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Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("the Gulf and Soviet Domestic Politics") ["possibility that Soviet hardliners might use hostilities in the Gulf as a cover for a crack-down on one of their Soviet Republics"] [declassified Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3441 f287
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Middle East), Media, Defence (general), Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)