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PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“British Community in Kuwait”) [fears they will be used as human shields for industrial/military sites in Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Possible detention of British community in Kuwait”) [40 civilian buses concentrated at Baghdad Central Railway Station this evening] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1004 to FCO (2300Z) (“Kuwait/Iraq: Secretary-General's Statements”) ['clarification' issued on question of a blockade] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Kuwait/Iraq: future of British Community”) [Iraqis forcing British and US nationals to central locations] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Doha telegram to FCO (“Visit of Minister for Defence Procurement: 15-16 August”) ["Objectives achieved. Much reassured by Minister's visit as personal emissary"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait: Rules of Engagement”) [FCO has no comment on revised concept of operations for Armilla patrol] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Foreign Secretary's telephone conversation with the Dutch Foreign Minister”) [WEU meeting in Paris on Tuesday to discuss Gulf crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Amir of Qatar letter to MT (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) [gratitude for support; permission to use facilities at Doha] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Shaikh Sabah of Kuwait) ["was the operation only for the defence of Saudi Arabia or was it also to free Kuwait?"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Bob Gates-No.10) ["Iraq/Kuwait: President Bush's Meeting with King Hussein and Prince Saud"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT (Bob Gates-No.10 conversation) ["Bob Gates was quite receptive to the suggestion of a UN plane or convoy to get western citizens out"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary minute for No.10 ("Gulf Situation: Handling Arrangements") [present arrangements; possible meeting of OD(G) next week] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chief Secretary to the Treasury minute for MT ("The Gulf Crisis: Jordan") [concern that costs of helping Jordan meet cost of imposing sanctions "must be kept within bounds"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney-General letter to FCO (trade embargo) [glad at withdrawal of FCO reference to legal justification as "sketchy in the absence of a SCR authorising enforcement action of that kind"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["potentially worrying development" - British nationals instructed to gather in one location] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 16 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Waldegrave press briefing (Iraq/Kuwait) [British nationals instructed to gather in one location]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (“Operation Granby Intelligence Sitrep as at 160600Z Aug 90”) [Iraqi offensive into Saudi Arabia "unlikely in the short-term"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 007/Aug EFDT 171800Z”) [enemy improving its defensive posture inside Kuwait] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Department of Transport ("Aviation Security”) [hopes that air traffic control authorities route aircraft well away from danger zones] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Department of Transport letter to MOD (“Iraq/Kuwait: Oil Embargo") ["little my Secretary of State could add"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Jeffrey Sterling, Raphael Ricanate and No.10 official) ["Iraq/Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney-General's Office letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: oil embargo") [draft ROE agreed] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["a few points of interest from this morning's telegrams"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd minute for MT ('Iran') ["action we are taking to establish early contacts with the Iranians"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Internment”) [Iraqi speaker says nationals of Western countries intending aggression against Iraq are to be interned] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Communities”) [British detainees moved to a military installation] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (“Operation Granby General Sitrep Eight”) [Iraqi offensive into Saudi Arabia not "likely in the immediate future"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 008/Aug EFDT 181800Z”) ["the more pessimistic view from JHQ" - new Iraqi army dispositions give "option to attack [Saudi Arabia] at very short notice"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute ("Foreign Office press line”) [preventing foreign citizens leaving "is illegal ... the tactic of the outlaw down the ages"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: statement by Soviet leadership, 17 August”) [Gorbachev's first statement on crisis, condemns Iraq and fears chain reaction] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Foreign Secretary) ["Iraq" - Hurd briefing MT on his conversation with US Secretary of State] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq") [latest information on detention of foreign nationals] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1026 to FCO (0515Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Foreign Communities”) [text of SCR664] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Nationals in Kuwait and Iraq”) [protest to Iraqi authorities] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Nationals in Kuwait”) [list of 81 British citizens taken from hotel] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1034 to FCO (1800Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Next Steps”) [text of US pre-working paper circulated at meeting of the five on 19 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 009/Aug EFDT 191800Z”) [Iraqi army's defensive posture inside Kuwait, immediate offensive against Saudi Arabia unlikely] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (“Operation Granby Intelligence Sitrep as at 190600Z Aug 90”) [Iraqi forces still defensively deployed in Kuwait, "though with an increased capacity to carry out a short warning limited strike"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: COP COREU telegram to all COREU (“Situation in Kuwait”) [movement of British nationals out of hotels by Iraqis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (Armilla patrol) [detailed implementation of new ROEs to include enforcement of UN embargo] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Saudi oil production”) [Saudis confirm wish for OPEC meeting; first public statement of Saudi intention to increase production] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Attorney-General) [Rules of Engagement] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq: Progress Report") ["main developments since we last spoke"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Gulf editorials") [generally backing firm military response] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King Hussein letter to FCO (Iraq/Kuwait) [her two messages to him - "their tone was unworthy of you my friend"; hopes to meet soon] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Alan Clark minute for MT ("Qatar - Bahrain - Abu Dhabi - Dubai Emirates") [meetings with Gulf rulers as MT's emissary - UK objectives achieved; attaches meeting notes] [declassified Jul 2017]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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