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         Monday ---U.S. Middle East Force placed on alert by President Bush. (Washington
      Post, July 24, p. Al.)

July 24
         Tuesday--- The United States dispatches two aerial refueling planes to the United
      Arab Emirates and sends combat ships to sea in a rare exercise with the Persian Gulf
      nations after Iraq threatens to use militaay force against the Emirates and Kuwait. This
      is the first time since the end of the Iran-Iraq war that there has been a significant U.S.
      presence in the Persian Gulf. (New York Times, July 25, p. Al.)

         President Bush seeks a diplomatic resolution to the Persian Gulf crisis. (Washington
      Post, July 25, p. A17.)

         Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak makes attempts to mediate differences between
      Iraq and Kuwait. (Washington Post, July 25, p. Al.)

July 25
         Wednesday --- Saddam Hussein summons U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie,
      to a rare meeting and expresses Iraq's peaceful intentions and says Iraq is not looking to
      confront U.S. in matter. He also says he felt betrayed that U.S. warships had been
      deployed to the Gulf on short notice for maneuvers. Ambassador Glaspie was called to
      the meeting with Hussein on such short notice that she did not have time to confer with
      the State Department prior to the meeting. [Although U.S. State Department declines to
      comment on accuracy of transcript of meeting between Glaspie and Hussein, comment
      published in September 23 issue of New York Times states that Glaspie said that Bush
      wanted better relations with Hussein and had no opinion on Saddam's border dispute with
      Kuwait.j (Washington Post, July 26, p. A34.)

July 25-27
         Wednesday - Friday --- The price of oil moves from $ 18 per barrel to $21 per barrel
      when Kuwait and the UAE acquiesce to the first oil price hike in four years at the
      biannual OPEC summit meeting.  They each agree to limit production to 1.5 million
      barrels a day. (Time, August 6, p. 47.)

July 28
         Saturday --- U.S. House and Senate vote to impose economic sanctions prohibiting
      Iraq from receiving agricultural loan guarantees backed by the U.S. government.  (New
      York Times, July 28, p. AS.)


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