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Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 900 to FCO (2350Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: discussion among the Five") ["heat appeared to have gone out of the immediate crisis with the fixing of a new and higher OPEC oil price... [but] the question of the border could cause further problems... implications for relations between Iran and Iraq"] [declassified Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3073 f9
Editorial comments:

2350. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3073.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91), Energy