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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, ACTOR
YOUR TELNO 168 TO ABIDJAN:
IRAQ/KUWAIT: IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 661
SUMMARY
1.
SINGAPORE DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT SCR 661. MEASURES NOW
IN HAND TO ACHIEVE THIS.
DETAIL
2.
AS A SMALL STATE WHICH REGARDS THE IRAQI ANNEXATION OF KUWAIT AS A FLAGRANT BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND A CLEAR THREAT TO WORLD ORDER, THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO MEET ALL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER SCR 661. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT WAS MADE ON 2 AUGUST CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT IN STRONG TERMS. A FURTHER STATEMENT ON 10 AUGUST EMPHASISED SINGAPORE'S FIRM SUPPORT FOR SCR'S 660 AND 661. THE FOREIGN MINISTER, WONG KAN SENG, HAS GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO BACK THESE RESOLUTIONS PUBLICLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TODAY'S STRAITS TIMES CONTAINS AN EDITORIAL, ALMOST CERTAINLY REFLECTING OFFICIAL VIEWS, ENTITLED, IT IS TIME FOR DECISIVE ACTION'', STRESSING THE NEED FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN TO BE ''TAUGHT SUCH A LESSON THAT HE WILL NOT HAVE THE STOMACH FOR ANOTHER (SURPRISE ATTACK)''
3.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCR 661 IS BEING HANDLED BY THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (MAS) WHICH WILL BE ISSUING A FORMAL DIRECTIVE SHORTLY (TEXT BY BAG AS SOON AS THIS IS AVAILABLE). MEANWHILE, THE AUTHORITY HAS TOLD EVERY BANK IN SINGAPORE, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN, THAT:
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