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INFO ROUTINE KUWAIT, OTHER EC POSTS, E S C LONDON
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MDLIAN 4390
VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG OF KUWAITI MINISTER OF FINANCE
1.
THE KUWAITI MINISTER OF FINANCE, SHEIKH ALI AL SABAH, VISITED LUXEMBOURG ON 17 AUGUST ACCOMPANIED BY THE KUWAITI MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS (M. HYATT) AND THE KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM. THEY HAD A ONE HOUR MEETING WITH THE LUXEMBOURG FINANCE (AND ACTING PRIME MINISTER) JUNCKER AND SENIOR OFFICIALS. IN ADDITION TO THANKING LUXEMBOURG FOR ITS POLITICAL SUPPORT AL SABAH EXPRESSED PARTICULAR SATISFACTION AT THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WAS HANDLING KUWAITI ASSETS IN LUXEMBOURG (MY TELNO 293 REFERS).
2.
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING AL SABAH DESCRIBED SADDAM HUSSEIN AS A CROSS BETWEEN HITLER AND CAEUCESCU AND WAS DECIDEDLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS.
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