MEMORANDUM ON THE WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP09T00207R001000100030-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: August 2, 1990
• Content Type: MEMO

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The President. Well, I would not discuss
movement of any U.S. forces. And what was
the second part of your question?
Q. Have you heard from Saudi Arabia?
The President. No, but I have a call to
King Fahd, and I was supposed to have
taken that call before now, but it's been
delayed by a few minutes. And so, I hope
before I leave here I will talk to him. I
think it is very important I do talk to him.
And I'd leave it there.
Q. What do you expect him to say?
The President. Well, that's too hypotheti-
cal, too. I know he'll be expressing the same
kind of concern that we feel.
Q. Prime Minister, if I could, the Presi-
dent's Executive order this morning estab-
lished a U.S. embargo on trade with Iraq.
When you mentioned chapter VII meas-
ures, would you support in the Security
Council a call for an international embargo
on Iraqi oil?
The Prime Minister. We are prepared to
support in the Security Council those meas-
ures which collectively we can agree to and
which collectively we can make effective.
Those are the two tests. We have already
frozen all Kuwaiti assets. Kuwaitis have
very considerable assets, and it's important
that those do not fall into Iraqi hands. Iraq,
we believe, has only very, very small assets
and rather a lot of debts, so the position is
rather different with her.
Note: The question-and-answer session
began at 2:10 p.m. outside of the residence
of Henry Catto, U.S. Ambassador to the
United Kingdom.
Memorandum on the Withholding of
Assistance to Iraq
August 2, 1990
Memorandum for Heads of All Departments
and Agencies
Subject: Withholding of Assistance to Iraq
Effective immediately, you are instructed
not to provide any form of assistance to
Iraq, including, but not limited to, financial
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / Aug. 2
assistance, loan guarantees, and export li-
censes.
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater
on the President's Telephone
Conversation With King Fahd bin `Abd
al-'Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
August 2, 1990
President Bush and King Fahd of Saudi
Arabia discussed the Iraq attack on Kuwait
in a telephone call at approximately 4:45
p.m. MDT. The two leaders spoke for
nearly one-half hour. They agreed that the
attack on Kuwait was absolutely unaccept-
able, and they discussed possible options for
dealing with the situation. President Bush
described the conversations he had earlier
in the day with other Arab leaders and with
Prime Minister Thatcher [of the United
Kingdom]. The President emphasized the
United States demand for the immediate
and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi
forces.
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater
on Secretary of Health and Human
Services Louis W. Sullivan
August 2, 1990
Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and
Human Services, is an outstanding Cabinet
officer who has forcefully and effectively
spoken out for the public's health and wel-
fare. His courage is exemplary. President
Bush and Chief of Staff Sununu commend
his work on behalf of health and social
issues, including his leadership for civil
rights. He is a role model for black and
white youth in America who aspire to high
achievement.
Congressman Fortney Stark's bigoted as-
sault on the integrity and ability of Secre-
tary Sullivan is an affront to the Congress
and the Democratic Party. We trust the
Democratic Party and its chairman, Ron
Brown, will disassociate themselves from
Congressman Stark's ill-tempered and
shameful remarks.
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