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| Identifier: | 90BAGHDAD4397 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 90BAGHDAD4397 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Baghdad |
| Created: | 1990-08-02 04:11:00 |
| Classification: | SECRET |
| Tags: | PREL IZ KU AS |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
O 020411Z AUG 90 FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 4708 AMEMBASSY KUWAIT NIACT IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY RIYADH IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CAIRO IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY DOHA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY MANAMA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY AMMAN IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY MUSCAT IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T BAGHDAD 04397 E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PREL IZ KU, AS SUBJECT: IRAQI INCURSION ACROSS KUWAITI BORDER REF: (A) STATE 253201 (B) WILSON/MACK TELECON (C) WILSON/CHARLES TELECON 1. (S-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. WE HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY SINCE 0630 LOCAL TO REACH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, INCLUDING FOREIGN MINISTER AZIZ. UNDERSECRETARY HAMDUN IS APPARENTLY NOT AT HOME SINCE NOBODY ANSWERS HIS HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY DUTY OFFICER IS AWARE OF OUR INTEREST IN TALKING TO THE MINISTER, AND WE ARE REMIND- ING THEM EVERY TEN MINUTES. AT 0710 LOCAL WE WERE TOLD THAT BOTH HAMDUN AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER WERE IN A MEETING. 3. EMBASSY HAS SET UP A CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEAM. EMBASSY TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE: 7196138/9, 7189265, 7189267, 7193791, 7189273. SECURITY LINE IS EXTENSION 286. 4. IRAQI PRESS THIS MORNING MAKES NO MENTION OF INCURSION. IRAQI PRESS COVERAGE OF THE KUWAIT/IRAQ TALKS ARE CRITICAL OF KUWAIT'S UNCOMPROMISING POSITION, BUT DO NOT IN ANY WAY SUGGEST THAT THE GOI IS CONSIDERING THE MILITARY OPTION. WILSON
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