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] kidnapped 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 Pakistan’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].
Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2026