Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2028 to FCO (2330Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: contingency planning") ["American policy... Offensive military action... still considered a worst-case scenario... integrity of Kuwait [need not] necessarily entail.... downfall of Saddam Hussein... mainly a metaphor for the free flow of oil... it was the British on whom the Americans could rely"] [declassified Jul 2017]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/3077 f24 |
| Editorial comments: | 2330Z. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3077. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 5pp |
| Themes: | Trade, Energy, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91) |
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