-DATE-
19900808
-YEAR-
1990
-DOCUMENT_TYPE-
-AUTHOR-
-HEADLINE-
Castro's Letter to Leaders of the Arab World
-PLACE-
CARIBBEAN / Cuba
-SOURCE-
Havana International Service
-REPORT_NBR-
FBIS-LAT-90-154
-REPORT_DATE-
19900809
-HEADER-
BRS Assigned Document Number:    000013977
Report Type:         Daily Report             AFS Number:     PA0808170890
Report Number:       FBIS-LAT-90-154          Report Date:    09 Aug 90
Report Series:       Daily Report             Start Page:     3
Report Division:     CARIBBEAN                End Page:       3
Report Subdivision:  Cuba                     AG File Flag:   
Classification:      UNCLASSIFIED             Language:       Spanish
Document Date:       08 Aug 90
Report Volume:       Thursday Vol VI No 154

Dissemination:  

City/Source of Document:   Havana International Service

Report Name:   Latin America

Headline:   Castro's Letter to Leaders of the Arab World

Subheadline:   Havana Cites U.S. `Pretext'

Source Line:   PA0808170890 Havana International Service in Spanish 1400 GMT 8
Aug 90

-TEXT-
FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE:
1.  [Text] U.S. President George Bush today addressed the nation to officially
report the White House decision to send troops and war materiel to the Persian
Gulf under the pretext of preventing an Iraqi attack on Saudi Arabia.

2.  Bush asked the people of the United States to support the government's
decision to send a small fleet, which will consist of the 82nd Airborne
Division and several carriers, among other potent war materiel, to the region.

3.  The increase of the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf,
particularly within Saudi Arabian territory, further aggravates the explosive
situation of the region, which has worsened since the 2 August Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait.
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