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PALESTINIANS. HE HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO STAY CLOSE TO IRAQ AND EVADE APPLYING UN SANCTIONS OR TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND GRADUALLY DETACH HIMSELF FROM IRAQ. WE WOULD HAVE TO HELP THE KING IF HE JOINED US IN APPLYING SANCTIONS. WE UNDERSTOOD KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE KING'S POSITION, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE KUWAIT HAS PROVIDED, BUT IF HE DID APPLY SANCTIONS THEN WE WOULD ALL NEED TO GIVE WHAT HELP WE COULD. THE SHEIKH SAID THE KUWAITIS WERE SADDENED BY KING HUSSEIN'S STAND AFTER ALL THEY HAD DONE TO HELP HIM.
COMMENT
9. THE MEETING WAS FRANK AND FRIENDLY. THE KUWAITIS SEEMED HAPPY WITH THE ACTION WE HAVE TAKEN SO FAR, BUT THEY CLEARLY SOUGHT A COMMITMENT FROM US TO GO BEYOND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS SHOULD THESE PROVE INEFFECTIVE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MADE CLEAR THAT OUR PRIME AIM WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE SANCTIONS AGREED BY THE UN WORKED.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
IRAQ/KUWAIT
LIMITED
280
ADDITIONAL
43
IRAQ/KUWAIT
(PASSED TO EMERGENCY ROOM)
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
323
MED
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