WHILE THE GUNS ARE SILENT IN THE GULF, MONEY TALKS.

Presents information on some recent socio-political developments in the Middle East . Information that a multinational body, known as the Gulf Crisis Financial Coordination Group, has already paid out $3 billion of $13 billion pledged to recompense states such as Egypt, Turkey, and Syria; Report that countries that have not lined up against Iraq are getting stifled by the Saudis; Information that Jordan has lost its export markets in Iraq and Kuwait, and 200,000 Jordanians have returned from Kuwait, swamping schools and services; Opinion that the main U.S. aim in the gulf is to help stabilize the Middle East.