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PDF 90 Aug 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Further UK Paper on the Hard ECU") [draft for submission to Monetary Committee in advance of informal ECOFIN; CDP: "Rather a good paper"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram U/N to FCO (0557Z) ("Soviet Request for British Financial Assistance") [advice on response] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Lamont PS letter to Hurd PS ("Political Aid") [MT's consent to proceed; unresolved issues] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 11 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: MT letter to Mark Lennox-Boyd (leaving No.10) ["you saw me through my most difficult time here"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 11 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Gulf, etc: MT letter to Sir James Miskin (retirement) ["I view any prospect of retirement with distinct alarm"] [released Feb 2020]
Info only 90 Aug 12 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] Saddam Hussein proposes "peace initiative" linking Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to Israeli withdrawal from Occupied Territories and Lebanon
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1911 to FCO (0248Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: US policy”) ["wide-ranging meeting with [Robert] Kimmitt"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1912 to FCO (0248Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: public comments by Administration officials”) [US making defensive deployments at Saudi request] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO & Ministry of Defence (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT asks four questions - blockade, propaganda, hot pursuit, chemical weapons] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Lord President's Office letter to Chief Whip's Office (“Recall of Parliament: Letter from Mr Wallace”) [consult Liberal Democrats in order to forestall public discussion of whether or not Parliament need be recalled] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney-General's Office letter to Ministry of Defence (“Iraq/Kuwait: Oil Embargo”) [Attorney-General's advice] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: message to Gorbachev and Soviet attitude”) [no longer critical of US deployment to Saudi Arabia] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Kuwaiti request for international assistance”) [legal basis for interdiction of shipping] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to President Mubarak of Egypt (admiration & thanks) [his strength and diplomatic skills in handling the Kuwait crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait: US Demarche”) [on setting up of Multinational Naval Force at Kuwaiti request] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [answers to MT questions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Dutch contribution to Gulf force”) ["Dutch government to send two frigates to Gulf"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [American account of Kelly visit] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO (“Jordan and sanctions”) [aside from export licenses, none yet being applied by Jordan to Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Operation Granby”) ["D[efence] A[ttache] meeting with Admiral Lanxade - military adviser to President Mitterrand] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Kuwait/Iraq: Sitrep 131600Z”) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [smaller Gulf states "a bit miffed" no British military assets offered them; send minister quickly to reassure them] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (message from Tom King) ["furious about Alan Clark going to the Gulf, thinks it all wrong and wants to talk to you urgently"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1915 to FCO (2225Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Rules of Engagement”) [need to align British rules of engagement with Saudi/US ones] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 978 to FCO (2230Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council consultations”) ["considerable feeling ... that military action should only be taken if sanctions were shown not to work"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence paper ("Armilla: concept of operations") [enforcing sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: British Defence Staff Washington telegram to MOD (0044Z) (“Arms sales to Saudi Arabia”) [conversation with Prince Bandar] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1828 to FCO (0115Z) (“Bush Press Conference”) [forthcoming visit to Washington by King Hussein] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO telegram 1419 to UKE Washington (2030Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait/Jordan”) [points for US to make to King Hussein on Aqaba and sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (“Minister (DP's) visit to the Gulf”) [MT's instructions for Clark's flying visit to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT wants minister to visit smaller Gulf states immediately] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“The Brutality of the Iraqi Regime under Saddam Hussein”) ["material for propaganda against Saddam Hussein"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Transport Minister Roger Freeman letter to FCO (“Aviation Security”) [precautionary actions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT 'incensed' by "the slur carried by the BBC World Service", that UK diplomats in Kuwait fled before the invasion; FCO should demand apology] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Press Pools”) [MT agrees to allow occasional small press pools to visit UK forces in Gulf, provided under better control than during the Falklands] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (dispute over Tornado Rules of Engagement) [MT hopes it will be resolved tomorrow so aircraft can patrol; would be damaging if it became public] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (dispute over Tornado Rules of Engagement) ["acute dilemma" over Saudi ROEs] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO internal minute (“Examples of Iraqi Brutality, 1968-1990") [list from sources to hand, not secret; "far from exhaustive"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (Armilla patrol) ["revised concept of operations"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Amir of Bahrain letter to MT (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) ["The UK's continued support and assistance to Bahrain is most welcome and deeply appreciated at the current time"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKA Jedda telegram to FCO (“Rules of Engagement”) [RAF Air Vice Marshal recommends accepting US/Saudi ROE] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Exfiltration from Kuwait”) [two British journalists reached Riyadh, crossed from Kuwait last night] [unclassified; released Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO (“Political situation in Jordan”) ["The King's attempt to balance support for Saddam against his UN obligations is not sustainable for very long"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell calls General Scowcroft) ["to convey our concern about the use of the port of Aqaba to evade sanctions against Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian response to Gulf crisis”) [despatch of two frigates and a supply ship] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to Private Office colleagues (handling Gulf business in his absence) [JIC morning briefing to be faxed to MT c1030; Waldegrave chairs coordination meeting at 1100] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Croskery”) [Iraqi military apparently cooperating in search for body of British national they shot] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Bahrain telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Bahrain”) [Alan Clark conversation with Amir & Crown Prince, demanding some British deployment] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [counter-propaganda against Iraq​​​​​​​ - MT "hopes very much we can have something ready by the end of the week"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [MT's personal interest in chasing up countries preparing to evade sanctions against Iraq - South Africa, Jordan, Hungary, Malaysia] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("New Burdens on Local Government") [additional demands on local government should be kept to a minimum] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Ian Gow: MT letter to Father Wymes (funeral service) ["deeply moving, and a fitting tribute"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("1990 Public Expenditure Survey") [need for confidentiality of correspondence on survey] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Chairman Ryzhkov (UK/Soviet economic relations) [interim reply to Soviet request for long-term financial assistance] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1930 to FCO (0120Z) (“Visit to Washington of King Hussein”) [US Administration keen to help financially, but King must show he is serious about implementing UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1933 to FCO (2108Z) (“Shaikh Sabah in Washington”) [expresses thanks to President; urged to maintain high profile and aid countries bearing brunt of UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1936 to FCO (2310Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait/Jordan”) [US receiving British views on Aqaba and King Hussein in advance of his visit to Washington] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1955 to FCO (2358Z) (“President Bush's meeting with King Hussein: 16 August”) [US encouraged, "difficulties remain but relations partly repaired"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait”) ['tolerable' BBC response to Waldegrave complaint to World Service report that UKE Kuwait evacuated key staff in early stages of invasion] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iran/Iraq: peace agreement”) ["preliminary assessment" - "no net benefit for Iraq" from 8 years of war] [declassified Jul 2017]
