The necessary financing could be obtained. he thought. from private sources in Lebanon and around the world. from the European Economic Community. from international institutions such as the World Bank and especially from major Arab oil states. During several automobile tours of areas in West and East Beirut where fighting took place. we observed localized areas of severe destruction where PLO forces had been encamped. A number of PLO refugee camps had been reduced to ruble. Heavy damage was also in apartment buildings used by PLO. Yet from the more distant view from the American Ambassadors residence above the city.