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Date             Intanational             U.S. PoliticaiJDiplomatic           Military
Dec 30   Foreign ministers of the       Vice President Quayle meets    Guard and reserve unit
         European Community agree       with Saudi and Kuwaiti         personnel activated to
         to meet on Friday to consider  leaders in Saudi Arabia and    support (Opeation Desert
         an independent initiative      asks them for greater          Shield as of 30 December
         aimed at persuading Iraq to    financial support.             total 12S~,79O.
         withdraw its forces from
         Kuwait before January 15.
         The Iraqi Foreign Ministry
         welcomed the Community's
         meting, calling it positive.
         Iraq announces that it has
         sun:lmoned Muslim delegates
         from Muslim countries to a
         conference in Baghdad
         begiuning on January 9 to
         address possible aggrsion
         by western nations in the
         Persian Gulf.                         _____________                _________

Dec 31                                  SECSTATh is to visit allies    Army announces that 2,667
                                        in the Persian Gulf as the     more National Guard and
                                        January 15 deadline nears to   Army Reservists have been
                                        keep the Gulf alliance strong  called to active duty
                                        and to be in the region in the including one combat
                                        event a last minute trip to    artillery unit.
                                        Baghdad is needed.


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