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Bush orders officials to keep war plans on schedule

Gorbachev has 36 hrs to persuade Iraq: Le Monde
WASHINGTON. Feb IS: President George Bush has received a peace proposal made by Soviet President Mikhail Gorvachev to Iraq but has ordered US military officials to keep their war plans on schedule . a White House spokesman said op Monday night. reports Reuter
President Bush appreciates having received a summary account from President Mikhail Gorbachev of his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz, spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said In a statement.
The Soviets have asked that we treat the substance of this account as confidential, thus we will not comment further on it" Fitzwater said.
‘Our military campaign remains on schedule." he said.
Gorvachev. in an eleventhhour bid to avert major ground war In the Gulf, has reportedly called for Baghdad a unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait but pledged to keep Iraq Intact afterward. Kremlin officials said they expected a response by Iraqi without delay.
Bush and other US officials went out of their way to down play expectations that a diplo matte breakthrough was in the maklnc
Bush and his national security experts met into the night on Monday assessing the plan, which has drawn to official response from Baghdad
When Bush arrived at the White House . he turned aside any comment about the Soviet proposal, telling reporters. "We re going to talk about right now."
In exchange for a total withdrawal from Kuwait, the Soviet offer reportedly 1 promised that Moscow would work to preserve Iraq's national borders. oppose punitive measures against Iraqi Pres! dent Saddam Hussein. and attempt to resolve the Palestinian problem and other regional issues.
A Parts report says : Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has 24 to 36 hours to persuade Iraq to pull out of Kuwait, the Paris dally Le Monde quoted informed French source* as saying Monday, reports Reuter.
The newspaper quoted the sources as saying Gorbachev, who presented a peace plan to Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz on Monday had earlier sought 10 days from the US-led coalition to secure a peace ful Iraqi withdrawal and avert a land war.
Aziz headed back to Hagh dad with the Soviet plan and Soviet officials said Gorbachev was expecting reply, without delay Le Monde said: "Gorvachev has 24 hours - 3t> at the very most - to succeed in his mediation between Baghdad and Washington".
It quoted its source* a* saying that the only chance to avoid a land war would be for Iraq to drop all conditions and make a significant withdrawal Immediately after a ceasefire was agreed
The ceasefire allowed would be 'very brief -- In the order of a few hours",
Le Monde said the French government was not very op timtstic about Baghdad accept Ing such conditions but there was no other possibility of end Ing the war.
Gorvachev and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dis cussed the Soviet plan on Monday The German newspa per Bild said it Included four main points.