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Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Saudi assistance to states affected by embargo and to costs of US forces") ["greater degree of Saudi munificence... than had been assumed when Baker made his pitch here"; UK looking to US to set precedent for ironing out bureaucracy problems with Saudi funding of fuel, water and in-country transport costs for military forces] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3081 f3
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Energy, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Defence (general), British relations with the US, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)