THE GULF WAR: The International Front : In the Mideast

The UNITED NATIONS and other relief bodies are getting ready to cope with a wave of up to 400,000 refugees from Iraq. U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Douglas Stafford told a Brussels news conference that aid agencies are preparing facilities for 100,000 refugees each in four countries bordering Iraq, and hope by the middle of next week to have camps, water and food for 35,000 people in IRAN, 40,000 in JORDAN, 25,000 in SYRIA and 20,000 in TURKEY. More than 1 million foreign nationals fled Iraq and Kuwait after Iraq invaded the emirate last Aug. 2. But refugee officials noted that fewer than 10,000 people have left Iraq since the war began Jan. 17.