GULF WATCH: Day 36 : A daily briefing paper on developments in the crisis : Diplomatic Front:
President Bush has accepted an offer from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to speak to the people of Iraq in a videotaped message to be broadcast on Iraqi state television. The White House said Bush will prepare his taped remarks in the next few days, and the Iraqi ambassador to Washington indicated that they would be broadcast in their entirety.
Military Front:
Iraq’s foreign minister brushed aside renewed calls by Soviet President Gorbachev for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait and Moscow’s warnings of increased international sanctions.
Crisis Indicators:
* U.S. troops on the ground: 70,000
* U.S. sailors aboard ships in region: 35,000
* U.S. ships in region: 50+
* Iraqi troops in/near Kuwait: 265,000
* Iraqi tanks in Kuwait: 1,500
* U.S. diplomats remaining in Kuwait: 10
* U.S. diplomats and dependents held in Iraq: 58
* Other Americans detained in Iraq and Kuwait: 80
* High temperature in Dhahran: 111
* Crude oil (spot price per barrel): $31.43, up $1.66
* Dow Jones Industrial Average: 2,596.29, down 31.93
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