European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 22. 1990 the stars and stripes 4 4 Page 3 a Ftp Gulf briefs exiled kuwaitis promote their cause with millions from wire reports Washington a kuwaitis have paid $5.64 million to a Public relations firm to promote the country s cause after the iraqi invasion on aug/2, Justice department records show. The Money was paid to Hill amp Knowlton inc for the period of aug. 20 through nov. 10, according to records the firm filed with the foreign agents registration office. Hill amp Knowlton disbursed $2,7 million of the $5.64 million including $644,571 for video production and $140,412 for travel. The firm helped arrange National free Kuwait Day set in interviews for reporters in the United states and saudi Arabia contacted government officials and educators and a disseminated mail Ings to  Quayle schedules visit to . Desert troops. Washington a vice president Dan Quayle will visit . Troops in saudi Arabia on dec. 29 to Jan 2, and will meet with King fahd the purpose of the trip is to consult with the saudis and build the morale of the troops who received a thanksgiving visit from president Bush said Quayle a press Secretary David Beckwith. Quayle will pay visits to All four branches of the . Military. Mash alerted Washington a the1 army has alerted three National guard and Reserve Mash units to prepare for mobilization and deployment to the persian Gulf. The mobilizations Are part of a Broad Pentagon push to strengthen medical support and supplies in the Gulf As the Pace of . Troop deployments increases. / the three Mobile army surgical Hospital Mash units put on Alert Are the 159th medical Hospital of the Louisiana National guard at Jackson Barracks in new Orleans the 300th medical Hospital of the Tennessee National guard at Smyrna and the 807th medical Hospital of the army Reserve at Paducah by. At least three other Mash units from the guard and reserves had been called up earlier for operation desert shield. Phone message service to Home units Washington a amps a Telephone messages can now be sent and received by service members in saudi Arabia to the United states through for help inc., a company based in Reho Nev. The service called troop link costs $1 per minute for people in the United states to Call a 900 number to Exchange messages with troops in saudi Arabia. T troops in the Gulf can use a. Rotary or touch tone phone to link up with the system without charge company spokeswoman Mary Ellen Sweeny said. On rotary phones Calls can be made by dealing 80q-033 to leave messages and 800-021 to listen to messages from the United states on touch tone phones either number can be used to leave or pick up messages to make a troop link connection in the United states callers must dial 1-900-3702001. Contact Between specific individuals is not possible yet by the company is working to route messages by service members social Security numbers or to certain areas by zip codes Sweeny said. A it is a Telephone message billboard/1 she said. A it will allow communications Between people in the Field and people Back Home. Troops will hear from Well wishers supporters and maybe even some familiar  the service places no limits on the length of messages Sweeney said about an hours Worth of messages from the United states Are in place now she added crisis in the Gull Washington apr the Bush administration says us. Allies have contributed More than $9 billion to support the american military Campaign against Lino and a we arc satisfied a several members of Congress have criticized the allies contribution As inadequate. Sen. Jim Sasser a Tenn of said in the new York times that saudi Arabia was reaping a Windfall profit of $150 million a Dav in increased Oil sales and has contributed Only $987 million in Cash and material a equivalent to about 6.5 Days Worth of those profits. The state department in releasing the $9 billion figure declined to specify How much saudi Arabia or any other individual members of the makeshift Alliance had contributed to defense of the saudi Oil Fields. Germany and Japan have also been targets of congressional criticism a. A a a. A a yes we Are satisfied Quot said Richard Boucher a state department spokesman. A of course this is a continuing Effort and we will expect continuing contributions from ourselves As Well As other nations that Are involved in this  1 he $9 billion in contributions announced by the slate. Department included.$4 billion in Cash and what. Boucher said was1 a substantial ongoing military support Tor the .-led Force in the persian Gulf w Lizeh is approaching 500,00 1. Additionally Boucher said persian Gulf allies have also raised More than $13.4 billion in assistance for countries experiencing economic hardships because of their compliance with a worldwide economic Boycott of Iraq. He declined to provide a breakdown saying a a we be been leaving it to a great extent to individual countries to describe their  Sasser chairman of the Senate budget committee said Japan had pledged $4 billion to the Gulf Effort and has paid $374 million through nov. 30. Germany he said had offered $900 million and has paid $331 minion the Pentagon said earlier that k would ask Congress Lorun to $20 billion to maintain operation desert shield. The projected Cost through the end of this year is $8,2 billion. Sasser said a War could Cost the United states $1 billion to $2 billion a Day. Eye in the sky . Army flight Engineer Daniel a Farrer from Detroit Mich looks out the window of a Chinook helicopter to spot any possible aircraft in his flight path during Munch vers in saudi Arabia Weil Ler s statements could by Mike feins1lber associated press. Washington army it. Gen Calvin  Wal Jer was stating the simple truth when he said he will Shiji be Short of troops to Start an offensive ground War against Iraq on Jan 15, Farmer military leaders say. But Waller Deputy commander of the . Military farces in the operation desert shield buildup May have served other purposes As Well. One Farmer government official said Waller May have Beeri underscoring the military s deep misgivings about taking on an entrenched iraqi army in Kuwait. In its eight year War against Iran Iraq largely stayed on the defensive and mowed Down charging iranians and the View was expressed in Washington that Wal Jer relieved some of the pressure on president Bush to act against Iraq if it Hasni to withdrawn from Kuwait by the Jan 15 deadline set by the United nations. The . Resolution says military action maybe taken if the deadline is not met. Bush has created expectations by stressing that Iraq must a fully Quot withdraw by the in. Deadline. Now Wal Ler says it would be prudent to wait a Nymph of More about 280,Upo . Forces have been sept to the Gulf Region As part of the multinational military buildup there and the . Contingent is expected to reach 430,000, a there May be great machinations behind All this a said retired it Gen. William Odom. A shut. It has Long been Clear to me that a March Date was about All we could meet. To hear Waller say that comes As no  Odom is a former army chief of staff far intelligence who. Headed the intelligence gathering National Security Agency during Ronald Reagan a presidency. Retired army coi. Harry g. Summers jr., a fellow at the army War College said Waller a comment made . Intentions All the More Uncertain far iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A it Clouds the Issue and it should be Cloudy a he said. Waller said this past week that if Bush wanted to attack Iraq after Jan 15, he would advise the president defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen Colm Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff a that until our full complement of farces arc on the ground that we should not initiate hostile