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 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: ?State Department briefing ("Contingencies in Jordan") [working to bring King Hussein into compliance with sanctions against Iraq] [declassified Dec 2022]
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 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Department of Environment letter to County Councils ("Community Charge Bill") [to be made clearer] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Lilley PS minute to Waddington PS ("Broadcasting Bill: Quality Threshold") [government concessions] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: DTI letter for Powell (The Bodrum Airport project) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Morris ("Soviet Balance of Payments: Crisis Point") [report that Soviet Bank for Foreign Trade on verge of suspending all import and debt service payments] [released Jul 2018]
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]
Info only 90 Aug 18 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 664 condemns Iraqi actions against foreign communities in Kuwait and Iraq
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 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Lilley minute to David Waddington ("IBA Transmission Privatisation: Economic Regulation") [regulation for Channel 5 sites, masts] [declassified Dec 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]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1043 to FCO (2020Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft SCR emerging from meeting of the Five on 20 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1042 to FCO (2019Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [Chinese & Russian positions; press leaks] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1981 to FCO (1740Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: President Bush's speech of 20 August") ["calls foreigners detained in Iraq/Kuwait hostages... emphasises America's determination with her allies to resist aggression"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1983 to FCO (2109Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: US policy") [Bush's early return to Washington does not presage change in policy, which "remains as before: readiness for the long haul, in terms of both economic sanctions and defensive military build-up"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: US Defence Secretary's press conference in Dhahran") [defines mission of US forces in Saudi Arabia] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Foreign communities: French reaction") ["French use tougher language... but unclear whether this reflects new rules of engagement... 27 French nationals in Kuwait and Iraq have been taken away to an unknown destination"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MoDUK telegram to Army Intelligence units ("Operation Granby General Sitrep Ten 20 Aug 1990") [foreign nationals in Iraq & Kuwait; US forces; Royal Navy operations] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Community size") [revised down estimate of numbers of British passport holders remaining in Kuwait - 2200 plus 500 Commonwealth and Irish] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Saddam's peace initiative") [proposals have "little to commend them [but] ... should not... be totally dismissive... in order to avoid provoking Saddam unnecessarily... clearly believes that he can use foreign hostages as a lever to break... resolve on sanctions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Your visit to the Middle East") ["King Hussein welcomes your proposed visit... still preoccupied with mediation: not focussed on sanctions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Jordan's refugee problem") ["Refugees are crossing in large numbers... face severe problems at the frontier. ICRC not yet in action... worth making the offer [of help]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") ["Yemeni forces on maximum alert... US wanted broadest international support"; foreign nationals; enforcing sanctions; Soviet views; Iran; Yugoslavia; terrorism; Syria] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia (rules of engagement for British Tornado aircraft in Saudi Arabia) ["glad to reassure you that there are no inconsistencies between our Rules and those applied by the Americans"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Omani Ambassador letter to No.10 (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs meeting with the Prime Minister) [request for an appointment; arranged for tomorrow] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 note to MT (meeting tomorrow with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia) [has requested meeting with MT & intelligence briefing] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Tom King PS ("Iraq/Kuwait: additional aircraft") [MT approves] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (Amir of Qatar's reply to the Prime Minister relayed by Alan Clark) [No.10 request for draft reply] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King, Patrick Mayhew, Alan Clark, Percy Cradock, Len Appleyard) [sanctions: rules of engagement; refugees in Jordan; MT message to President Bush; deployment of forces to Arab states; psychological warfare] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Ad hoc Group on the Gulf") [FCO - UN resolution on enforcement of embargo; British citizens in Kuwait; MOD - additional aircraft; Jordan, terrorism, press pools] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Tony Newton PS letter to No.10 ("Daily Star article - "Iraquis get the dole"") ["factually incorrect"; clarification at MT's request] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Tom King PS letter to No.10 ("Armilla patrol: enforcement action") ["requested clarification on the circumstances in which and extent to which Armilla ships mights use force to stop sanction breaking ships"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd minute to MT ("The Gulf crisis: Jordan") ["King Hussein has given a commitment to President Bush that Jordan will enforce UN sanctions... [but this] would produce a major economic crisis in Jordan"; possible responses] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Message for King Hussein") [diplomatic rift; Hurd visit to Jordan] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT message to King Hussein of Jordan ("Iraq/Kuwait: message for King Hussein") [Hussein's visit to US/talks with Bush; financial aid to support enforcement of UN sanctions; "I should be happy to meet at any time convenient to you ... vital that Britain and Jordan maintain the closest possible contact"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell telegram to General Scowcroft (request for secure line talk) [in next 2-3 days, "some points" which MT "has asked me to raise"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd press conference (Iraq-Kuwait crisis) [British nationals; purpose of allied deployment; possibility of war; UN resolution on enforcement of trade embargo; British officials in Kuwait] [unclassified; released Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1037 to FCO (0005Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft SCR emerging from meeting of the Five on 19 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to UN Secretary-General (Houston Summit) [policy towards developing countries] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (1316-1326Z) (President Bush-MT) [updating - situation at UN, necessity of acting to stop ships, if necessary under Article 51] [declassified Jun 2013]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (President Bush-Mitterrand) [progress at UN; enforcing embargo; hostages] [declassified Aug 2000]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Canadian Foreign Secretary Clark letter for Hurd (Ankara subway system) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: National Security Directive 45 (defines US policy to Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) [declassified 1996]
