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Gulf War: Cradock minute for Charles Powell ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") ["this agenda would raise problems for me" - need to be able to "cover the issue in broad terms" to encourage US to think through options more clearly] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3084 f143
Editorial comments:

Sir Percy Cradock was MT's Foreign Affairs Advisor and Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3084. Charles Powell's minute, to which this document replies, can be read here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Middle East), Defence (general), Security services & intelligence, British relations with the US, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)