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GULF CRISIS: BURDENSHARING:
POSSIBLE FUTURE CONTRIBUTIONS
1. OPD (G) agreed on 29 January that efforts should
concentrate on the major five potential donors (Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAEO. Since then, there have been the following developments in relation to other
countries:
(a)
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Following a request from the Belgians for an indication of the sum we were looking for from the, the Foreign
Secretary has suggested £50 million as an appropriate
amount. We have also given the Belgians some ideas for
contributions in kind;
(b) The Foreign Secretary has also spoken to his Netherlands colleague to indicate our interest in a
contribution, but without naming an amount;
(c) The Chief Secretary has spoken to the Qatari
Government.
This paper considers what further countries might be approached. As background, the following are attached:
2.
(a)
(b)
table of gainers and losers from the Gulf crisis;
table of burdensharing to 31 December (by now
considerably inaccurate in the case of the US and the UK,
but still essentially correct in relation to other
countries).
Other EC Countries
(a) Denmark.
The Foreign Minister has publicly advocated
Danish help for the UK. Our Embassy believe a request for
finance for non-combatant purposes would be successful;
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