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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Beginning of fourth week of the gulf crisis noted; details given of day's events.
(State Department: John McWethy) Decision by State Department to expel and restrict Iraqi diplomats because of the closing of the US embassy in Kuwait, where the standoff continues, featured. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - says the number of Iraqi personnel in Washington will be reduced.] [Iraqi ambassador to US Mohamed Sadiq al-MASHAT - calls it unjust.] Number of American civilians in custody in Kuwait and Iraq reviewed; scenes shown of 52 diplomatic dependents crossing border into Turkey, while three college- age males were kept from leaving. Diplomatic strategy of trying to isolate Iraq outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar reported going to Jordan to meet with Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz.
(Baghdad: Forrest Sawyer) Iraq's hard-line position on Kuwait featured; scenes shown of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [Iraqi minister of information and culture Latif Nassif JASSEM - (thru translator) says al-Sabah family is finished in Kuwait.] Iraq noted establishing a satellite news program; scenes shown. United States said continuing to pressure for release of diplomats from embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from President Mikhail Gorbachev about Iraq reported; scenes shown of him meeting with Egyptian foreign minister. Senator Sam Nunn reported leading Senate delegation to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
(Kennebunkport: Ann Compton) Reaction from President Bush to events featured; scenes shown of Bush with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. [BUSH - says Hussein has resisted international law; adds there is no flexibility about getting Iraq out of Kuwait.] Upcoming briefing of Congress by Bush on his gulf policy mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Capitol Hill: Cokie Roberts) Likely response of Congress to Bush's policy discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings; State Department: John McWethy) Administration's conditions for negotiations with Hussein discussed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) The embargo against Iraq featured; details given of stopping of two ships bound for port of Aqaba, Jordan, and of US policy not to stop Iraqi ships heading to countries agreeing to support the United Nations embargo. Iraq noted pulling back its ground troops along Kuwait- Saudi Arabia border. Continued United States military buildup outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Gulf state of Qatar reported allowing multinational forces to use its facilities. Report introduced.
(Dhahran: Charles Glass) Americans working in Saudi Arabia for Aramco oil featured; scenes shown from the American camp in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. [Aramco school teachers Roy WILSON, Noel CAVE - criticizes company for having no emergency plan.] [Public relations general manager Ismael NAWWAB - responds.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) Charges by independents that they are being undersold by big oil companies as gasoline prices fluctuate due to Persian Gulf crisis examined. [East Coal Oil Corporation president John STEELE - talks about gasoline prices.] Countercharges by major companies that independents are trying to build up their inventories noted. [Chevron United States of America pricing manager Jim HUCCABY - explains policy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plunge in world market oil prices reported. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) College Board assessment about reading, as indicated by SAT scores, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in helicopter crash reported; scenes shown from crash site in East Troy, WI.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) American natural gas as an alternative to Middle East oil featured; advantages of natural gas over gasoline outlined on screen; various illustrative scenes shown. [On August 15, President BUSH - says world's oil reserves should not fall into hands of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.] [Amoco Corporation Jack RIGG, energy consultant James CANNON - talk about supply and uses of natural gas.] Process by which cars can be converted to natural gas outlined. [Texas land office Mark GLICK - comments.] Canadian project using natural gas detailed. [Lee ARSINEAU - explains gassing up his van at home.] [On August 22, BUSH - says Americans should conserve.]
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