which had been set as the time limit for French action on the British demands, had now been [Page 1038] postponed to 10 a.m. Monday. If by that hour the French have not acted, British martial law will be declared in the Lebanon.
Paul H. Alling