VOL. XXXIV

NO. 39

1 JULY 1991

Kuwait

Main Shipping Lanes to Kuwait Open by 30 July, Say US Naval Command

Rear Admiral Raynor Taylor, US Naval Commander in the Gulf, said on 20 Junethat the main shipping lanes to Kuwait will be cleared by 30 July. He said theallied naval force would begin making the Kuwaiti coast safe for small boatsduring September. "Our primary goals have been to clear the channelswhich facilitate commerce into Kuwait. All the nations involved have done aspectacular job of...