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     Q: Gtnttal. you d~~n~ h~avy D.~2 b~b~drncnt ~r~~~ positions in Kuwait. You
(~sieribcd intcrccpting supply lines; troops t1~t art ~wi~~g yo~ aneedoLal e~idence about one meal A
day. and body lice. These sai~~e troops. it SCCfl0S1 made it 12 miles into Saudi tcrritory last night.
Was thete any ~~rcc to which ~oa1iuon troops mi~bt have been taken by ~urprisc?
     Scbwatzkopf: ) don~t think we Weit taken by surprise. As I said, Ki0ai)i he~ been abandoncd
We bad oulposts )n t1us ai~. The outp',sts x~pofl~AI cxac&Iy what we exptticd IlLein 10 TC~)Ofl.
They made it jntoUaŁ al IChaiji   12 TnUCS~ 6 tniles it~s Lrrelevant bow far ii is. b~~use i~ was
~nsid~ nilUtariJy-.. The r~son why It was abandoned by ilie Saudis very early on is because j!'s Ij'
~~metang1uyran~~zhcanilI:ryn~1~Llrere w KL~w~I antS~eydidn4! wM~t 10 havt
boinbardinents Zoing down on any troops t1~y had iii tI~is position. So in ts$enC~, il~t liaqis that
went into this area went unopposed. The Iraqis that w~nI if1to ijie otl~er area wcre opposed. ajid Ir'
lart wett (urn~d back. ~ would Le~l you. J ~on4t i)iink thai bRttle is ~v~r by n 1on~ slwt. Z expect a
lot rnc~rc fightln~ will probably occur tonight. 1 wo~ld tell you tl~at, obviously. w~~ve b~en talking,
2nd w:'re ftad~ ~Dt ~hat~vi~ comes ~ `hut ton~tL 33ut I don't thit~ ~~ were surprised.

     4. W~ t1ie ~i4arities tnaa~td he:t, tan you te~ n,c bow inany Ani~ican tioops ~e I?' t1'e
(orw~d positions there? I had the idea...
     Schw~nJtopf: J wt~~rtd ne~ ten you how many AmeTican ~ps sat forw~~

         aon4t intan bow Inany. Is ~cit qulte~ lilt of Arnencan ~~s i:i tlie frt't't line5~.
     Schwankopf: Ibeit are enough American troops wlicrc we need (licin to do tl~e job. ~~at's
ibout all I'd like to say on that.

         Q: ~u1d you share with bt ~ur views Oii ~he t~tnt ~r sadd~ ~iuss~In tb u'st~h~n~ic*I
)   .uPons ~~$nci CiV~~5, .o ucalate zhe war, 10 pLIU Inort s~~rises of that s~rt, to use bioloŁical
    `ise~vOflL~ DO yDU ~ink those ~ats sii'e ~ible m i~ot? And what steps. if any1 Can you ttU os
    fliat you're taltins to tneet them?
         Schwar~kopf. As we'~c said all along. ~c ~ion't discouiit anytlung On the ~nfl of ~addani
    hussein. I think some of his other actions. 1oEI)C of tlic things ht1Ł done to date. have demonstrated
    that he's willing to do anything. So!, fmnkly. having tten t)ie acc~iraŁy of the SCUD missile. ~ncc
    again, I dofl'1 think the SCUD ri'issflc, frmn a military standpoint, or evtlt its ability ~o lay do'vti a
    very, very dense. wide. long type gas attack, becauso it Lakes niany rnissiles with a oenain degree ot
    sophistication to do that1 I don~t think ihat's going to l~appen. On the other hand, there Is no Idling
    whatsoever what be snigh: try And do witb a sin~e warhead on top of a single sitisslit, and thetefoic,
    I would nevu ~iiscoant that possibility.

    4 `~thy ~ ~~. ~hI~ ~ ~~pl~,rtŁ have ~wn into ~~ y~ ~L~ ~s ~ ?p~~on why you
think that's happened?
     Schwanitopf; I come lip with three diffeictit scenuios. Scenario one, they are flying off to
husband them for another day -- that's one of Lhe(n. Husband tlieir resources for another day.
Number two, you have that they ar~ flying in there to launch an attack against us at s0rflC future
date. although the Iranians claim that is not the casc. To date, I see no reason why we shouldn't
believe the Iranians Scenario number iliree, we've had sonic repOrts tliat some of those people were
defectors. So it could be any one of those three things, or a combination of all of them. Dut 1
think it~s a very good sign that they don't feel confident `wheie they are -. they've got to run some
place else to hide. I'm delighteti witli that outconie.

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