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90 Jul 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1579 to FCO (0203Z) ("Arab/Israel: peace process") ["Neither Bush nor Baker were prepared to cooperate with the Israelis in creating the illusion of a peace process where one did not exist"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: King Hussein message to MT (message from King Hussein to President Bush) [US policy; European policy; peace process; weapons of mass destruction; visit to UK; "[Hussein] sees the present situation as more dangerous than any since 1967"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: G7 draft declaration (Houston economic declaration) [text as at 1400 3 Jul] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: MT letter to King Hussein of Jordan ("The permanent Five and the Middle East") ["I share your worries about the current dangers in the Middle East"; Israeli/Palestinian dialogue] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	NATO: UKrep Brussels telegram to FCO ("The Secretary of State's talk with the U.S. Secretary of State, Brussels, 4 July: NATO summit Declaration") [united Germany in NATO; reference to nuclear forces as "weapons of last resort"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jul 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (NATO)	Cold War: NATO record of conversation ("North Atlantic Council Meeting with participation of Heads of State and Government") [Lancaster House Summit: Day 1] [date of declassification unknown]
90 Jul 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	NATO: MT notes (NATO summit, 5th-6th July 1990) [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jul 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: John Gummer minute to MT ("Houston Economic Summit: GATT Uruguay Round") [agricultural trade - importance of arguing our case as a committed member of the EC] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: FCO note for the record (Delors speech to Socialist MEPs) [economies of central and eastern European countries] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation (1600Z) (Hurd, Dumas, Genscher, James Baker) ["Meeting of the Four Foreign Ministers: 6 July": Albania; Poland; Germany; US aid to USSR; issues for Houston summit: trade, environment, agriculture, loan policy to China, debt relief for Latin America/Africa; new Israeli government] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jul 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (NATO)	Cold War: NATO record of conversation ("North Atlantic Council Meeting with participation of Heads of State and Government") [Lancaster House Summit: Day 2] [date of declassification unknown]
90 Jul 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister") [Japanese investment in UK, Soviet Union, relations with China, Uruguay Round; South Africa] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 8 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-Japanese PM Kaifu) [Japanese politics, bilateral issues, China, Uruguay Round, aid to Soviet Union] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Nigel Wicks record of conversation ("Sherpa Discussion: USSR, Trade (Agriculure) and Environment") ["In short the Sherpas are going backwards: it is time for the Heads to take over!"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: President Bush arrival remarks (Houston Summit opening statement) ["the post, post war era ... A new world of freedom lays before us"]
90 Jul 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: MT notes of conversation (Houston Economic Summit) [Day 1: Uruguay Round, Soviet Union, environment] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Nigel Wicks record of conversation (MT-Bush-Delors-Kohl-Mitterrand-Kaifu-Andreotti-Mulroney) [plenary sessions of summit, 9-11 July] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: G7 draft statements (Houston Economic Summit) [Transnational Issues; Political Declaration; USSR] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Houston Summit: Economic Declaration") [draft as at 4am - outstanding issues on world economy, Uruguay Round, Soviet Union, developing countries, environment] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: G7 statement (Houston Summit final communiqué) ["We are mindful that freedom and economic prosperity are closely linked and mutually reinforcing"]
90 Jul 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Cabinet: Economic Summit") ["the G7 are providing leadership on sound finance, market economy, freer trade"; negative impact of French and German tactics on President Bush] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: MT letter to Keith Joseph ('Marathon' project) [defends Government decision not to grant export license; suggest meeting of officials with representatives of the Marathon partners] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Germany; Middle East] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Jul 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservatism: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Aspen speech") ["something a bit wider may be needed"; "Bruges II" falls away] [released Feb 2020]
90 Jul 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Marathon") [correspondence with Keith Joseph regarding Government refusal to grant export license] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1327 to FCO (1301Z) ("Call on Falin, CPSU Secretariat") [Braithwaite, Falin record of conversation: Germany; Western aid; Communist Party Congress; future of the Communist Party] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1712 to FCO (2230Z) ("The permanent Five and the Middle East") [Israeli/Palestinian dialogue] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: President Bush message to President Gorbachev (Houston Summit) [economic relations between the West and the USSR; aid] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 21 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1339 to FCO (0543Z) ("Visit by Mr Delors") [Soviet proposals for economic reform; economic relations with the West; European Commission report] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Czechoslovakia; meeting with President Bush; Middle East; Anglo-German relations] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Jul 