31 March 1976
✍US envoy Dean Brown's visit
Beirut & suburbs#Civil war
PartiesUnited StatesPSP / Jumblatt
The American envoy Dean Brown arrived in Beirut on 31 March 1976 and negotiated with Frangieh, Jumblatt and Assad; he gave Jumblatt the impression of American support while Washington was paving the way for the Syrian intervention, a deceptive statement meant to entrap him.