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INFO PRIORITY OTHER GULF POSTS, BAGHDAD, AMMAN, MOSCOW, WASHINGTON INFO PRIORITY NEW DELHI (FOR PUS)
PUS'S VISIT TO BAHRAIN 8/9 MAY 1990: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
SUMMARY
1. PUS PUT ACROSS OUR MESSAGE ON RELATIONS WITH IRAQ, WITH SPECIAL STRESS ON AVOIDING AGGRESSIVE RHETORIC AT SUMMIT, AND URGED CONTINUED PATIENCE ON THE PART OF THE PLO. STRONG ANTI-US FEELING, ESPECIALLY FROM PRIME MINISTER, WHO ALSO URGED UK TO KEEP TO OUR UNCOMPROMISING LINE WITH IRAN. INSTRUCTIONS NEEDED ON HONG KONG.
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THE PUS HAD TWO SESSIONS OF TALKS WITH EACH OF THE AMIR AND FOREIGN MINISTER AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. ARAB SUMMIT ISSUES REPORTED IN MY TELNO 115, BAHRAIN-QATAR BY TELELETTER TO MED, IRAN-SAUDI ARABIA AND BILATERAL ISSUES IN MY TWO
REMAINDER BELOW.
IFTS (NOT TO ALL).
REGIONAL PROBLEMS
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THE PUS ASSURED THE BAHRAINIS THAT, FOR ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY CHANGES IN EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE THE UK WOULD NOT DIVERT ENERGY AND ATTENTION FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
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THE PUS STRESSED THAT THE UK WAS NOT MOUNTING AN ANTI-IRAQI CAMPAIGN. HE HOPED THAT THE BAHRAINIS WOULD REASSURE THEIR IRAQI FRIENDS ON THIS SCORE. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS UNDER STRONG PRESSURE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST IRAQ BUT WAS RESISTING. THE LAW HAD TO BE APPLIED, BUT WE DID NOT WANT TO DAMAGE RELATIONS WITH IRAQ. THE FOREIGN MINISTER IN PARTICULAR HE URGED THAT THE ARABS SHOULD RESIST IRAQI PRESSURE FOR AGGRESSIVE RHETORIC AT A SUMMIT: THAT WOULD ONLY INCREASE TENSIONS IN THE REGION. THE AIM SHOULD BE TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. THAT INCLUDED URGING CONTINUED PATIENCE ON THE PALESTINIANS.
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SHAIKH MUHAMMAD AGREED FIRMLY THAT SUCH RHETORIC MUST BE AVOIDED. THERE WERE SO MANY DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS IN A SMALL AREA THAT THERE WAS
A RISK OF A QUOTE HOLOCAUST UNQUOTE. SOMETHING TANGIBLE MUST COME OF
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