26 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO telegram 400 to UKMIS New York (1703Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["We should like you to raise Iraq/Kuwait at your lunch on 30 July... it is in fact the absence of progress on [Middle East issues] that has given Saddam Hussein the chance to inflate his position"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute to MT ("Iraq") ["the question is whether we should collectively try to do anything about [Iraq]. Militarily, only the Americans can. The US Administration are confused and uncertain"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 1768 to FCO (2210Z) ("US/Soviet Union: Afghanistan") [US denies agreement imminent; hopes for progress at Irkutsk meeting; Senate votes to cut covert aid to resistance] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Australian Prime Minister Hawke letter to MT (Houston Summit) [importance of "the contribution the Houston Summit can make in bringing the Uruguay Round to a successful conclusion"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 29 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: MT message to Prime Minister Hawke (Houston Summit) ["the economic communique recognises the pivotal role of agriculture in the Uruguay Round"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 900 to FCO (2350Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: discussion among the Five") ["heat appeared to have gone out of the immediate crisis with the fixing of a new and higher OPEC oil price... [but] the question of the border could cause further problems... implications for relations between Iran and Iraq"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jul 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Afghanistan: UKHC Islamabad telegram 939 to FCO (1036Z) ("Afghanistan: US/Soviet Union Talks") [indications of US being set to withdraw] [released Jul 2018]
90 Aug 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Libyan support for the PLF") ["[MT] agrees that we should press the Twelve to make a statement"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Aug 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: International Fund") [advice on how MT should reply to Saudi request for UK bilateral contribution; draft reply] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Aug 2 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Bush Library)	Gulf War: National Security Council minutes on Persian Gulf [uncertain response] [declassified 2012]
90 Aug 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Gulf, etc: MT note ("Notes for meeting with the President - Aspen 2 Aug. 1990") [oil oil oil] [released Feb 2020]
90 Aug 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Chairman Ryzhkov letter to MT (UK/Soviet economic relations) [request for long-term financial assistance] [released Jul 2018]
90 Aug 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Bush Library)	Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (President Bush-Saudi King Fahd) [Bush: "We need your view on a US force presence [in Saudi Arabia]"; Fahd: "We think we have a few days to coordinate, to make a tight, successful plan"] [declassified Aug 2009]
90 Aug 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Gulf, etc: MT letter to Barbara Walters (visit to Aspen, Colorado) [thank you letters for "a most marvellous break"] [released Feb 2020]
90 Aug 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1448 to FCO (1618Z) ("Soviet/American Relations: Irkutsk and the Future Calendar") [timetable; results from Irkutsk] [released Dec 2017]
90 Aug 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Ministry of Defence paper ("Armilla: concept of operations") [enforcing sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]*
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]*
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]*
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]*
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]
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]*
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]*
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]
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]*
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]*
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]*
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
90 Aug 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [report on recent developments] [released Jul 2018]
90 Aug 30 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Turkey: President Ozal letter for UN Secretary-General (situation in Cyprus) [declassified Dec 2017]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
90 Sep 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: King minute to MT ("Options for ground force reinforcements to Saudi Arabia") ["if we are just thinking about the political impact... there is no doubt that tanks play very well. But if it came to a conflict and the Challenger did not perform, the down-side risk would be very much greater than with artillery"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute to Powell ("Resupply of our Kuwait Embassy") [use of Special Operations] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's meeting with Baker: Gulf") [Hurd, US Secretary of State] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1222 to FCO (0330Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council action") ["Americans... for a further Security Resolution... tightening the screw against Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 628 to FCO (1026Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: International Organisation for Migration") ["IOM pleased by response so far to their appeal for funds to transport evacuees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Additional British forces for the Gulf") [meeting to discuss MT concerns about reliability of Challenger tank] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2218 to FCO (2237Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Iranian statement") ["[US] sceptical about an Iran/Iraq oil deal, and inclined to play down the Khameini statement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: discussion at Foreign Ministers' Dinner") ["Dumas and Shevardnadze think sanctions will have their effect... in two months... [Hurd], Baker and Genscher less sanguine"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2205 to FCO (0545Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: President's address to Congress") ["A confident and determined address... determination to do whatever may be necessary to reverse Iraq's invasion of Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Chairman of the European Democratic Group speech (Strasbourg, 12 September: Gulf crisis) ["Prompt and courageous action by the United States have protected a vital "out of area" European Community interest which - let's be frank -we were simply not organised to protect on our own"]
