This program is 28 minutes long
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(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) Review given of events in Kuwait, at UN and in Iraq; scenes shown of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Iraqi TV at press conference and meeting with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim. [HUSSEIN - (thru translator) warns against collision with Iraq; adds that United States should seek a political solution.] Scenes shown of Austrians who were allowed to leave Iraq. Fate of other foreigners in Iraq and Kuwait reviewed.
(Kennebunkport: John Cochran) Reaction of President Bush and administration to events at United States embassies featured; White House photograph of Bush with National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft shown. [SCOWCROFT - says the embassy situation is very fluid.] Status of foreign embassies under siege in Kuwait City, Kuwait, updated; map shown. United Nations resolution to use force to enforce embargo against Iraq outlined; details given of support for sanctions from President Mikhail Gorbachev. Scenes shown of Bush fishing; details given of charges by some that he should have acted faster to move Americans to safety. [Representative Larry SMITH - talks about hostages.]
(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) Expert's analysis of crisis atmosphere given. [Former director of National Security Agency retired Lieutenant General William ODOM - comments on Hussein's statements and new strategy and response of West and Arab states to Iraq's actions.]
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Homecoming for Alan Barnett, first British hostage freed by Iraq since start of the Persian Gulf crisis reported; scenes shown from teenager's press conference. [BARNETT - explains how Iraqi President Saddam Hussein came to let him leave.]
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(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Arthur Kent) Arab multinational force in Saudi Arabia featured; scenes shown from along Saudi-Kuwaiti border of soldiers allied with Saudi-US Operation "Desert Shield." Political sensitivity of Arab-US relations explained; details given of how forces from Morocco, Egypt and Syria are acting while preparing for possible battle against Iraq. [Saudi Arabian army Colonel Soliman BALAWY - says one day we will move into Kuwait.] Importance of allied Arab force as counterforce to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein noted.
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Special session of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil cartel to discuss whether to boost production reported; scenes shown of OPEC officials in Vienna, Austria.
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Report introduced.
(Oceanside, California: Bill Lagattuta) Economic hard times at towns dependent on United States military bases now that troops have been sent overseas examined; scenes shown from military town of Oceanside, California, near the Marines base at Camp Pendleton, California. [Oceanside chamber of commerce Stebbins DEAN - comments.] [At surfing store, MAN - tells anecdote about soldier who left.] [Marine wife Anna MEYERS - comments.]
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(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) Unprecedented exodus of Arabs noted.
(Cairo: Rick Davis) Return of Egyptians, who fled from Kuwait and Iraq where they worked, featured; scenes shown from Cairo, Egypt. [Ushria AMHARA - describes reaction of Iraqis to their plight and of people left behind.] Egyptian labor as one of the nation's valued exports explained; details given of economic impact on Egypt of loss of money earned in Kuwait and Iraq. [Sociologist Mohamed Saed AHMED - says Egyptians need opportunities elsewhere in the Arab world.]
(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) Sending home of money to Philippines, India and other nations by workers in the Persian Gulf oil region noted.
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Return home of hostage Brian Keenan after his release from Lebanon reported; American hostages Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland mentioned. [KEENAN - describes what he wants to do now.]
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Deployment of South African government troops in black townships to try to prevent more violence among blacks reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Mary Alice Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Myers) Lawton Chiles' campaign in Florida gubernatorial election featured; scenes shown of "walkin' Lawton" on the campaign trail. [CHILES - talks about taking anti-depressant drug.] Case of Thomas Eagleton, who stepped down from Democratic campaign for vice presidency in '72 race due to his history of mental illness, recalled; scenes shown. [Former Eagleton adviser Thomas KILEY - comments.] [Opponent Bill NELSON - comments on issue of Chiles' health.] [CHILES - talks further about depression.]
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(Amman, Jordan: Garrick Utley) The face and the words of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein commented upon.
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