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     LO ~Op         ~~ p~b1ic'~ irnprt%si~n in icag~ w~th favortd me~i&. and allo  ~e Arn~ritan
peOJ)It to `:ci a (u1l.~
     Schwan~opf? Is 11015 a qusLior~ ur a statcmcnt? I nccd 10 know

     ~:1ioiJ~. ~md )tUOw tibe Aincrican...
     ~cbw~~cipf: The answu iayoir qucstion 1% ) will ~cfcr you ~o tb~ Assistant Secretary ~f
~ftn~ torPub0ic Affiirs wbo makes those poiicic£. I'm `he th~atcr torn~d:~. l'Iy job is to
foliow i)~£c policics whtn they'n ~ade.

      Q: J think tht chart ~bowc~i neuly ~SOO sonics Jgiiinst SCUD LI(c£. That's inore than your
num~cr of soflies a~ainst any othcr type of tar£cL. Do you considcr thai a prnpo.rLioi)atc n~iiiiaiy
tff~t or~ t).e aflied side, 40 ~~t1iIn£ which you Uyi£ ~i)itarily it~signiFwani?
      Schwinkopf: I'd prt~r to think tflat It's a tequired :nilitaiy tffori, given ib: tircurnstnnctS
Itat ~`Tt inii~ht now

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         Is `it tc~al ~tntn~O ~n ~a~dad %Lill g'vjng ot&T£ to trc~s on thc ~um~, ~ have
you &5tmycd )cadcr5hip command?
      ~tbwarzkopf: No,'tt tiaven~t totally ~nroyed, tui they ttcrtiinJy `rtn'i gi~in~ the direct
orders in the way they ba~ to. There are a lot c,f circuitous routcs tiocy ~av~ tO ~O throu~b. I
wo~d ~l1 you, ~~~u %Omt VO~~5 cmnmanders can't communicatt dircct)y with thcir divi£ion
cominanders, ind have to ~o through oilier division comrnandcrs to relay tI'e &ignals. So tiicy1re
bcin~ tequi:;6 to~o around in C&rclCSa rather than dir~ttly.

                 ~u `til us w1~at, ~ tnythin'g~ ~ou'ic doing to encourate Iraqi `toops to surrender?
)  Aud ftollowu~£ that, can you tell us if yoLI have had any n~ws at all of the nmizsin£ C8S news
         Sebwnnkopf: Thrst of all, `?t'Ve ~ot an aciive psycbologlcal warfare program goin~. What
   `we're basically telUng t)~cm is irthey stay wherc they art and fight, thcy~~ probably ~oin£ to bc
   inaitned ~ ~et tilled; and If they eome over here, thcy'rt going to bc trcated `te,y weU1 and tlocy'll
   live and get to go home. That's basically the wc£~ge wc'rc sending them.

mC tecond ~uc£t1on was~

     ~: Nave you heard fr~mtheCDScn~w?
     S~iw~f~ No, ~ f~tttl iteft ~ehIcle, and then we ~ot tIme very best trackers we 6d1 and
,ft had those tracker£ follow their tracks, and their tratk~ `went )flt0 Kuwait. and or course Ibat1s as
far as wc co~ld go. Wc'tt very concetned ab6~ii t1~ein. I `we a!c~tc~i all my so:nnim*deni We're all on
ibe lookoin ~m thein, but that's about the liesi infc~matitm I can ~ivt you a: tha's time.

     Q: How a~ you getting the message to the Iraqi troops that they stay and they die, Or they
can ~tj~nder and ~ treated well?
     Schwarikopf: I0d rather not answer tl)at questioll, thank you

             ~fl'ree days a~o you gave us a brie~ing on the military effort to take Out those manifolds
    at the Alomadi oil field;; you talked about the air sLrikes that went in. A Washington newspapcr ran a
 -  story saying that the Navy SEALs were ready and willing 10 go in and do that job, but that you told
 )  thein no. 1£ that true?
          Schwaukopf; Nonnally iii response to a quesuon like that I would say that report contains
    some inacegracies. Nowever, reverting to my old styic, I would dcsc~ibc that report as bo~'ine

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