90 Sep 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2217 to FCO (2235Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Cheney and Powell before the Senate Armed Services committee") ["No surprises, and little hard information. Clear Senatorial sense of grievance against Japan/Germany... Burdensharing was a key element"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Gulf crisis") [cover letter for Bush message to MT (retained) following his meeting with Gorbachev at Helsinki Summit to discuss Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("OD meeting: the Gulf") [additional British forces; military and financial aid burden-sharing; effect of sanctions on British companies] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2231 to FCO (2240Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: the US domestic dimension") ["public support... has solidified... [but] a growing mood in Congress that all the Allies should be doing more"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Baker's call on Gorbachev, 13 September") [UN resolution on air routes embargo; sanctions for violation of existing resolutions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Saudi assistance to states affected by embargo and to costs of US forces") ["greater degree of Saudi munificence... than had been assumed when Baker made his pitch here"; UK looking to US to set precedent for ironing out bureaucracy problems with Saudi funding of fuel, water and in-country transport costs for military forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2234 to FCO (0053Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: legal basis for further military operations") [US "dismayed that we had gone ahead with the Kuwaitis on our own"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2232 to FCO (0001Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Iranian statement") ["may be based on a misunderstanding of US ideas for regional security arrangements... [but] Khameini's words could be taken... as the green light to carry out terrorist attacks against US forces"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 15 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2244 to FCO (1545Z) ("Visit of the Secretary of State for Defence: Iraq/Kuwait") ["US policies to come under review in November. Present stress on the longer haul"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute for MT ("Questions for Mr Bush") [coming talk with President - US response to incidents, preparations for full-scale hostilities, transition to major hostilities, Israel, end game, long-term security, Iraq nuclear capacity] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 30 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Bush, General Scowcroft, Charles Powell; James Baker in part) ["The Gulf Crisis: the Military Option"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 5 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2441 to FCO (2350Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") ["Gorbachev still the Americans' preferred partner. But his obvious and serious problems are beginning to cloud the picture"] [released Dec 2017]
90 Oct 9 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Jordan: Sanctions") [frank exchange with Crown Prince Hassan on sanction breaches and Jordanian policy] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 9 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: MT letter to President Khan of Pakistan (Pakistan's stance) ["Pakistan's firm stance and its commitment of troops ... have been of great value"; economic assistance] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 9 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: General Scowcroft letter to Charles Powell (Mitterrand) [MT & Bush in New York "shared acute concern about the lack of unequivocal French support"; message conveyed to Mitterrand] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 10 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UK Ambassador US letter to Charles Powell ("The Gulf: contacts with the White House") [asks how UKE Washington can best help MT keep "fully abreast of White House thinking"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 10 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Gulf: ROE") [are you content with 'dormant' Rules of Engagement "for use if a limited conflict develops in the Gulf"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 10 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Policy Planning Staff, Shevardnadze adviser Sergey Tarasenko) ["particularly outspoken on the Gulf ... Saddam Hussein must not come out of the crisis a hero, like Nasser"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2480 to FCO (2255Z) ("Visit of the Secretary of State for Defence, 15 October: Iraq/Kuwait") ["Despite their frustrations the Americans seem bound to try to make sanctions work at least for the next several weeks, until their build up is complete"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (0000Z) ("Revised draft") [draft of SCR672, 2000 11 Oct] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (2015Z) ("Revised draft") [draft of SCR672, 1615 12 Oct, plus draft statement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversations (MT, President Bush; No.10, UKMIS New York; Charles Powell-Scowcroft) ["Security Council resolution: killings in Jerusalem"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (Heath) [Iraqis not saying Heath visit at weekend not convenient, asking him "to postpone it for a while"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: the Gulf") [action at