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      Al.)

         United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 661 halting trade,      financial
      relationships and transportation links with Iraq and Kuwait.    Medicine and food are
      exempted. (Washington Post, August 7, p. Al.)

         State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutweiler reiterates 4 points of U.S. policy
      concerning Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait:

            1.  Immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait.

            2.  Restore power to legitimate Kuwaiti government.

            3.  Ensure safety of American nationals in country.

            4.  Ensure free navigation and flow of oil from Gulf Region.

                           (Washington Post, August 7, p. Al.)

         PLO's Arafat meets with Egypt's Mubarak to get him to accept Iraqi plan of
      withdrawal from Kuwait which would ensure virtual capitulation of Kuwait. (Washington
      Post, August 7, p. A9.)

         Pentagon sends proposal to President Bush for multinational naval force including
      Soviet naval vessels. Aircraft carriers USS EISENHOWER and USS INDEPENDENCE
      are in Gulf area.  (W~shington Post, August 7, p. Al.)

August 7
    - (C-DAY)

         Tuesday --- (C-DAY) President Bush declares Saudi Arabia under imminent threat
      ".. .from `offensive posture'..." of tens of thousands of Iraqi forces and orders U.S.
      military aircraft and troops to Saudi Arabia. (Washington Post, August 8, p. 1.)

         Aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA and battleship USS WISCONSIN leave U.S. for
      previously scheduled deployment to eastern Mediterranean.        (Navy News Service,
      NAVNEWS 032, DTG ll0l26Z AUG 90.)

         Turkey shuts off two pipelines carrying Iraqi oil to Mediterranean Sea. (Washington
      Post, August 10, p. 30.)


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