PDF 90 Aug 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) Gulf War: National Security Directive 45 ("US policy in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait") [declassified Aug 2011]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Sir Percy Cradock, Prince Bandar) [intelligence briefing: "in [Bandar's] view the situation had now reached a point of no return. Recovery of Kuwait by itself was not enough. Unless Saddam was ousted, the region would remain threatened by Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1048 to FCO (0635Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft text of latest resolution - No.10 concerned that "it applies only to interdiction at sea"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1051 to FCO (1800Z) ("Iraqi tanker") ["people in Washington had now calmed down and appreciated the need to proceed carefully with as wide support in the Council as possible"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1058 to FCO (2345Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [MT critical of proposals: "We [would] be giving up existing powers"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS Geneva telegram 576 to FCO (1544Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Mr Waldegrave's visit to Geneva: call on Sommaruga (ICRC)") ["...[ICRC] would not allow legalistic difficulties to prevent their operating [in Kuwait & Iraq] but... could do nothing without Iraqi agreement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1992 to FCO (0045Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: foreign nationals") [US position] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1993 to FCO (0055Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: the US domestic dimension") ["Most Americans remain confused and uncertain about their country's involvement in the Middle East... [but] support the President's handling of the crisis"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1994 to FCO (1350Z) ("Iraqi tanker") ["US... determined to obtain a resolution today... but if [not] they will... not stop tanker... would test Yemeni assurances... [and] provide solid evidence of sanctions evasion"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1997 to FCO (1700Z) ("Yemen and Iraqi tanker") ["The future of US/Yemeni bilateral relations would depend on Yemen adhering to that undertaking [not to break sanctions]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2003 to FCO (2159Z) ("Gulf crisis: Jordan") ["US actively considering immediate economic assistance... will continue to hold Jordan to full implementation of UN sanctions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's meeting with French foreign minister: 21 August: WEU meeting") [Hurd, Roland Dumas: Allied strategy] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("WEU Ministerial meeting, Paris, 21 August") ["Good meeting... includes decision... on close coordination of operations in the Gulf region"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("WEU Ministerial meeting (Paris 21 August 1990)") [statement condemning invasion of Kuwait, and endorsing UN resolutions and embargo of Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Mitterrand press conference") ["France... toughening its attitude towards Iraq... embargo needed to be properly enforced"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Interceptions with Iraqi tanker: my telecons with Boyce (Emergency Unit)") ["Americans have been authorised to enter Omani territorial waters"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Visit of Vice-Chief of Defence Staff") [Japanese assistance; Yemeni policy; meeting with Dick Cheney; media strategy; terrorism; Iran; India; UK cooperation] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's speech to officers in Odessa, 17 August") ["no longer seen by the Soviet people as the man calling the shots... that said, the speech deserves attention"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's speech, 17 August: foreign and defence aspects") ["Robust defence of Soviet external policy in the face of criticism and old thinking from some of the military"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Soviet round-up, 21 August") [Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister talks with Shevardnadze] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Kuwait resistance movement") ["evolving... successful small scale attacks... less than unanimous support for return to the status quo ante"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (EC nationals) [all "except the British and French (and possibly the Germans ....) are now free to leave Iraq and Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Future of embassies") [MT alarmed by proposed softening of UK stance and apparent weakening of EC solidarity] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Detained British citizens") ["Our present understanding of the location of British detainees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Foreigners in Iraq") ["sites where the Iraqis appear to be considering housing Western detainees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("FRG military reaction to Gulf crisis") ["participation in the present Gulf crisis seems most unlikely"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Economic sanctions") ["Iraqis begin to institute rationing. Problems over supply of food possibly greater than we had earlier thought"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Gulf crisis") [attaches "main overnight telegrams... UN Security Council broke at 0230 without result. The Americans are particularly fidgety about an Iraqi tanker in the Gulf of Oman"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to Ingham (Gulf crisis) [ "I think we shall want opportunities for the Prime Minister to speak out publicly"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute to Ingham (pool facilities for British journalists) [ MT "reservations about being too generous with facilities for the press, in the light of experience during the Falklands campaign"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell-General Scowcroft) ["It is rather hard to believe that the Americans have not taken their thinking on military options further... But I think this is probably as much as we can get for now from General Scowcroft" ] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("The Gulf Crisis: Jordan") [international aid to mitigate impact of implementing sanctions against Iraq - MT believes "Europe should be ready to give a lead"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patrick Mayhew, Alan Clark, Lynda Chalker, Percy Cradock) ["Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patrick Mayhew, Alan Clark, Lynda Chalker, Percy Cradock) ["Iraq/Kuwait": OECD discussion on implementation of sanctions; role of ICRC; aid for Jordan; British citizens; rules of engagement; RAF; military & civil air training for Iraqis; sanctions-busting] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Vassiliou of Cyprus) ["Iraq/Kuwait": phone conversation: "[UK/US] should attack Iraq... [or else] a negative attitude towards [ongoing presence of] US forces would develop... among the Arab masses"; do not overestimate Iraqi army] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs) [Iran - Rafsanjani seeking improved relations with the West; Yemen; hostages; long-term strategy post-Gulf crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia) [CDP: "unusually overwrote and elated and did not invariably make sense"; Bandar: "The joint conclusion of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria was that Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to get away with the invasion and occupation of Kuwait. ... the bottom line was that Saddam Hussein must be removed"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["counter-propaganda against Iraq"; CDP - "The task is to get on and DO it"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait: call by Soviet Ambassador, 21 August") [Hurd meeting with Zamyatin - account of Shevardnadze talks with Iraqi Deputy PM; WEU meeting in Paris; sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of phone conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait: Secretary of State's telephone conversation with Secretary Baker") [discussion of various issues including need for further Security Council resolution before enforcing embargo, and future of embassies in Kuwait] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ad hoc Group on the Gulf: 11.00 am on Tuesday 21 August 1990 at No 10") [UN resolution on interception of Iraqi tanker; Britons in Iraq/Kuwait; aid for Jordan; counter-propaganda; further deployment; terrorism; oil] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Middle East) [Bush speech on Iraq seen as preparing US for war] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: DTI minute to Overseas Development Administration ("Ankara Metro") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Overseas Development Administration minute to DTI ("Turkey: Aid and Trade Provision: Ankara Metro") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Visits by Baltic Ministers") [Hurd advises MT to meet with President of Lithuania & Prime Minister of Latvia] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1542 to FCO (1207Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech to the Military, 17 August: Internal Aspects") [report: perestroika; market economy; ownership; political freedoms; new Union Treaty; calls for secession] [released Jul 2018]
Text 90 Aug 21 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference on Gulf situation