UN, sanctions, hostages/Heath, Embassies in Kuwait, Diplomacy, US policy, military, oil] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 13 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1623 to FCO (0700Z) ("Occupied Territories: Security Council debate") [adoption of SCR672 - MT: "A VERY good night's work"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 13 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Gulf Crisis: audience with King Hussein") [King summoned UK and US Ambassdors, affirmed commitment to sanctions; Tariq Aziz to visit later today] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 14 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Visit of Tariq Aziz to Amman: 13 October") [briefing from King Hussein, no sign of shift in Iraqi position] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 14 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to Ministry of Defence ("Gulf: ROE") [MT satisfied] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 14 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Gulf, etc: MT note ("Notes for reply to President Bush phone call Oct 1990") [no option to play it long] [released Feb 2020]
90 Oct 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2487 to FCO (1600Z) ("conveying messages to Saddam Hussein") ["US agreement with our diagnosis. Effect of sanctions so far limited. Several channels to Saddam Hussein. Primakov achieved little"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1635 to FCO (1425Z) ("Occupied Territories") [US Ambassador trying to persuade Israel to be more cooperative to Aime Mission] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, US Defense Secretary Cheney, Tom King) [military situation in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: MT letter to King Hussein (his memorandum on the crisis) [important "to stay in close touch on this issue", "I think that we both have a clear understanding of each other's views"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2497 to FCO (0046Z) ("Occupied Territories") [message for Hurd - Baker message to Levy] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1645 to FCO (0122Z) ("Occupied Territories") [inconclusive meeting between Secretary-General and Israel Ambassador to UN] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Jordan: UN Sanctions") ["Crown Prince replies helpfully, if somewhat testily, to your message about sanctions enforcement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute for MT ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") [topics for his visit; "The signs are still of lack of clarity and determination"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("The Gulf") [Cradock visit to Washington - limitation on topics he can safely raise because he has not been briefed on highest level American thinking] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Gulf: ROE") [Foreign Secretary satisfied] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2510 to FCO (2109Z) ("UNSG's mission to Jerusalem") [US policy towards Israel and PLO] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (2105Z) (French draft SCR on Iraq/Kuwait) [early draft of SCR674] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1655 to FCO (0415Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait") [message for Secretary of State in Jerusalem - continuing UK-US differences over scope of next steps SCR] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1656 to FCO (0430Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: comment") ['infuriating' that USMIS at UN was undercut by "yet another premature Baker press statement"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for Cradock ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") [topics he can safely raise, excluding military options, timing and strategy] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute for Charles Powell ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") ["this agenda would raise problems for me" - need to be able to "cover the issue in broad terms" to encourage US to think through options more clearly] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Telephone conversation with President Bush") [Scowcroft says President will want to call tomorrow or Friday evening; draft message for MT to send Bush first] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (King Hussein comment) [Saddam seized whole of Kuwait as bargaining chip for disputed territory] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("The Prime Minister's Telephone Conversation with President Bush") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2520 to FCO (2220Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Primakov's Tour") ["Administration will take a tough line on the compromise solution which they expect Primakov to bring to Washington"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1664 to FCO (0030Z) ("Jerusalem: Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") [text agreed in five, aim to have resolution passed end of week, "but final US go-ahead still awaited"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1665 to FCO (0035Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: Military Staff Committee") [discussion in five on Soviet proposal for Military Staff Committee meeting, US without instructions, other four in favour] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1667 to FCO (1315Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["US modus operandi in New York is certainly not designed to get the best results"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (2010Z) ("US/UK New York text of 16/10") [draft of SCR674] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute for Charles Powell ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") [as agreed, draft message for Powell to send Scowcroft] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of phone conversation (MT, President Bush) [Bush "agreed that the key calculation was whether we had the luxury of giving sanctions time to work"; disagreement over reprovisioning Embassies in Kuwait and necessity of a further 'provocation' to justify use of force] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (overnight telegrams) ["The Foreign Secretary is in a fair amount of trouble"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO & Cabinet Office ("The Gulf") [top secret records of meetings, messages & calls with US Administration] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Baker message for Hurd (Security Council: next steps) [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2457 to FCO (2357Z) ("Primakov's Visit") ["Primakov got a strongly negative response from the President ... to suggestions for a face-saving way out for Saddam Hussein"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2546 to FCO (2323Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: the mood in Washington") ["Administration remains uncompromising over the need for full implementation of the UN resolutions. But no suggestion this requires an early decision on the military option in the absence of a provocation"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2548 to FCO (2358Z) ("Arab/Israel") [Administration "concentrating in the first instance on relations between Israel and the Arab states"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: New York Times") [King Hussein claiming MT told him US troops were "half way to Saudi Arabia" before they were formally requested] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1681 to FCO (0200Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait Security Council resolution") ["No progress. Americans still do not have clearance. Council will revert to occupied territories on 19 October"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1683 to FCO (1945Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["Americans agree to SCR as drafted by the Five. Text submitted to other Council members"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of phone conversation (General Scowcroft-Charles Powell) [reprovisioning/evacuation of US Embassy in Kuwait; US confusion as to events at the UN] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Kuwaiti Crown Prince & Prime Minister letter to MT (Kuwaiti People's Conference) ["Your commitment to ending tyranny and torture is truly noble"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to General Scowcroft (Cradock visit to Washington) ["He will not want to get sensitive areas of military strategy and planning"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Gulf Crisis: visit by Mr Primakov") [background] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 20 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2550 to FCO (0050Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: new regional security arrangements") [State Department thinking relayed by Dennis Ross; premature to go into detail] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 20 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1687 to FCO (0430Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") [SG briefs Council on decision not to send his mission; growing pressure for a new resolution] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 20 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1690 to FCO (0455Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: Military Staff Committee") [US agree MSC meeting, but MT opposes because "no agenda or purpose"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 20 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Foreign Minister Primakov and others) [Primakov describes visit to Saddam; urges face-saving "flexible linkage" of withdrawal from Kuwait to Arab/Israeli problem; MT emphatically rejects approach - Saddam "a dictator pure and simple", "We must NOT offer him blandishments"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's interview with Al-Hayat newspaper") [draft answers for written interview] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation ("The Gulf: French views") [Charles Powell, Jacques Attali] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, Brent Scowcroft) ["Americans... very unhappy about the way things were going at the [UN]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Gulf") [meeting with Hurd & Tom King: strategic objectives; sensitive issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 216 to Cabinet Office (2242Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: technical and scientific aspects") ["could possibly produce a crude nuclear device by the end of this year"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 215 to Cabinet Office (2232Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: politics and economics") ["Saddam confident of his internal position. CIA concerned about the continued reliability of some of the Arabs [coalition allies]... if [Saddam] thinks war imminent, he will take preemptive action"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1695 to FCO (1935Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Exchanges with the Americans, Yemenis and PLO... in light of events in the Occupied Territories over the weekend"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2561 to FCO (2322Z) ("US/Soviet Relations: Baker's Speech to the American Committee on US/Soviet Relations") [summary/analysis] [released Dec 2017]
90 Oct 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King) [major issues in advance of military operations against Iraq: "downfall [of Hussein]... would be a desirable side-effect of our actions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Iraqi missile deployment") [SCUD-type missile identified; likely to be more; notifying Israel] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait") [Waldegrave meeting with Charles Jones & Peter Gummer of Shandwick PR firm: note of their advice on state of US public opinion] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1704 to FCO (0150Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: Military Staff Committee") ["high-level meeting of MSC members"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1731 to FCO (1445Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Negative Israeli reaction to latest US approach over Secretary General's mission. Americans instructed to seek amendments to non-aligned draft resolution, to enable them to vote in favour"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1730 to FCO (0145Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Americans adopt my idea of a last attempt to get the Secretary-General's representative into Israel... but