January 21, 1999

			SAUDI ARABIA BEGINS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS TO MARK KING ABDUL AZIZ'S ENTRY INTO RIYADH. TRUE, UNIFYING ACHIEVEMENT THAT FOUNDED THE KINGDOM ON BASES OF FAITH AND CIVILISATION.   EDITORIAL: "ON WHOSE BEHALF IS THIS NOTORIOUS REGIME ACTING?"     THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND HIS CROWN PRINCE IN THE EID MESSAGE TO THE MUSLIMS: SAUDI ARABIA IS COMMITTED TO ARAB AND ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY AND REJECTS ALL THAT SEEK TO UNDERMINE ITS SOVEREIGNTY.   INSTRUCTIONS FROM PRINCE SULTAN TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS. PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ GIVES HALF A MILLION RIYALS SUPPORT TO THE ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANISATION.   "THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE REGION IS BY SETTING UP A NEW GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD. "WE SUPPORT THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO LIFT THE EMBARGO, AS LONG AS SADDAM HUSSEIN IS NOT GIVEN THE POWER OVER EXPORT REVENUES OR INFLUENCE OVER IMPORTS. "THE DECLARATION OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD ON MAY 4 WOULD OPEN THE DOORS TO A CATASTROPHE."   UPON HIS RETURN FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT ABROAD, KING HUSSEIN SAYS THAT IMPORTANT DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AFTER A PERIOD OF STUDY. KING HUSSEIN THANKS THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCE SULTAN FOR THEIR CONSTANT CONCERN. FOLLOWING THE KIDNAPPING OF FOUR DUTCH CITIZENS AND TWO BRITONS NEAR SA'ADA, BRITAIN HAS CALLED UPON ITS CITIZENS TO LEAVE YEMEN AND TRAVEL COMPANIES CANCEL ALL TRIPS. YEMENI SOURCES DISMISS ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INCIDENT DURING WHICH 16 TOURISTS WERE KIDNAPPED. IRAN GOES THROUGH POLITICAL STRUGGLE THAT THREATENS CIVIL WAR. KHAMENEI'S SUCCESS IN FOILING ATTEMPT TO BRING DOWN KHATEMI GIVES ONLY TEMPORARY RESPITE. SERIES OF ORGANISED ASSASSINATIONS CARRIES ON AND PLANNERS STILL IN A STRONG POSITION. A BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: SADDAM WILL NOT BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO THREATEN AGAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBOURS. SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE REGIME, FROM THE GUARD AND THE BAATH PARTY, LOSE THEIR TRUST IN SADDAM HUSSEIN'S ABILITY.