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Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait": Douglas Hurd, Gerald Kaufman) ["legal basis... [but] to attack Iraqi forces in Kuwait... would be a caastrophic error"] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3077 f147
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Judiciary, Parliament, Labour Party & socialism, British relations with the US, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)