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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Today's diplomatic aspects of the Persian Gulf crisis reviewed; details given of reaction to latest threats by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [In response to question from group of Arab Americans, President BUSH - says attempts to talk with Hussein have failed due to his insistence on remaining in Kuwait.] [At UN, French President Francois MITTERRAND - (thru translator) says Hussein has offered no hope for conciliation.] [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - comments.] Diplomatic swipe by US against Iraqi foreign minister detailed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Experts' analysis of Hussein's rhetoric given. [National security assistant to Senator John McCain, Anthony CORDESMAN - says Hussein does not have military means to attack oil fields in the Persian Gulf.] [Brookings Institution Judith KIPPER - analyzes Hussein's weekend speech; suggests need for direct talks with Hussein.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Argentine President Carlos Menem reported firing aide for shipping beef to Iraq despite United Nations sanctions. Iran reported arresting people trying to smuggle food across the frontier to Iraq.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Iraq reported declaring Kuwait's currency invalid. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Chris Bury) Kuwaitis in exile in Saudi Arabia featured; scenes shown; details given of actions taken by the Kuwaiti government in exile. [KUWAITI - comments.] Lifestyle of these Kuwaitis in Saudi Arabia detailed. [WOMAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statements from President Bush during his meeting with Arab Americans reported. [BUSH - criticizes discrimination against Arab Americans.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Ann Compton) Meeting of South African President F.W. de Klerk with President Bush featured; scenes shown from White House. [De KLERK - says the process in South Africa is irreversible.] [BUSH - says conditions for ending sanctions are clear cut.] [Outside White House gates, Representative Ron DELLUMS - calls for greater sanctions.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Winnie Mandela, accompanied by her husband Nelson Mandela, shown going to court in Soweto on charges of assault and kidnapping.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New Market, Virginia: Bill Greenwood) Controversy over government's program making surplus equipment available to foreign countries instead of making it available domestically featured; scenes shown from Sabine Parish, LA, which sought earth-moving equipment, which was given to Uruguay. [Deputy assistant secretary of State Robert WOLTHUSIS - defends plan.] [Representative Nick RAHALL - says United States should be served first.] Importance of federal hand-me-downs to towns like New Market, Virginia, cited. [Town manager Robert LOHR, street sweeper Jack ESTEP - say town saves tax dollars and needs street-sweeping machine.] Legislation noted introduced in Congress that would require that charity begin at home.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's threats against Middle East oil fields reported sending oil prices up. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Opening of trial of art gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, for its exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe reported; details given of issue of obscenity and artistic freedom.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Soviet parliament reported giving President Mikhail Gorbachev a free hand to deal with the economic system.
(Moscow: Barrie Dunsmore) Replacement of Soviet socialist system by radical economic plan examined; details given of plan for private ownership and weakening of central government. [Economist Nicholae PETRAKOV - (thru translator) says we want an efficient economy to replace Stalinist socialism.] [GUM department store director Svetlana SHIVEKOVA - (thru translator) hopes new plan will solve problem of consumer goods.] [Store CLERK - (thru translator) talks about shareholding plan.] Future of Soviet bureaucrats examined. [PETRAKOV - (thru translator) comments on bureaucrats.] [American analyst Columbia University Marshall SHULMAN - comments on short-term chaos.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Finance minister of Russian republic reported urging central government to join the International Monetary Fund.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) Publication in "Time" magazine of memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev that shed new light on the spy case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg featured; details given, historical scenes shown of case in which Rosenbergs were executed in 1953 as spies. [Memoir editor Jerrold SCHECTER - comments on the case.] [Rosenberg's son Robert MEEROPOL - says parents did not transmit valuable information.] Khrushchev tapes said also confirming his refusal to aid Fidel Castro during 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
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