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         Saturday --- Secretary of State James A. Baker completes three days of talks with
       Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Fahd.                                                                                                                         All agree that there will be
       no negotiations with Iraq until its troops withdraw from Kuwait.                                                                                                                                                                   (New York Times,
       September 9, p. 1.)

September 9
         Sunday                                                                   Nearly 300 Americans who had previously been unable to leave Kuwait,
       arrive in Charleston, S.C. (MlHands, November, p. 11.).

         President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev issue a joint pledge to act
       "mdividually and in concertH to reverse Iraq's conquest of Kuwait, even if that can not
       be accomplished by peaceful means. (New York Times International, September 10, p.
       Al.)

         Guard and reserve unit personnel activated to support Operation Desert Shield as of
       9 SEP:

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                                                                                             (DOD Release 9 DEC 90)


September 10
         Monday --- Iran and Iraq announce plans to resume diplomatic relations. Iraq wants
       Iran to help break U.N. sanctions. (New York Times, September 11, p. Al.)

         During August, 8,870 reservists were summoned to active duty with 38,000 more to
       be called up by the end of September. The Pentagon's Total Force policy, adopted
       following the end of the draft in 1973, places heavy emphasis on the reservists to
       perform important missions. The principal reason is economic, with reservists costing
       less than half that of their active counterparts in pay, training and equipment. Despite
       hardships, there seems to be little grumbling of the sort that accompanied previous call-
       ups, since most reservists have long accepted that a call-up was possible. (Time,
       September 10, p. 32.)

         Senator John Glenn, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, states he
       favors rotating troops in and out of the Middle East on a six or eight month rotation
       schedule. (Navy Times, September 10, p. 4.)

September 11
         Tuesday ---U.S. plans long-term role in the Gulf. (New York Times, September 12,
       p. A21.)


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