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO telegram 473 to UKMIS New York (1515Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in the UN") ["Ministers are concerned by... the apparent softening in the US position"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1060 to FCO (1836Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["Chinese (and even Russians) may be coming round, but want to refer evidence of sanctions-busting to the economic sanctions committee"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1061 to FCO (1808Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [enforcement of sanctions: text of latest draft resolution] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2006 to FCO (1845Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in the UN") ["the Americans must be conscious of the dangers of crying wolf, and we have had other indications they may be determined this time [to act with or without UN authority]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2008 to FCO (1910Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: politico-military aspects") [US rules of engagement; Saudi Arabia; UN discussions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2010 to FCO (2117Z) ("Future of embassies in Kuwait") ["US announce publicly that they will not close their Embassy in Kuwait on 24 August ... Appeal to international community to show solidarity"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2013 to FCO (2355Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in New York") [Bush reluctantly granting Russian request for 48 hour moratorium on interdiction of Iraqi shipping; if no SCR by then, will act under Article 51] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2014 to FCO (2359Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Iraqi tankers") [conversation with Kimmitt: Iraqi tanker in Aden "might be an example of sanctions busting"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Message from Prime Minister to King Hussein" - audience with King) [MT: "He is putting himself at the head of the PRO-IRAQ club. That will only make his own position WORSE with the anti-Iraq group"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Economic sanctions") [OECD commercial officers meeting: "large increases in food prices since 2 August, but few other visible signs that sanctions are biting .... it would be a long haul"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: de-confliction" - Iraqis asks for, and gets, US ROEs) [MT asks on whose authority and rejects sharing UK rules of engagement with Iraqis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: RNLO Diego Garcia telegram to MODUK FCO (US military build-up) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council") ["omens reasonably good" for latest draft resolution; "vote may not be until tomorrow morning... Americans may hold off until then"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Gulf Crisis") ["Press coverage of your performance yesterday is very good ... No significant changes on the ground. SOME progress at the UN, but still a long way to go"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Iraq/Kuwait: counter-propaganda") [MT approves main lines and recommends bringing in an outside specialist to direct the campaign] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Iraq/Kuwait: UN Security Council") [MT "most disturbed... [by] what she interprets as a most unfortunate weakening in the American position" - rejects Soviet notion of "graduated response" in enforcing embargo] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to BRITDEFAT Baghdad ("Iraq/Kuwait: de-confliction") [US/Iraqi exchange of rules of engagement] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Tom King minute to MT ("Enforcement action in support of UN embargo") [No.10 not convinced by proposed further measures] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Tom King minute to MT ("Enhancements to UK forces in the Gulf") [Chiefs of Staff recommend Tornado Squadron be sent to Bahrain] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait": Douglas Hurd, Gerald Kaufman) ["legal basis... [but] to attack Iraqi forces in Kuwait... would be a caastrophic error"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Middle East) [MT's refusal to do deals with Iraq] [released Feb 2020]
Text 90 Aug 22 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Canary Wharf (British nationals taken hostage in Kuwait)
Text 90 Aug 22 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait (result of Iraqi aggression not British colonialism)
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1076 to FCO (2220Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["Developments are now being dictated by the contacts between Shevardnadze and Baker"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1066 to FCO (0340Z) ("Next steps in New York") [non-aligned countries want stronger text; "some see the resolution as a means for restraining US unilateral action... on Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1067 to FCO (0320Z) ("Anglo-Iranian relations") [UK contacts with Iranian government go "back to square one"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1072 to FCO (1635Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["[US] not sure of Soviet motives... impending Baker/Shevardnadze telephone conversation"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1071 to FCO (1639Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["latest text of the draft resolution"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1073 to FCO (2010Z) ("Lebanon hostages: Brian Keenan") [Iranians tell us he will be released on 24 Aug as "a sign of good will"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram 1056 to FCO (0915Z) ("German reaction to Gulf crisis") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 584 to FCO (1416Z) ("Buchan family") [CDP: "i.e. The Baby"; Gulf crisis: "an extreme example of Iraqi contempt for its international obligations"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKHC Kuala Lumpar telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait - next steps in the UN") ["Malaysians agree on the need for firm implementation but have serious doubts about the use of force"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Hawke) ["Lord President's visit to Australia: talks with Prime Minister Hawke" - Gulf crisis; Uruguay Round; Gorbachev; East Germany; Antarctica/environment; South Africa; Cambodia ; UK arms sales] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: views of Soviet MFA: 23 August") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2019 to FCO (1630Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in New York") ["US... pushing hard for a resolution on enforcement today... credibility of the UN and the Security Council at stake"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2020 to FCO (1900Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["Shevardnadze has asked Baker for another day's grace"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2028 to FCO (2330Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: contingency planning") ["American policy... Offensive military action... still considered a worst-case scenario... integrity of Kuwait [need not] necessarily entail.... downfall of Saddam Hussein... mainly a metaphor for the free flow of oil... it was the British on whom the Americans could rely"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi telegram to FCO ("UAE/US relations: Cheney's visit") ["US riding high. Seeking UAE increased oil production and support with defence costs"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Damascus telegram to FCO ("Syria: attitude to Iraq/Kuwait crisis") ["continues to support the Western view... But there are signs that the regime is out of step with popular sentiment"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Rules of engagement") [possible use of Kuwaiti planes by Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Vice-Chief of Defence Staff's visit") [account of requests to Sultan by Dick Cheney; Omanis fear being "swamped by US forces"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Israeli attitudes") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Kuwait - Baghdad convoy") ["All UK and LE staff... arrived safely"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Emissaries of the UN Secretary-General") ["[Tariq Aziz had] spoken bitterly of the Kuwaiti Ruling Family... [and] of the Security Council... then defended Iraq's policy of detaining Western foreigners"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Embassies in Kuwait") [Iraqi offer to let a single staff member remain in Kuwait] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to MoDUK ("Iraq/Kuwait deconfliction") [exchange of ROEs between US and Iraqis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL OECD Paris telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: IEA oil market committee, 23 August") [assessment of market prospects] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") [Iraqi capacity for offensive action increased; further US shopping list for Western military cooperation; foreign nationals; unanimity on maintaining embassies in Kuwait after 24 Aug; Arab reactions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams; US Armoured Division not arriving till EARLY OCTOBER] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams - UN resolution "virtually certain ... but not till Saturday"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King, John Wakeham, Patrick Mayhew, William Waldegrave, Percy Cradock, CDS) ["Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers, 23 August") [UN; sanctions; additional forces; rules of engagement; UK citizens; embassies; King Hussein peace mission; US; oil situation; press conference] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT (Gulf Support Group Helpline) ["formed about 10 days ago... for those who have friends or relatives trapped in Iraq or Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Francis Maude letter to John Wakeham ("Iraq/Kuwait - International Energy Agency") ["further meeting... next week to review the market situation"; registers Treasury interest] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King PS letter to No.10 ("UN embargo: enforcement action") [completes formulation of naval ROEs; MT content] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Jordan: refugees") [Gulf crisis: addressing MT concern; permission to spend £0.5m] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("The Gulf crisis: Jordan") [economic assistance for countries affected by sanctions against Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King-Waldegrave press conference transcript (Gulf crisis) [deployment of additional forces; Iraqi use of Western citizens in Kuwait as military 'shields'] [unclassified; released Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: FCO Economic Relations Department minute to Charles Powell ("London Economic Summit: 1991") [report on summit arrangements] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf coverage) [US call up of reservists, plight of hostages] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Economic Indicators") [international background; UK monetary stance; demand; output; inflation; balance of payments] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Monday 27 August") [entry into ERM; interest rates; economic indicators] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: British Aerospace letter for Powell (Turkey: Telecommunications Satellite Project) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf coverage) [gruesome pictures of Saddam Hussein's TV appearance with British boy] [released Feb 2020]
