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to active duty involving appn)ximately 2,388 Naval Reservists and releases additional information 0'
recall of fleet hospital units. (CHINFO 142230Z DEC 90)

December 14
Friday President Bush says that the direct talks he has proposed between Baghdad and
~~ashington are on hold until Iraq agrees to receive Secretary of State Baker no later than January 3.
(N~ew York Times, December 15, p. 1.)

Iraq says that high level talks with the U.S. are postponed indefinitely. (New York Times, December
15, p. 8.) .1

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Powell tells Congressional Committee that the Pentagon is
considering asking Congress to double the maximum tour of duty for all reserve and National Guard
units mobilized in support of the Persian Gulf operation. The action, aimed at preserving critical skills {
the military needs in the gulf region, would extend to one year from six months the limit of active duty
service for more than 110,000 reservists summoned to perform support jobs in the Persian Gulf and
United States. Department of Defense now has authority to call up as many as 200,000 reservists fbr
six months. Secretary of Defense Cheney has authorieed the military services to summon as many as
188,000. 125,000 have been mobilized.(New York Times, December 15, p. 9.)

Secretary of Defense authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to recall to active duty up to 30,000
members of the Naval Reserve. The increase of 20,000 above the previous ceiling of 10,000 will be
used primarily in two areas: (1) selected specialties for service in ships, aviation squadrons and othet
units committed to Operation Desert Shield and (2) medical personnel to either deploy to the Persian
Gulf or backfill,in Navy facilities elsewhere. (CHLNFO 141416Z DEC 90)

Department of Defense releases seventeenth list of U.S. Naval Reserve Selected Reserve units
ordered to active duty involving approximately 769 Naval Reservists. (CHINFO 15 1553Z DEC 90)

December iS
Saturday -- Various human rights organizations differ as to the extent of atrocities committed by
the Iraqis in Kuwait, but they do agree that atrocities have occurred. (New York Times, December 16,
p. 20~

Iraqis who dare talk to Westerners in Baghdad are shocked that President Hussein has made a peace
with Lran and given up territory won in the disastrous eight year war. (New York Times, December 16,
p. 20.)

Iraq announces that its Foreign Minister will not fly to Washington on December 17 as tentatively
planned and that Iraq alone will set a date for Secretary of State Baker's visit to Baghdad. Iraq's
Minister of Information says Iraq still wants a deep dialogue with the U.S. despite the differences
between the two nations concerning the dates. (New York Times, December 16, p. 22.)

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