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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Amman, Jordan: Keith Miller) United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar and Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz reported opening negotiations in Amman, Jordan; details given; scenes shown. [AZIZ - talks about conditions for hostages to leave Iraq.] [PEREZ de Cuellar - comments on talks.] In Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi official reported announcing more male hostages being sent to military targets; airlift tomorrow of women and children noted. [Iraqi information ministry Naji al-HADITHI - gives conditions for release.] Scenes shown of Italian refugee bus arriving in Jordan.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Defense department officials quoted on military buildup in Middle East. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Arthur Kent) Desert Shield commander General Norman Schwarzkopf reported arriving in Saudi Arabia to inspect forces; details given of his background; scenes shown from Marine patrols. [SCHWARZKOPF - dares Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to attack; talks about hostages.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States Navy noted boarding first Iraqi tanker today. Report introduced.
(State Department: John Dancy) Western and Iraqi positions in Middle East crisis compared and analyzed. Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Bush reported reviewing air attack plan against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [Foreign policy specialist John STEINBRUNER - say we can stay the course better than Iraq.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev quoted on US presence in Persian Gulf. 5:37:00 "UPCOMING ITEMS (Studio: Tom Brokaw)" [Desert dispatches hello.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) West Germany reported answering President Bush's call for economic aid to Persian Gulf military buildup while Japan says it will give no more. Bush noted telephoning British, French and Saudi Arabian leaders for aid. Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport, ME: John Cochran) Importance of international cooperation and White House expectation of military conflict analyzed.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(No location given: Roger O'Neil) American opinion of foreign economic aid to United States military presence in Middle East examined. [Representative Pat SCHROEDER, two radio talk show CALLERS, on "Today" show, Senator Patrick LEAHY, two college STUDENTS, foreign STUDENT, FOREIGNER - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Chilean entrepreneur and Miami, Florida, sometime resident Carlos Cardoen's arms sales to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein examined; details given; scenes shown from Federal Aviation Administration tests of helicopter allegedly modified for agricultural use; State Department reclassification of helicopter noted. [On July 18, 1990, CARDOEN - talks about Hussein and arms.] [Representative Lee HAMILTON - comments on embargo.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) South African President F.W. de Klerk reported calling on National Party to open membership to all races; African National Congress (ANC) and conservatives' responses noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Fort Bragg: Robert Hager) Acquittal of United States Army 82nd Airborne Master Sergeant Roberto Bryan at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, reported; details given of charges of killing citizen during Panama invasion; scenes shown of Bryan and accuser Lieutenant Brandon Thomas. [BRYAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Gainesville, Florida, police reported announcing pool of suspects in college students' slayings; details given; scenes shown from funeral for victim Christa L. Hoyt.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Fort Wayne: Bill Schechner) Teenagers' views of United States troops in Saudi Arabia featured. [Fort Wayne, IN, teenagers Matt FRANK, Dan ALCONTERO, Kendrick EATON, Jenny KRAUSE and Josh STEVENSON - comment on fear of war.]