April 4, 1991

Iraq does not formally respond to 4/3 UN Sec. Council cease-fire resolution, but Baghdad's newspapers roundly condemn it, calling it an American plan to control the world [MEM 4/4; NYT 4/5].

Japanese P.M. Kaifu meets in California with Pres. Bush, later complains that his country's Gulf war efforts 'have not been fully understood or appreciated" in the U.S. [WP 4/5].