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1990/Desert Shield
5 Sep (Contd) (U) in Southwest Asia. Drafting a policy
			proved difficult since the major commands bad
			different concepts, and policy among the other
			services bad to be considered.
			
6 September 	(U) During Secretary of State Baker's visit,
			Saudi Arabia pledged $500 million per month to
			support the U.S. military effort in the gulf
			and $4 billion per year to aid national econo-
			mies hurt by the crisis.
			
7 September 	(U) The exiled Kuwaiti Emir, Shaikh Jabir al
			Sabah, offered Secretary Baker $5 billion
			toward the multinational effort.
			
			[(b)(l)sec3.4 (b)(5)]
			
	
10 September 	(U) Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, President
			Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
			jointly condemned Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
			Gorbachev agreed to pressure Iraq to withdraw
			but refused to commit troops.
			
14 September 	(U) Japan increased its financial aid offer
			by $3 billion.
			
15 September 	(U) France announced plans to send additional
			troops and material to Saudi Arabia.
			
			(U) West Germany pledged $2 billion to the
			gulf effort.
			
16 September 	(U) The 7319th RED HORSE [rapid engineer
			deployable heavy operations repair] Civil
			- Engineering Flight, Aviano AB, Italy, shipped
			1,400 tons of heavy construction equipment to
			Shaikh Isa, Bahrain, aboard the S.S. Noble
			Star. Nineteen unit personnel flew ahead to
			prepare to disperse the equipment throughout
			USCENTCOM's theater of operations.
			
17 September 	(U) Secretary Cheney relieved General Michael
			J. Dugan as Air Force Chief of Staff, explain-
			ing that Dugan had discussed with reporters
			sensitive U.S. strategy regarding the gulf
			class.
			
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