unless... [they] can pull off a coup with Shamir, there seems no way in which they can avoid a [UN resolution] vote on 24 October"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2589 to FCO (2355Z) ("The Gulf: authority for the military option") ["US Administration considered that Article 51 gave sufficient authority... [but] it would be much easier to obtain Congressional acquiescence ... [if] authority given by the international community"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Hurd minute to Tom King ("Rolls Royce: engines for an Argentine frigate") [sale of spare parts to facilitate Argentine contribution to multinational force in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1734 to FCO (0317Z) ("Secretary General's mission to Israel") ["Resolution deploring Israel's refusal to receive mission... passed unanimously... Bein (Israel) accused the Council of having been diverted from the real issue of Iraq/Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2602 to FCO (2128Z) ("Ad hoc consultations of members of the Military Staff Committtee (MSC)") ["US express "disappointment" that UK will not be sending senior military representative... for meeting on 29 October"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 minute: Cradock to Powell ("The Gulf: US views on UN authority for military action") [MT endorses US reservations about practicality of obtaining a further UN resolution as a precedent to military action] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: the Gulf") [UN resolution; letter to Emir of Kuwait: Article 51; Primakov peace mission; US intentions; British communities at risk; Saudi views; meeting with Mitterrand; Iraqi intentions; sanctions; Chief of Defence Staff meeting with Gen Powell; Iraqi missiles] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO telegram 1845 to UKE Washington (0845Z) ("Quadripartite meeting of Political Directors: Gulf") ["Agreement on short and long term aims, including need to limit Iraqi military threat after crisis. US attaches importance to international approbation for any military action... Arab/Israel peace process"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Hurd, Heath) [Heath's report of his meetings with Saddam Hussein and King Hussein of Jordan; Heath "critical of the trend of our policy"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("European Council in Rome") ["It is set to be a fairly trying occasion" - European political union; EMU; USSR & Eastern Europe; the Gulf; trans-Atlantic relations; sites of EC institutions; Greek loan] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2617 to FCO (2121Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["Americans are under no illusions that air power alone could bring victory... no US led offensive is likely until the higher lever [of US ground forces] can be reached... support [of US public] for the President's Gulf policies... remains pretty steady"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, US National Security Advisor) ["Gulf crisis": Primakov peace mission to Iraq; US military build-up in Saudi Arabia; US Secretary of State visit to Middle East & London; GATT negotiations] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Lunch with President Mitterrand: Rome, 27 October") [France internal; Gulf crisis - French position, burden sharing, WEU aspects, Arab/Israel, Lebanon; EC issues - institutional reform; agriculture/GATT; USSR; enlargement; bilateral defence co-operation] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 27 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: MT letter to President Gorbachev (Soviet peace missions to Iraq) ["Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to bargain over withdrawal"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 27 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	European Council: MT speaking note ("European Council - speaking note") [Hurd annotations] [released Feb 2020]
90 Oct 27 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	European Council: MT speaking note ("European Council - speaking note") [final text] [released Feb 2020]
90 Oct 27 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand lunch in Rome) [agriculture/GATT; European political union; Germany; EMU; Turkey; EBRD; EC membership; USSR; the Gulf; Defence co-operation] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia) [French forces in Saudi Arabia; Primakov peace mission to Iraq; military action and the risk of delay; role of the media] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: Gulf") [latest UN resolution; European Council statements on Gulf & hostages; Soviet position; meeting with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia; breaches of sanctions; French hostages; Kohl on sharing costs of military deployment; James Baker visit to Saudi Arabia; Mitterrand views; Military Staff Committee meeting; US deployments] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1776 to FCO (0315Z) ("Ad hoc meeting of military staff committee (MSC): 29 October") ["new Security Council resolution adopted earlier in the day... present meeting, which took place by fortunate coincidence... clearly signalled the determination of the Five to work together until Iraq backed down"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1768 to FCO (0230Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["At the last moment Yemenis decided to abstain... Americans... will do everything necessary to protect their citizens"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cradock minute to Powell ("The Gulf") [US military planning] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1769 to FCO (0249Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution: comment") ["resolution has now been adopted... bitterness aroused by this act of bad faith [Yemeni last-minute abstention] spread a good deal wider than the US delegation... last-minute delay brought about by the Soviet Union seems... to have actually strengthened [the resolution's] political effect"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1778 to FCO (2149Z) ("Middle East issues: next steps at the UN") ["Washington thirsting for a whole series of single issue resolutions... would do better with a multi-purpose resolution"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2641 