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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

May 10, 1983

Ariel Sharon made his first trip to the United States since he was forced to resign his post as Israeli defense minister. Speaking to a conservative Zionist group in Liberty, N.Y., he staunchly defended Israel's actions in Lebanon and said the accord for withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon did not go far enough.