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INFO ROUTINE ANKARA, AMMAN, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, CAIRO INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, DAMASCUS, HONG KONG, MANILA
INFO ROUTINE MOSCOW, PARIS, PEKING, SEOUL, RABAT, RIYADH INFO ROUTINE WELLINGTON
FROM BLACKLEY
SHAIKHLY TRAVELS.
1. AMIR'S VISIT TO PARIS. ACCORDING TO THE KUWAITI MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MITTERAND EXPLAINED TO SHAIKH JABIR ON 22 OCTOBER THAT HE HAD HAD TO REFER TO THE EXPRESSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC WILL OF THE KUWAITI PEOPLE IN ORDER TO PLACATE PUBLIC OPINION. HE ASSURED THE AMIR THAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WAS FIRM ON THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND WOULD SUPPORT NO DEALS WITH IRAQ. BUT WHEN MITTERAND COMPARED THE KUWAIT CRISIS WITH LEBANON AND PALESTINE, THE AMIR HAD HAD TO REMIND HIM FIRMLY THAT KUWAIT WAS A QUITE DISTINCT PROBLEM.
2. AMIR'S NEXT TRIP. ALTHOUGH NOT YET CONFIRMED IT IS LIKELY THAT
THE AMIR WILL VISIT MOSCOW AND PEKING TO COMPLETE HIS TOUR OF UNSC PERMANENT MEMBERS, ANKARA, DAMASCUS AND CAIRO IN THE FIRST HALF OF NOVEMBER.
3. SHAIKH NASIR MUHAMMAD'S VISIT TO MOROCCO. AROUND 17 OCTOBER TOE JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER TOLD THE KUWAITI AMBASSADOR THAT KING HASSAN'S INITIATIVE RESULTED FROM A KUWAITI REQUEST THAT IRAQ SHOULD MAKE A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM KUWAIT. WHEN THE GOK LEARNT OF THIS, THE AMIR DESPATCHED SHAIKH NASIR MUHAMMAD TO MOROCCO WITH A LETTER PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT. KING HASSAN SAID HE HAD NEVER BELIEVED SHAIKH JABIR WOULD CONTEMPLATE SUCH A SOLUTION AND DESCRIBED THE AFFAIR AS A JORDANIAN DIRTY TRICK TO CAUSE TROUBLE BETWEEN MOROCCO AND KUWAIT.
4. SHAIKH NASIR MUHAMMAD'S TRIP TO SOUTH EAST ASIA. THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS WILL LEAVE AROUND 8 NOVEMBER FOR BHUTAN, HONG KONG, KOREA, PHILIPPINES, BRUNEI, AUSTRAILIA AND NEW ZEALAND. FOR SECURITY REASONS MANILA WILL BE VISITED WITHIN A DAY. THE KUWAITIS WILL BE APPROACHING RIYADH FOR VISAS FOR HONG KONG AND BRUNEI. THE DELEGATION WILL TRAVEL ON A VARIETY OF
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