to FCO (0045Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: statements by the President and Baker") ["uncompromising"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Tom King PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait") [UK position paper] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [the Gulf; follow-up to European Council; Syria; Royal Anniversary Trust] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Nov 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Powell minute for MT ("Talk with President Bush") [topics for expected phone call - worry that additional reinforcements might prevent early action] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European policy: Powell minute for MT ("CSCE Summit in Paris: 19-21 November") [programme "immensely elaborate", plenary sessions with 35 speakers - "Immensely boring, I fear, but no way to avoid it"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 3 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Powell, General Scowcroft) [background for MT forthcoming talk with President Bush: Administration debates] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Hurd minute for MT ("Kuwait") [US military activity; Security Council resolution] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Powell letter to General Scowcroft (draft guidelines for UK military commanders in the Gulf - seeks US view) [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Douglas Hurd, James Baker) [Iraq/Kuwait: hostages; command and control; embassies in Kuwait; views of Arab countries; Jordan; Syria; German attitudes] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [European Council in Rome; CSCE summit; the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Nov 13 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Turkey: Sainsbury record of conversation (Tim Sainsbury, Chief of DIDA Vahit Erdem) [Turkish/British collaboration in defence industry] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Nov 20 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Gorbachev) [the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 20 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd; Lubbers, Van den Broek) [European Community] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 20 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [Mitterrand ready to join in working out a UNSCR authorising use of force] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 22 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2824 to FCO (0016Z) ("US Policy Towards the Soviet Union") [US contacts with USSR; humanitarian aid; IMF-led examination of Soviet economy; Soviet pressure to join internatinal financial institutions] [released Dec 2017]
90 Nov 22 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: Powell record of phone conversation (Powell-Kissinger) [“in a very emotional state … worse than a death in the family”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: Prime Minister Andreotti letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: General Scowcroft message for MT (parting thoughts) [“devastated by the unexpected news”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Resignation: Italian media reactions”) [“a great leader brought down by her own intransigence”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [“sad commentary on standards of loyalty in politics”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: MT message to Brent Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [MT: “I have an unshakeable faith in the United States, particularly under George Bush’s leadership”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: Bob Gates message to Charles Powell (parting thoughts) [“terribly saddened by the turn of events in London”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Resignation: MT telegram to Bob Gates (thanks) [“the greatest imaginable privilege to have worked closely with the United States”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 28 We	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	MT resigned as Prime Minister
90 Nov 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Iraq/Gulf; contacts with the Americans; Gulf visit; European policy; Europe - procedure; USSR] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Nov 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bush Library)	Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (2006-2015Z) (President Bush-Major) [invitation to visit Camp David before Xmas; "I am determined to take the one last step .... I'm not going wobbly"] [declassified Jun 2013]
90 Dec 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2965 to FCO (0125Z) ("Occupied terriotries: Security Council debate") [The US is not supporting a resolution which would seek to convene an international conference] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2966 to FCO (0130Z) ("Arab/Israel: US policy on an international conference") ["We are not now recommending that an international conference on the arab-israeli conflict be held"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1041 to FCO (1936Z) ("Arab/Israel and the Gulf: Secretary of State's conversation with Jim Baker") ["Baker solicits our help in removing reference to an international conference from UN resolution on Arab/Israel"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Powell note for FCO ("the Gulf") ["further message to the Prime Minister from President Bush on the Gulf"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO conversation record (Baker-Hurd: "Secretary of State's bilateral with Baker") [US opinion; meeting of the five; partial withdrawal; burden-sharing; Israel; individual responsibility; Phase 2 warning; meeting between the EC and Tariq Aziz; ] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Cabinet Office letter to Defence Secretary ("Gulf Crisis: UK/US Talks") [notes of the meeting of 14 December and official UK/US Position Paper on the Gulf Crisis] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 3068 to FCO (0059Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: chapter 2") ["Administration still prepared for war if need be. But next moves up to Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Iraq; GATT; USSR; visit to US; overseas visits] [declassified Jul 2019]
