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Date International U.S. PoliticaliDiplomatic Military

Jan 1 After five months of the President meets with advisers The Army orders 2,667
U.N. embargo, Iraq is to discuss strategies in the reserve and National Guard
encountering food shortages. Persian Gulf. personnel to active duty for
Gperation Desert Shield.
DoD officials say it is at the
point of requesting a higher
authorieed ceiling for call-up.

Jan 2 NATO announces that White House may agree to a
squadrons of Italian, Belgian meeting between Iraq Foreign
and German fighters will be Minister and SECSTATE
sent to Turkey to reinforce a after January 3.
possible Turkish front against
Iraq. American military say
Iraqi troops in Kuwait show
no Sign of leaving and are
increasing defensive

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Jan 3 Iraqi authorities inform President offers to send There are 530,000 Iraqi
foreign press that the SECSTATh to Geneva to troops in occupied Kuwait
) government will move out of meet Iraqi Foreign Minister and there are 580,000
Baghdad by January 15 next week. multinational troops arrayed
deadline. 70 % of Americans polled say against them in the Persian
Leaders of Egypt, Syria, the President should get Gulf.
Sudan and Libya ended talks Congressional approval before
with no sign of progress beginning military action.
toward finding a solution to
the crisis.
International judges meeting
in Paris says that the U.N.
resolution authorizing force to
evict Iraq from Kuwait is
invalid because China had not

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Jan 4 Iraq accepts President's offer President insists that purpose DoD releases twenty-first list
for SECSTATE and Iraqi of talks will be to tell Iraq of approximately 438 Naval
Foreign Minister to meet on that it must leave Kuwait. Reservists ordered to active
January 9. No negotiations will be held. duty.
European Community
promises Baghdad that it
would work to resolve
Middle East problems if Iraq
pulls out of Kuwait.

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