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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

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OF 06120OZ NOVEMBER 90

AND TO IMMEDIATE HM TREASURY, IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON, ODA

AND TO IMMEDIATE BANK OF ENGLAND, OTHER EC POSTS, UKREP BRUSSELS AND TO IMMEDIATE CAIRO, ANKARA, AMMAN, BERNE, RIYADH, SEOUL, DOHA AND TO IMMEDIATE ABU DHABI, STOCKHOLM, TOKYO, OTTAWA, CANBERRA AND TO IMMEDIATE VIENNA, OSLO, UKMIS NEW YORK, ACTOR

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FINLAND: BLOMBERG SAID THAT FINLAND HAD PLEDGED 10 MILLION DOLLARS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN OCTOBER. OVER HALF OF THIS WAS FOR JORDAN AND MORE THAN HALF HAD BEEN DISBURSED.

NORWAY: 5 MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY PROMISED, OF WHICH 1.5 MILLION EACH TO TURKEY AND JORDAN AND 2 MILLION TO EGYPT.

SWEDEN: LUND SAID THAT 22 MILLION DOLLARS OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HAD ALREADY BEEN PROMISED, AROUND 80 PERCENT OF IT TO JORDAN. HE COULD NOW ANNOUNCE A FURTHER 23 MILLION, ALL IN GRANT FORM, OF WHICH 10 MILLION EACH WOULD GO TO EGYPT AND JORDAN AND 3 MILLION ΤΟ TURKEY. THEY WOULD DISBURSE THESE FUNDS IN COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES.

UAE: AL-NOWAIS REAFFIRMED A COMMITMENT TO 1 BILLION DOLLARS, OF WHICH 600 MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY DISBURSED. ALSO COMMITTED TO HELPING SYRIA, MOROCCO AND TURKEY AND HAD FORGIVEN EGYPT 1 MILLION DOLLARS DEBT.

QATAR: HAD FORGIVEN DEBTS TO MOROCCO, SOMALIA, EGYPT, MALI AND OTHERS.

GERMANY: PIESKE CONFIRMED A COMMITMENT OF 665 MILLION DOLLARS FOR EGYPT, 146 MILLION FOR JORDAN AND 73 MILLION FOR TURKEY. HE HOPED THAT AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE FUNDS FOR JORDAN WOULD BE DISBURSED IN 1990.

ITALY:

SARCINELLI CONFIRMED AN OFFER OF 150 MILLION DOLLARS,, 75 MILLION TO EGYPT, 48 MILLION TO TURKEY, 25

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