Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Moscow: Tom Brokaw) Helsinki, Finland, summit between Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Bush previewed; details given of economic problems in both countries; scenes shown of Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze returning from trip to Tokyo, Japan, where he said USSR is secretly talking to Iraq about hostages and from Gorbachev's meeting with Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz. [SHEVARDNADZE - (thru translator) comments on need for United Nations peace-keeping force.] [Soviet foreign ministry Gennady GERASIMOV - talks about adding Soviet forces.] USSR noted withdrawing some military advisers from Iraq. [MUSCOVITE, Soviet commentator Boris NOTKIN - comment on Soviet peoples' concerns becoming more domestic.] Some American women and children trapped in Kuwait noted safe in Amman, Jordan; fate of those left behind noted. [Two AMERICANS - comment on violence in Kuwait.] Report introduced.

(Cairo: John Dancy) Secretary of State James Baker reported raising funds for United States military operation from exiled Kuwaiti Emir Sheik Jaber al- Ahmed al-Sabah and Saudi Arabian King Fahd; scenes shown of Baker at meetings and with United States troops. [Kuwaiti minister Yahya al-SUMAIT - says it's the least we can do.] Administration source noted saying sanctions against selling food to Iraq will fail, beginning with Iran. [BAKER - addresses troops.] Baker noted arriving in Cairo, Egypt, for meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

(Moscow: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. ...... (Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) Budget talks at Andrews Air Force Base examined; cost of Persian Gulf crisis noted; scenes shown of Senators Pete Domenici and Bob Dole saying good-bye to families and of President Bush with budget bat; proposals outlined on screen. [BUSH, Representative Richard GEPHARDT, Senator Phil GRAMM - comment on importance of budget agreement.]

(Moscow: Tom Brokaw) Bush and Gorbachev reported meeting again on October 3 when two Germanies formally unite.