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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Pressure on foreign nationals in Kuwait with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's order that embassies move from Kuwait to Baghdad, Iraq, outlined.
(State Department: John McWethy) Deadline for United States embassy officials featured; scenes shown of embassy that is headed by ambassador Nathaniel Howell. [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - says Iraqi soldiers are controlling embassy compound.] Several maps shown. [White House spokesman Marlin FITZWATER - says Iraqi government has reneged on promise to allow American diplomats and their families to leave Kuwait and Iraq.] 3,000 other Americans noted to be prisoners of Hussein.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Military options open to United States in Persian Gulf region examined; file footage shown of rescue mission rehearsal. [Georgetown University Anthony CORDESMAN - explains what would happen in mission to free hostages.] Satellite photograph shown of Iraq roadway. Timing behind a possible confrontation with Iraq reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Warning from USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that if Iraq does not pull out of Kuwait, United Nations Security Council will have to adopt additional measures to enforce the embargo reported.
(At the UN: David Ensor) Issue of use of force to make the embargo stick examined; scenes shown from UN; details given of report that Libya is helping Iraq get around the embargo. [White House spokesman Marlin FITZWATER - says chemical warfare products are being procured.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Army Apache helicopter exercise in Saudi Arabia shown. Report introduced.
(Khafji, Saudi Arabia: John McKenzie) Situation along the Saudi- Kuwaiti border featured; scenes shown of site of desert crossings by those fleeing Kuwait. [KUWAITI - talks about what is happening in Kuwait.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Carole Simpson) Role of United States consular officers and volunteers in keeping friends and family members of Americans trapped in Kuwait and Iraq informed featured; scenes shown. [Virginia BAZNER - reads message from her son in Iraq.] [Family member Pauline GERARD - says she is angry with State Department.] [American who escaped from Kuwait Michael SABA - comments on bureaucracy.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Release from Lebanon of Irish hostage Brian Keenan reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Chris Bury) Call up of reserves for duty in Saudi Arabia and its ripple effect featured; scenes shown. [From 756th Military Airlift Squadron, two RESERVISTS - comment.] Impact of activation of civilians on hospitals, schools, police and fire departments, etc., detailed. [Iowa Veterans Administration hospital administrator Dr. John KASIK - explains how loss of staff to reserves will be handled.] [School teacher- RESERVIST - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Hinesville, Georgia: Al Dale) Ripple effect of calling up reserves on town of Hinesville, Georgia, near Fort Stewart, Georgia, featured; scenes shown from town that is economically dependent on Army base. [Restaurant owner Lonnie CREECH - says there will be a depression here.] [Psychologist Dr. John STAGGS - talks about stress on families.] [Soldier's wife Claire ROSE - says she feels lonely.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Ned Potter) Decision by federal judge in Pennsylvania that part of the state's new abortion bill is unconstitutional examined. [Women's Law Project Linda WHARTON - criticizes the law.] [National Right to Life Committee Burke BALCH - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Judge's decision in trial of musical group Judas Priest in which it was accused of leading two young men to commit suicide through hidden messages in the music reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Jim Donahue reported sending a videotaped message to his investment group in a suburb of Denver to tell them he lost 100 million.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his role in making risky political decisions in the Persian Gulf crisis featured; scenes shown. [MUBARAK - comments.] [Former ambassador to Egypt Nicholas VELIOTES - says Mubarak felt insulted by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's aggression.] [Egyptian journalist Tahseen BAHSEER - talks about Egypt.] [Brookings Institution Judith KIPPER - talks about Mubarak's decisions.] Mubarak's military and political career reviewed; scenes shown from Egypt's wars with Israel in 1967 and 1973. [MUBARAK - says we are all religious people; hopes for peaceful solution.] Egyptian leaders Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat mentioned.
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