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      for troops in the Middle East. The position of Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney is that all U. S.
      forces in the Middle East "will be there for the time being". (Navy Times, November 26, p. 6.)

~ovember 16
         Friday ---Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein has been weakened by tales of horrors from
      Palestinians who were trapped in Kuwait when it was invaded by~Iraq and have since escaped. (New
      York Times, November 17, p. 1.)

      ---Iran and Iraq announce that they have reached resolution on many issues left over from their eight
      year war. Experts see this as a sign that the two nations are moving closer together. (New York Times,
      November 17, p. 4.)

         Egyptian President Mubarak says he has asked President Bush to postpone the military option and
      allow two or three months to try to achieve peace. (Washington Post, November 17, p. A15.)

         An entire Marine Corps Reserve tank battalion, with 977 personnel, is activated for duty with the
      II Marine Expeditionary Force headed for Saudi Arabia. 109 members of another tank company are
      also being activated. This brings the total number of Marine Reservists called up to 3,000 since
      Operation Desert Shield began. (Navy Times, December 3, p. 8.)

         Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett ffi extends selected reservists who were involuntarily
      recalled to active duty for Operation Desert Shield for an additional 90 days bringing the total active
      duty service to 180 days. This action has been authorieed by the President and Secretary of Defense.
      (CHINFO 010033Z DEC 90)

         Admiral Frank B. Kelso, Chief of Naval Operations, announces the six-month "personnel tempo"
      limit established for Navy deployments five years ago will be scrapped because of operation Desert
      Shield.  (Navy Times, November 26, p. 6.)

November 17
          Saturday --- Iraq has acquired a nuclear weapons capability that could enable it to begin
      manufacturing and using a small but devastating stock of nuclear missiles, shells and bombs within the
      next two to ten years according to British, American and Israeli intelligence experts. (New York Times,
      November 18, p. 1.)

         King Hussein of Jordan opened the Jordanian Parliament today with a bleak assessment of Jordan's
      prospects in the Middle East and an attack on the "blatant and shameless" hypocrisy of nations involved
      in the military buildup in Saudi Arabia for trying to uphold international law in the Persian Gulf while
      ignoring the plight of the Palestinians in Israel. (New York Times, November 18, p. 14.)


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