In The Lebanon Trouble Area -- French Motor cycle mobile patrols stand ready facing the town hall in the place De L'Etoile. In an attempt to resolve the Lebanon crisis the French committee of National Liberation released the President, the premier and the six arrested ministers on Sunday Nov. 21st. All shops are due to re-open on Nov. 24th. Meanwhile Mr. MacMillan, the British minister in N.Africa and Major General Sir Edward Spears, the British minister to Syria and the Lebanon are in close touch with the Lebanese and the French Authorities. These pictures were taken in Beirut, capital of the Lebanon on Nov. 12, the day after the arrests were made. November 25, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photo).