Text 90 Aug 24 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks on British diplomats in Kuwait
PDF 90 Aug 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (President Bush-King Hussein of Jordan) [hostages] [declassified Aug 20009]
Info only 90 Aug 25 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] UN Security Council Resolution 665 enforces sanctions on Iraq
PDF 90 Aug 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Gulf, etc: MT draft speech (MT remarks on 'The New European Security Order' at EDU conference Helsinki, 30 Aug) [drops paragraph on WMD] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Emir Al Khalifa of Bahrain (situation in the Middle East: stationing of the RAF in Bahrain) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Powell minute to MT ("World Climate Conference, 6 November") [MT contemplating cancelling attendance to leave more time to prepare speech for debate on the Address] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Gulf: Ingham briefing for MT ("Sunday Newspapers") ["extremely strong public support" for government handling of Gulf but "only confusion about the political effects of the Gulf crisis"] [released Feb 2020]
Text 90 Aug 26 Su Press Major Margaret Thatcher Gulf War: Bush-Thatcher phone conversation (no time to go wobbly) [memoirs extract]
Text 90 Aug 26 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks at Chequers on the Gulf crisis ("I believe that sanctions, given a time, will work very effectively, provided everyone abides by them")
PDF 90 Aug 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT (Current Political Opinions and Attitudes in the USSR/Soviet Policy in the Current Gulf Crisis) [papers by Chris Donnelly] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf, Economy, Crime, Politics) [Bush throws weight behind UN peace mission] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [MT "concerned about the possible risk of recession", discussion of interest rate cut; oil prices; timing of ERM entry] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Barry Potter record of conversation (Potter-Warburg Chief Economist) [possible interest rate cut - too soon to know if justified] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Michael Portillo minute to Norman Lamont (Public Expenditure Survey) [need for confidentiality in communications] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Polish Ambassador letter for MT (her Aspen speech: the future of Europe) [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [report on recent developments] [released Jul 2018]
Text 90 Aug 28 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Finnish TV Yleisradio (Finnish service)
Text 90 Aug 28 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Finnish TV Yleisradio (Swedish service)
Text 90 Aug 28 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at British Ambassador’s Dinner in Helsinki
PDF 90 Aug 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Francis Maude (Transmission Privatisation) [R&D expenditure] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: British Aerospace letter for Powell (Turkish Telecommunications Satellite) [declassified Dec 2017]
Text 90 Aug 29 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks on pivotal role of USA ("world policeman")
Text 90 Aug 29 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at President of Finland’s lunch in Helsinki
Text 90 Aug 29 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference in Helsinki
Info only 90 Aug 29 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Interview while visiting Finland (1)
Info only 90 Aug 29 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Interview while visiting Finland (2)
PDF 90 Aug 30 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Portillo minute to Michael Howard (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: DTI letter for Powell (British Aerospace's contract with Turksat) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: President Ozal letter for UN Secretary-General (situation in Cyprus) [declassified Dec 2017]
Text 90 Aug 30 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to European Democrat Union Conference
Text 90 Aug 30 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference at European Democrat Union Conference in Helsinki
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President de Klerk letter to MT (detention of UK & other nations' citizens by Iraq) ["Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("ERM entry and interest rate policy") [MT meeting with Major on 4th September: "I believe there are strong arguments against entry now"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Gulf, etc: Ingham briefing for MT ("David Frost interview") ["you need to demonstrate an iron resolution to see the issue through to a satisfactory outcome and to stand on principle"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Your speech, Industry, Crime and punishment, Politics) [NATO, Iraq hostages] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Cope minute to Chris Patten ("Private Residential Homes: Liability for Rates") [local authorities unhappy at loss of revenue] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meetings on Economic Policy: 3 and 4 September") [when should interest rates be reduced and by how much, entry into ERM in next few weeks? rate of entry] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Barry Potter note to MT (money markets) [possible interest rate rises in Germany, Japan] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (President Bush-Mitterrand) [update; Fahd, Ozal; assistance to states hurt by the war, finance of war costs] [declassified Aug 2009]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Peter Lilley ("IBA Transmission Privatisation: Economic Regulation") [arrangements for Channel 3 and 5 companies] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (1146-1203Z) (President Bush-MT) [sanctions "having a good effect"; I have not changed my thinking on our goals"; hostages; King Hussein] [declassified Jun 2013]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell letter to Hurd PS ("Economic Assistance for the Soviet Union") [MT & Soviet ambassador keen to meet, to discuss "increasingly desperate" situation, subject to MT's schedule] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 Press Office minute to Charles Powell (Pravda London correspondent: questions for the Prime Minister) [questions & draft answers] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House telcon (MT-President Bush) [concerting moves] [partially declassified 2012]
PDF 90 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Secretary of State's Radio Conversation with HMA Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Shaikh Zayed") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Secretary of State's meetings with Amir and heir apparent of Qatar") [Qatar grateful for MT's involvement] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Visit of UN Secretary General to Amman") [Perez de Cuellar talks with Tariq Aziz; Iraqi's position on Kuwait; local press reports] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2121 to FCO (2000Z) ("Bush/Gorbachev Summit: Helsinki: 9 September") [press announcement] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 90 Sep 1 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Article for Conservative Newsline (Tribute to Ian Gow)
Text 90 Sep 1 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for TV-AM Frost on Sunday
