Orlando, Florida White House Statement on the President's Meeting With United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
President Carter and Secretary General Waldheim discussed the crisis in Lebanon, and both expressed their deep concern and sorrow at the loss of life and further destruction as a result of the latest fighting in Beirut and surrounding villages.
The President and the Secretary General urged that all involved make every effort to observe the cease-fire accepted on the 30th of September.
They urged that a framework be developed for a political solution of the crisis in Lebanon and agreed to do all they can to this end.
Note: The statement was released at Orlando, Fla.
Jimmy Carter, Orlando, Florida White House Statement on the President's Meeting With United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243624