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Gulf War: Cecil Parkinson minute for MT ("Evacuation of Women and Children from Iraq and Kuwait") ["overriding concern must be to get as many of the women and children out of Kuwait as we can as quickly as possible. ... we must accept the cost now"] [declassified Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3080 f233
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Foreign policy (Middle East), Transport, Defence (general), Civil liberties, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)