THACTHER GIVES KUWAIT A RAP ON THE KNUCKLES.

The article reports that the British government has ordered Kuwaiti Investment Office (KIO) to reduce its stake in British Petroleum Co. PLC to 9.9 percent within 1988. The British Mergers and Monopolies Commission ruled that the Kuwaiti holding threatened a public interest, mostly because KIO is owned by a government that is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.