The Libyan attack occupied both the minds of Reagan and the public around the world, although from very different viewpoints as to the morality of the action.

But Mr. Baudouin, the French Government spokesman, said the Libyan attack "clearly took place and was rather minimal."

Some Libyan attack planes . . . shot down!

The Libyan attack hasn't destabilized the situation in north Africa-yet.

"Doesn't mean they were involved in the Libyan attack," the President said.

"Chad has conducted a limited operation against a base from which it was suffering aggressive Libyan attacks," said Charles E. Redman, the department spokesman.

They were also the same type as those found at the failed Libyan attack against the American officers' club.

The Sudan is now a major launching area for Libyan attacks on Chad.

UN security council resolution 1973 would, at face value, appear to give the Arab League cover for its continuing endorsement of the Libyan attacks.

"Yesterday, the fighting was paricularly hard," the President said of a Libyan attack against the town of Aozou.