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT (Chief Rabbi message for MT) ["the one rock of security and stability in a troubled world"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Powell - Italian Ambassador) [Gulf crisis: European contribution] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Powell, Lord Weidenfeld) [Gulf crisis: Israeli views] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell (NATO meeting: the US defence requirements for operations in the Middle East) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Hurd, Sultan of Oman) [the situation in the Middle East] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Visit of UN Secretary General") [no progress] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Visit of UN Secretary General") [de Cuellar disappointed with the outcome] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Evacuation of Women and Children from Iraq and Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Doha telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit to Qatar") ["the dogs which do not bark"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Amir of Bahrain letter to MT (latest developments in the region) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Paddy Ashdown MP letter to MT (the legal basis for use of force in the Middle East) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Radio Contacts") [energy and food supplies at the Embassy] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait Sanctions: Economic Assistance for Third Countries") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Soviet Round-Up 2/3 September") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Hurd, Saudi Foreign Minister") [determination to achieve Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; bewilderment at Jordanian position; dealings with Syria, Iran] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Evacuation of Western Citizens") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO Consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NAC: 3 September: US Request for Sea-Lift Assistance") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chancellor's PS letter to Charles Powell ("Secretary Brady's Visit to London") [US plans to help "front-line states"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Crown Prince of Kuwait) [invasion long planned, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states also targets; MT "grievously upset" with King Hussein; US and UK "firm and serious"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Earl Alexander of Tunis (meeting with the envoy of President of Tunisia) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Emir of Qatar (Iraq/Kuwait situation & Qatari help for British nationals) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary, Sultan of Oman) [Gulf crisis: recent developments] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute to Department of Transport ("BA Aircraft at Kuwait Airport") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Department of Transport minute to Ministry of Defence ("US Requirement for Roll On/Roll Off Ships") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) 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]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("British Wives and Children in Kuwait") [attempt to get them out by bus convoy to Baghdad] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Antony Acland") [stress "the overriding importance of getting ourselves involved very early on in American thinking and planning about possible military options"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Gulf Crisis: Meeting of Ministers") [Diplomatic, Military, Oil] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney General's Office letter to Ministry of Defence (Iraq: legal advice on the personal position of ships' masters evading the blockade) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (meeting tomorrow) ["to take stock of the present monetary position and the implications both for interest rates and the timetable for ERM entry"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf, Politics) [plight of Iraq hostages] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor") [interest rates; entry into ERM, including rate; the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Renton PS minute to Waddington PS ("Broadcasting Bill: Quality Threshold") ["reformulation" of amendments in Lords] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKA Jedda telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with the Amir of Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: President Mitterrand's Views") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("EC Embassies in Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKA Jedda telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit to Yemen") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Foreign Secretary message for US Secretary of State (Gulf Crisis: Hurd's visits to countries in the Middle East) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKA Jedda telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Telephone Conversation with Jim Baker") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait and ICRC") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to MODUK ("RJAF/Iraqi Activity") [Israeli misinformation on the involvement of RJAF with the Iraqis] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to Foreign Secretary (Iraq/Kuwait: latest developments) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Treasury minute for Powell ("Burden Sharing in the Gulf") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President Ozal of Turkey letter to MT (economic sanctions against Iraq: impact on the Turkish economy) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ambassador of Japan letter to Powell (Japanese Foreign Ministry release on Japan and the Middle East situation) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Robert Hayward MP letter to MT (the Gulf Support Group criticism of MT) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("US Burden Sharing Initiative: Call by Brady, Mulford and Eagleburger") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to the President of Nauru: developments in the Middle East) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry letter to Foreign Secretary ("Iraq/Kuwait Sanctions: Enforcement and Coordination") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Powell, Japanese Ambassador) [American proposals on burden-sharing in the Gulf] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Charles Powell, General Scowcroft) [goals of President Bush's forthcoming meeting with Gorbachev] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT ("The Gulf Crisis") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Secretary Brady") [Gulf crisis: military burden sharing, aid to countries affected by sanctions] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units ("Iraq Crisis") [precise identification of Iraqi formations in Kuwait and southern Iraq presents problems] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Major) ["the prospect for the economy... scope and timing of any reduction in interest rates... possible dates for the UK to join the exchange rate mechanism"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Major-Middleton-Burns-Scholar-Griffiths) [economic prospects over next few months; interest rates; possible dates to join ERM] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union: Speech by Poehl") ["expresses doubts with moving ahead with EMU too quickly ... sympathises with the British concept of competing currencies"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell minute for MT ("EMU: Karl-Otto Poehl") [note of speech he made to Mont Pelerin Society] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Hunt minute to Norman Lamont ("PES - Cross Border Flows") [additional bid for NHS funding] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Nicholas letter to MT ("Broadcasting Bill") [ITN misgivings about impartiality amendment] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: DTI minute for Powell ("Turkey Satellite Communications System") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: DTI minute for Powell ("Turkey Satellite Communications System") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Lilley letter for Hurd ("Ankara Metro") [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2145 to FCO (2301Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Secretary Baker's Appearances before House and Senate Committees") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2145 to FCO (2301Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Secretary Baker's Appearances before House and Senate Committees") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait Sanctions: EC Economic Assistance to Third Countries") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Iraqi ship sets sail for Sri Lanka: lesson to be drawn") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Visit to Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria by Spanish Foreign Minister , 2-3 September") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Delegation from European Parliament") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with King Fahd: 4 September") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Your Visit to Saudi Arabia and to Kuwait Government in Exile") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Treasury record of conversation (Norman Lamont, Brady, Eagleburger) [burden sharing in the Gulf] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, US Treasury Secretary Brady) [Gulf crisis: US burden sharing initiative] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown MP (the Government's policy in the Gulf) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 draft record of conversation (MT, Defence Secretary, Energy Secretary, Attorney General) [Bush/Gorbachev meeting, legal basis for use of military force, British women and children, embassies in Kuwait] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd minute for MT ("The Gulf: August 31 to September 5") [latest developments] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Possible Message from the Prime Minister to HMA Kuwait") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell (Helsinki summit: MT draft message for Gorbachev) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President Ozal of Turkey letter to MT (Iraq/Kuwait: Help for Turkey) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Powell, Richard Branson) [Jordan: refugees] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT (Butler meeting with General Scowcroft) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell briefing for MT ("Gulf Crisis: Meeting of Ministers") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Speaking Note on the Gulf Crisis") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Butler briefing for MT ("Cabinet, 6 September: Foreign Affairs") [Iraq/Kuwait] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President of the UAE letter to MT (the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: British position) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (Operation Granby: political situation, military operations, embargo surveillance) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: US Secretary of State James Baker Foreign Affairs remarks to House Foreign Affairs Committee ("Isolation of Iraq only way to end the crisis peacefully")
