Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Gulf War: No.10 record of phone conversation (MT, President Bush) [Bush "agreed that the key calculation was whether we had the luxury of giving sanctions time to work"; disagreement over reprovisioning Embassies in Kuwait and necessity of a further 'provocation' to justify use of force] [declassified Jul 2017]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Venue: | No.10 Downing Street |
| Source: | PREM19/3084 f143 |
| Editorial comments: | 1830 onwards, ending c1910. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3084. |
| Importance ranking: | Key |
| Word count: | 6pp |
| Themes: | Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Security services & intelligence, MT contacts with George Bush Sr, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, MT's meetings as PM, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91) |
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