TFKU01: SITREP NO. 4: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE:

C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 255291 TOSEC 140303 E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PREL MOPS IZ KU US SUBJECT: TFKU01: SITREP NO. 4: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: SITUATION AS OF 1900 EDT ¶1. (U) EMBASSY KUWAIT REPORTS THE EMBASSY IS SECURE AND THE STREETS GENERALLY QUIET. WE ARE MAINTAINING AN OPEN TELEPHONE LINE TO EMBASSY KUWAIT. THERE ARE STILL NO REPORTS OF INJURY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HAS ANNOUNCED CLOSURE OF THE COUNTRY'S BORDERS. (EMBASSY KUWAIT/TASK FORCE TELCONS) ¶2. (LOU) THE NAMES OF THE AMERICAN OIL FIELD EMPLOYEES DETAINED BY IRAQI FORCES HAVE BEEN CONVEYED TO EMBASSY BAGHDAD FOR PRESENTATION TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT. (EMBASSY BAGHDAD/TASK FORCE TELCON) ¶3. (C) IN CAIRO, ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS ADJOURNED WITHOUT ADOPTING A RESOLUTION. A SENIOR EGYPTIAN DIPLOMAT TOLD EMBASSY CAIRO THE ONE-DAY RECESS WAS TO ALLOW ARAB LEADERS TO SEEK A "SOLUTION" TO "REESTABLISH THE STATUS QUO ANTE." (EMBASSY CAIRO/TASK FORCE TELCONS, CAIRO 15469) ¶4. (C) MUBARAK, KING HUSSEIN AND KING FAHD ARE REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING A TRIP TO BAGHDAD TOMORROW, POSSIBLY AS A PRELUDE TO A MINI-SUMMIT TO INCLUDE SADDAM HUSSEIN AND AMIR JABIR IN CAIRO. (EMBASSY CAIRO/TASK FORCE TELCONS) ¶5. (C) USUN CIRCULATED A DRAFT SANCTIONS RESOLUTION AMONG THE PERM FIVE. (USUN/TASK FORCE TELCON) ¶6. (C) ALGERIA ISSUED A STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE USE OF FORCE AND DESCRIBING IRAQI WITHDRAWAL FROM KUWAIT AS "A NECESSITY." (EMBASSY ALGIERS/TASK FORCE TELCON) EAGLEBURGER