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont ("New Burdens on Local Government") [suggestions for keeping pressures of policy on local authority spending in check] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf, TUC, Economy, Industry) [Iraq's invasion of Kuwait] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Italian PM Andreotti letter to MT (Rome Special European Council) [case for calling] [declassified Dec 2016]
Info only 90 Sep 6 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Parliament recalled to discuss the Gulf
Text 90 Sep 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S: [Gulf Crisis]
Video 90 Sep 6 Th Multimedia Key Margaret Thatcher HC S: [Gulf Crisis] [film]
Text 90 Sep 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Letter to Paddy Ashdown MP (Gulf crisis)
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2152 to FCO (2110Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: legal basis for military options") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2146 to FCO (0010Z) ("Seizure of Zanoobia") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2157 to FCO (2253Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: New Regional Security Structures") [Baker's announcement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Joint Statement by Japan and USSR") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO (Foreign Secretary's visit to Amman on the 5th of September) [useful contacts packed into a short programme] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Hurd) [MT increasingly certain Saddam would not leave Kuwait "unless thrown out"; Hurd "more inclined to see a chance that sanctions would succeed"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chief Secretary to the Treasury letter to Secretary of State for Defence ("Gulf Crisis - Financial Issues: Debate 6-7 September") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT message for Gorbachev (situation in the Middle East and cooperation with the USSR) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell (Deputy Foreign Minister of Tunis visit to London) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Iraq and Kuwait Sanctions: Insurance") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell briefing for MT ("Talk with President Bush") [tell him parliamentary debate shows solid bipartisan support; more British troops to be sent] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (Operation Granby: political situation, intelligence, military operations) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Hurd) [MT increasingly certain Saddam would not leave Kuwait "unless thrown out"; Hurd "more inclined to see a chance that sanctions would succeed"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Lobby Briefing for MT (Gulf Crisis, Michael Forsyth) [Iraq's invasion of Kuwait] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Lobby Briefing for MT (Gulf Crisis, Mr Hashimoto, Michael Forsyth) [Cabinet meeting, Kinnock speech] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf, Economy, Politics) [Hussein calls for Holy War against US] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Charge Capping and Lambeth Borough Council") [challenge over the level of charge after capping] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Duncan Bray (new system) [fairer and more accountable method of charging for local services] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (President Bush-Mitterrand) [pre-Helsinki update; Gorbachev "very cautious about any movement towards open warfare, but he emphasized the need to maintain a common front"] [declassified Aug 2009]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter to Powell ("EMU: The Present Negotiating Position and Future Tactics") [Butler again urging MT to accept aim of a single currency ONE DAY; MT agrees to see him again, but sees "no point in doing so"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("ECOFIN: UK Reserve on Monetary Committee Report") [Italians may ask UK to lift its reserves on Monetary Committee Report] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("ERM: Question and Answer Briefing") [current text] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Mellor minute to Norman Lamont ("Public Expenditure Survey: Office of Arts and Libraries") [bid for a one-off cash injection] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: John Maples letter to Peter Lilley ("Iraq and Kuwait sanctions: insurance") ["prohibit[ion of] payments into blocked Iraqi and Kuwaiti accounts" ] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to President of Nauru (developments in the Middle East) [reply] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10: Policy Unit letter to Potter (oil prices) [John Wybrew note: "Talk of an impending oil crisis is ill-founded unless war breaks out"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell note to MT (update) [overnight telegrams; "Excellent press coverage of your speech"; Bush to call at 12.30; 300 women & children flown out last night; UN Sec Gen meeting with Tariq Aziz; sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Department of Trade & Industry ("Prime Minister's meeting with King Hussein") ["excerpt dealing with the revocation of export licenses for the export of arms to Jordan"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Peter Lilley letter to Hurd (telecommunications lines with Iraq & Kuwait) ["should be maintained"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Gulf crisis: US burden-sharing initiative") ["what... [MT] might say about a UK contribution to assistance for Egypt, Turkey and Jordan when she telephones the President"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq-Kuwait: counter-propaganda") [objectives and methodology] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq-Kuwait emergency: use of 0898 system") ["The signs are that the public has accepted that no profit will be retained by the FCO, and that the system was introduced because there was no other way of meeting public demand"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2179 to FCO (2250Z) ("Gulf crisis: US/Israeli contacts") ["Israelis assure Administration that they will maintain low profile, but seek increased US assistance on intelligence and arms supplies"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Extraordinary EPC Ministerial meeting, Rome, 7 Sept") ["centred on the question of financial support for Turkey, Jordan and Egypt"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: high-level US briefing of North Atlantic Council") ["emphasises the need for NATO solidarity, equitable burden-sharing and readiness for a long haul"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Moscow record of conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait: call on Belonogov") [UK amabssador to the USSR, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Other Embassies") [staff departures & staff remaining] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Mitterrand press conference") ["French will only engage military on the context of a UN mandate"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS Geneva telegram 622 to FCO (1004Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: ICRC") ["Iraq refuses ICRC access to Kuwait and to foreign nationals in Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1195 to FCO (0220Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Secretary General's meeting with Tariq Aziz") ["he had hoped to be able to start a diplomatic process leading to the beginning of the implementation of SCR 660. This had not come to fruition"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2165 to FCO (0046Z) ("Bush/Gorbachev meeting: Helsinki, 9 September: CFE") ["hardened attitudes here... firm US line expected. But Scowcroft downbeat on prospects for progress"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2164 to FCO (0044Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Bush/Gorbachev summit") ["focus will be on the Gulf, and on possible differences... on the use of force; "Agenda will also include other regional issues, Europe and the Soviet economy"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2162 to FCO (0040Z) ("Israeli Foreign Minister's visit to Washington") [Gulf crisis; Arab/Israeli conflict] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Lobby Briefing for MT (Mr Forsyth, Gulf) [deployment of troops] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf, Politics, Economy, EC) [differences between MT and Kinnock on Iraq] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Powell letter to FCO ("State Visit by President Cossiga" - arrangements) [MT "likes small meetings", "she knows President Cossiga well, and regards him as a close friend"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Portillo minute to Norman Lamont ("Community Charge Demand Notice") [should be simpler and more understandable] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Scotland: MT to Lord Sanderson (Chairman of Scottish Party) ["I will never forget that we are the Conservative and Unionist Party"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Department of Health press release ("Major Changes in Numbers of General Medical Practitioners") [increase in GP numbers shows how government has expanded the service] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Waddington PS minute to Belstead PS ("Broadcasting Bill: Quality Threshold") [reversal of amendments] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Aspen Speech: Letter from the Polish Ambassador") [MT's draft reply] [declassified Jul 2018]
