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UNQUOTE FROM THE US AND UK, THEY WOULD AGREE TO CONTRIBUTE. BUT KING HUSSEIN WOULD HAVE TO BE SEEN TO BE IMPLEMENTING SANCTIONS EFFECTIVELY. AFTER JORDAN WOULD COME TURKEY, FOLLOWED BY TROOP CONTRIBUTORS LIKE EGYPT, MOROCCO AND EVEN SYRIA (COVEY COMMENTED ON THE IRONY HERE: SYRIA WAS STILL ON THE US TERRORIST LIST, BUT THE US WERE LOBBYING ON THEIR BEHALF FOR KUWAITI ASSISTANCE).
3. COVEY NOTED THAT KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JORDAN DID NOT HAVE TO BE PUBLIC. INDEED, THE MORE DISCREET, THE BETTER. THE KUWAITIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN GENEROUS, BUT THEY NEEDED NOW TO BE PURPOSEFUL AND TO FOCUS THEIR DIPLOMATIC AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THE US WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AND REINFORCE
THIS PROCESS.
MEYER
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
280
IRAQ/KUWAIT
LIMITED
ADDITIONAL 43
IRAQ/KUWAIT
(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)
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323
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