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Gulf War: FCO telegram 400 to UKMIS New York (1703Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["We should like you to raise Iraq/Kuwait at your lunch on 30 July... it is in fact the absence of progress on [Middle East issues] that has given Saddam Hussein the chance to inflate his position"] [declassified Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3073 f13
Editorial comments:

1703. 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: Media, 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, Trade