Text 90 Sep 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Letter to Michael Forsyth MP (resignation as Scottish Conservative Chairman)
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Waldegrave PS letter to No.10 ("Humanitarian assistance of refugees from Iraq") ["[MT] takes the view that it is for the... [UN] itself to head a fund-raising drive... she has reservations about the constant recourse to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for finance"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Gulf crisis") [US/Soviet meeting in Helsinki; air blockade; additional UK forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1207 to FCO (0355Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: foodstuffs") ["A very helpful development"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1212 to FCO (0315Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: non-aligned meeting") ["the aim was to concert positions with a view to a possible non-aligned initiative"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1208 to FCO (0225Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: foodstuffs") ["text of the draft statement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2183 to FCO (0010Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["The mood is not bellicose. The President has support because he has been seen to be firm yet measured, and to have secured unprecedented international backing"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Format of the Community Charge Bill") [options for format] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 8 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hayek MSS) Conservatism: Hayek appointment of Ralph Harris as literary executor (Hayek's papers to be archived at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in Stanford, California)
CD only 90 Sep 8 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Forres (Gulf; Michael Forsyth)
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute to MT ("Helsinki summit") ["skirted round the question of possible use of force: and it was fairly clear that Gorbachev was not ready to subscribe to this"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation ("Iraq") [Charles Powell, Professor Bernard Lewis: advice on the Gulf crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia letter to MT (protective equipment against chemical weapons for the Saudi armed forces) ["I greatly appreciate the directive which was issued to British Aerospace plc to secure this equipment urgently"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Saudi financing of US military effort") ["will amount to relatively little"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office minute to Treasury ("1991 London Economic Summit") [funding for the Summit] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of conversation (President Bush-Gorbachev) [Helsinki tête-à-tête; Bush: "the closer the new world order, the closer the US-Soviet relationship, the closer to a solution of the Gulf crisis"] [declassified Aug 2009]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of conversation (President Bush-Gorbachev and others) [Helsinki plenary; negotiating joint statement] [declassified Aug 2009]
PDF 90 Sep 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell minute for MT (rception at ECOFIN of UK hard ecu proposal) [misleading press reports, but "considerable interest" in UK ideas; "We are very much still in the game, but well short of having converted the EC to our way of thinking"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Treasury letter to Cabinet Office ("AHGG: financial sanctions") ["payments from blocked accounts to Iraqi students in the UK... [and] instructions from Iraq to amend letters of credit"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("The Gulf: Saudi reactions to Bush/Gorbachev summit") ["Prince Bandar... very alarmed at the constant harping on a peaceful solution"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Patrick Mayhew letter to Hurd ("Gulf crisis: request from the Amir") ["the request... does not embrace the use of force beyond that necessary to enforce economic sanctions... a further request would be needed"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: King minute to MT ("Options for further UK reinforcements to the Gulf") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Embassy of Israel press release ("Reply by the Ambassador of Israel to questions asked regarding Minister of State FCO Mr W Waldegrave's remarks concerning Israel and the Arab-Israel conflict during the House of Commons special session on the Kuwait crisis (6-7 September 1990)") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President Ershad letter to MT (International Organisation for Migration: aid for Bangladesh) [letter of thanks for UK contribution] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President of the Tunisian Republic letter to MT (Gulf crisis) [appointment of a Special Envoy to UK and proposals for a settlement of the crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial meeting, 10 September: Gulf crisis: Bush-Gorbachev summit") ["Baker stressed need for NATO to meet out of area threat"; sanctions; burden-sharing] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: King Hussein's visit to Baghdad: 5/6 September") ["likely to continue with his diplomatic efforts to promote a solution... had spoken very frankly to Saddam... there was no choice... if it came to a war, Iraq would be defeated"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Doha telegram to FCO (Prime Minister's speech in the House of Commons Debate) [Emir of Qatar offers congratulations and support] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Visit of Secretary Baker") ["Saudis insist that assistance already being given by them equals, and possibly exceeds, that requested by Baker"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd minute to MT ("Gulf: future force levels") ["If Saddam Hussein is to be persuaded to withdraw, we have to keep building up the pressure... We are likely to come under pressure on costs"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Michael Portillo (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gulf Comment, Economy, Law and order) [clear message to Hussein to get out of Kuwait] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Michael Portillo ("Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report for 1989-90") [should minimise the numbre of changes] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French Press Reaction to ECOFIN") ["certain sourness at what is seen as growing support for the cautious British approach"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Informal ECOFIN, Rome 8 September: Italian Press Comment") [outcome seen as substantial setback for those seeking rapid implementation of Delors plan] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Rome ("Informal ECOFIN") [UK proposals for stage 2 welcomed; disagreements on the pace of transition to single currency] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to David Mellor ("1990 Public Expenditure: Arts and Libraries") [proposals are unrealistic and unacceptable] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Barry Potter minute to MT ("PES: Arts and Libraries") [does MT want to get involved in dispute between Lamont and Mellor] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Andrew Turnbull minute to Waddington PS ("Satellite Television") [providers of satellite television competition with cable licensees] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Polish Ambassador (her Aspen speech: the future of Europe) [declassified Jul 2018]
CD only 90 Sep 10 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Tyneside (job losses due to sanctions on Iraq)
CD only 90 Sep 10 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech opening Millicom Cellular (UK) Headquarters
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Charles Powell note for MT ("Gulf crisis") [overnight telegrams, especially Baker's debriefing of NATO on Helsinki Summit; "Our European allies do not come out too well"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 letter to Robert Hayward MP (meeting with the Prime Minister) [scheduling] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Gulf: meeting with Ministers") [Helsinki summit; sanctions; Emir of Kuwait; aid; additional forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Ministry of Defence record of conversation ("Force deployment to the Gulf") [Air Vice Marshal Wilson, General Schwarzkopf] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Peter Lilley PS letter to No.10 (Turkish barriers to EC textile exports) [Lilley looking for 'quid pro quo' deal with Turkey] [declassified Jul 2017]

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