Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
90STATE255291TOSEC140303
1990-08-03 01:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 4: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE:
how-toO 030121Z AUG 90 ZFF6 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO USDEL SECRETARY IMMEDIATE ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8349 JCS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3997 USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB IMMEDIATE INFO COM SIXTHFLT IMMEDIATE USCINCPAC//CC//HI IMMEDIATE CINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE IMMEDIATE
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
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
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