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PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: King Hussein's visit to Baghdad: 5/6 September") ["likely to continue with his diplomatic efforts to promote a solution... had spoken very frankly to Saddam... there was no choice... if it came to a war, Iraq would be defeated"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Doha telegram to FCO (Prime Minister's speech in the House of Commons Debate) [Emir of Qatar offers congratulations and support] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Visit of Secretary Baker") ["Saudis insist that assistance already being given by them equals, and possibly exceeds, that requested by Baker"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Michael Portillo (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf Comment, Economy, Law and order) [clear message to Hussein to get out of Kuwait] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Michael Portillo ("Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report for 1989-90") [should minimise the numbre of changes] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French Press Reaction to ECOFIN") ["certain sourness at what is seen as growing support for the cautious British approach"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Informal ECOFIN, Rome 8 September: Italian Press Comment") [outcome seen as substantial setback for those seeking rapid implementation of Delors plan] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Mellor ("1990 Public Expenditure: Arts and Libraries") [proposals are unrealistic and unacceptable] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("PES: Arts and Libraries") [does MT want to get involved in dispute between Lamont and Mellor] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Andrew Turnbull minute to Waddington PS ("Satellite Television") [providers of satellite television competition with cable licensees] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Polish Ambassador (her Aspen speech: the future of Europe) [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Rome ("Informal ECOFIN") [UK proposals for stage 2 welcomed; disagreements on the pace of transition to single currency] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd minute to MT ("Gulf: future force levels") ["If Saddam Hussein is to be persuaded to withdraw, we have to keep building up the pressure... We are likely to come under pressure on costs"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Embassy of Israel press release ("Reply by the Ambassador of Israel to questions asked regarding Minister of State FCO Mr W Waldegrave's remarks concerning Israel and the Arab-Israel conflict during the House of Commons special session on the Kuwait crisis (6-7 September 1990)") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell note for MT ("Gulf crisis") [overnight telegrams, especially Baker's debriefing of NATO on Helsinki Summit; "Our European allies do not come out too well"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Robert Hayward MP (meeting with the Prime Minister) [scheduling] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Gulf: meeting with Ministers") [Helsinki summit; sanctions; Emir of Kuwait; aid; additional forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence record of conversation ("Force deployment to the Gulf") [Air Vice Marshal Wilson, General Schwarzkopf] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Peter Lilley PS letter to No.10 (Turkish barriers to EC textile exports) [Lilley looking for 'quid pro quo' deal with Turkey] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King PS letter to No.10 (temporary deployment of Royal Navy patrol craft to Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs)) ["in the light of the increased terrorist theat to the SBAs from pro-Iraqi/Libyan terrorist groups"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King minute to MT ("Options for ground force reinforcements to Saudi Arabia") ["if we are just thinking about the political impact... there is no doubt that tanks play very well. But if it came to a conflict and the Challenger did not perform, the down-side risk would be very much greater than with artillery"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Yemen/Saudi Border") [Prince Bandar request for papers] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cradock minute to Powell ("Resupply of our Kuwait Embassy") [use of Special Operations] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's meeting with Baker: Gulf") [Hurd, US Secretary of State] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1228 to FCO (2105Z) ("Humanitarian assistance to refugees") [UK Ambassador to the UN, UN Secretary General] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1222 to FCO (0330Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council action") ["Americans... for a further Security Resolution... tightening the screw against Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Powell minute for MT ("Meeting with Signor Andreotti") ["in case of necessity" asks MT to give him lunch at Chequers on 20 Oct; she agrees] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [release of key economic data; ECOFIN discussion on single currency; possible ERM entry dates] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Informal ECOFIN") [German press highlights differences over timing of stage two and favours cautious approach] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Griffiths briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor: ERM") [comments by press and analysts support her position of delaying entry] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Possible Dates for ERM Membership") [reviews dates between Oct and end of year] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [release of key economic data; ECOFIN; possible ERM entry dates (Major will press for 5 Oct)] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Turkish Satellite Communication System") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 628 to FCO (1026Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: International Organisation for Migration") ["IOM pleased by response so far to their appeal for funds to transport evacuees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) MT: Charles Powell to Ronnie Millar (speech to Czech Federal Assembly) [please amend & embellish]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chairman of HM Customs & Excise letter to Peter Lilley ("Iraq/Kuwait sanctions: enforcement and co-ordination") ["critical that we should receive the earliest possible intelligence and be consulted quickly"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Gulf crisis: Morocco") ["account of the meeting [of] Maghreb Foreign Ministers on 2 September": search for a peaceful solution] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation ("Gulf crisis: Israel") [Charles Powell, Benjamin Netanyahu] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Additional British forces for the Gulf") [meeting to discuss MT concerns about reliability of Challenger tank] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait: Tunisian proposals") ["an "Arab solution"... unacceptable in many respects"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Meetings on the Gulf") [MT asked to approve less frequent meetings of Cabinet Office Group "Now that we may be entering the long haul"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2218 to FCO (2237Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Iranian statement") ["[US] sceptical about an Iran/Iraq oil deal, and inclined to play down the Khameini statement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: discussion at Foreign Ministers' Dinner") ["Dumas and Shevardnadze think sanctions will have their effect... in two months... [Hurd], Baker and Genscher less sanguine"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman record of conversation ("Message from the Prime Minister") [UK Ambassador, King Hussein: "The King has made no secret... of his opposition to foreign intervention"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2205 to FCO (0545Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: President's address to Congress") ["A confident and determined address... determination to do whatever may be necessary to reverse Iraq's invasion of Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf Comment, Economy, Countryside) [Bush tells Congress that Hussein will fall] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [MT concern over invisibles and the RPI; ECOFIN; possible dates for ERM entry] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (Treasury paper on hard ecu) [Chancellor has made it available to Parliamentary Select Committees and other interested parties] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Turkish President Ozal letter for MT (commercial investigation of Polly Peck International in the UK) [Greek Cypriot campaign against the company] [declassified Dec 2017]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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