90 Dec 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 3096 to FCO (2222Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: readiness of US forces") ["American troops will not be ready for offensive action by 15 January"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 22 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO telegram 2226 to UKE Washington (0107Z) ("Future of embassies in Baghdad") ["We are considering the future of British embassy in Baghdad in the light of the approaching 15 January deadline and of the ensuing risk of hostilities"] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: Secretary of State for Defence minute to PM ("Timing of military action against Iraq") [military will not be ready for offensive ground operations before end January] [declassified Jul 2018]
90 Dec 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO telegram 2237 to UKE Washington (0925Z) ("Secretary of State's conversation with Baker: 30 December") ["Baker sees no objection to suggestion that presidency, flanked by UK and France, might call in Iraqi ambassador in relevant capitals, but is not attracted by the possibility of the twelve inviting Tariq Aziz to Europe"] [declassified Jul 2018]
91 Jan 9 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Gulf War: FCO telegram to UKMIS Geneva (1100Z) ("Gulf: Secretary of State's Conversation with Secretary Baker") [French initiative considered counterproductive; possible new Troika invitation to Tariq Aziz for a meeting in a different venue from Luxembourg; UN Secretary General's potential initiative not be discouraged] [declassified Jul 2018]
91 Jan 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand: Gulf Issues") [released Jul 2017]
91 Jan 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 briefing for John Major ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [the Gulf; European defence; UK/French nuclear cooperation; GATT negotiations; ECU/EMU; developments in the USSR] [released Jul 2017]
91 Jan 14 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 record of conversation (John Major, Mitterrand, Dumas) ["European Issues": EMU; defence co-operation in Europe; GATT negotiations; Lithuania] [released Jul 2017]
91 Apr 13 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Cabinet Office briefing for John Major ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand") [UK/French talks in Paris on 12 April; Iraq/Kurds] [released Jul 2017]
91 Jun 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Anglo/French Summit: 24 June") [released Jul 2017]
91 Jun 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Anglo/French Summit: 24 June 1991") [EC/US Airbus dispute] [released Jul 2017]
91 Jun 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Anglo/French Summit: French Views on European Defence") [released Jul 2017]
91 Jun 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 briefing for John Major ("Anglo/French Summit: 24 June") [released Jul 2017]
91 Jun 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 record of conversations (Private Meeting: John Major, Mitterrand, Cresson; Working Lunch: John Major, Mitterrand, Hurd, Tom King, Gummer, Garel-Jones, Cresson, Dumas, Guigou, Beregovoy, Joxe, Mermaz) ["Anglo/French Summit"] [released Jul 2017]
91 Sep 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Your meeting with Mr. Lubbers: 18 September") [Yugoslavia; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe; GATT; EMU, European political union] [declassified July 2017]
91 Sep 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lubbers, Van den Broek, Garel-Jones, Dankert) [Yugoslavia; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe; GATT; EMU, European political union] [declassified July 2017]
91 Nov 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Lubbers) [GATT; Soviet Union; IGCs] [declassified July 2017]
91 Nov 22 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lamont, Lubbers, Van Den Broek, Kok, Dankert, Ersboll, Garel-Jones, John Kerr) [organisation of the European Council; UK attitudes; Court of Auditors; Foreign Policy; Defence; Social Policy; Competence; European Parliament; Article 100c; Cohesion; the Chapeau; Tax; EMU; Seats of the Institutions; Enlargement; GATT; Conclusion] [declassified Dec 2017]
91 Nov 23 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Visit of President Mitterrand: 2 December") [arrangements; agenda] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram 1244 to FCO (1957Z) ("Call on Élysée Secretary-General: GATT") [Ambassador Fergusson, Védrine: record of conversation: talks in advance of John Major/Mitterrand meeting on 2 December] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Meeting with President Mitterrand 2 December: Nuclear Issues") [control of weapons in the Soviet Union; bilateral coordination] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Ministry of Defence briefing for John Major ("Visit of President Mitterrand: 2nd December 1991") [press line & background on possible UK/French venture to build anti-air warfare frigate; press line on nuclear assistance to the Soviet Union to prevent proliferation] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major ("Prime Minister's Lunch with President Mitterrand: 2 December 1991") [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand, 2 December) [Butler, Védrine: record of conversation] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("President Mitterrand's Visit: Control of Weapons in the Soviet Union and Nuclear Assistance") [possible France/UK/US trilateral] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 briefing for John Major ("Your Talks with President Mitterrand: 2 December") [key issues] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 Press Secretary note to Stephen Wall (control of Soviet nuclear weapons) [US view; talks with Ukraine] [released Jul 2017]
91 Dec 1 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO briefing for John Major (meeting with President Mitterrand) [released Jul 2017]
91 Dec 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Nuclear Weapons") [latest proposals for dealing with Soviet arsenal & preventing dissemination of Soviet technology] [released Jul 2017]
92 Sep 18 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	MT: UKA Washington fax for Stephen Wall ("Baroness Thatcher: Calls at the White House") [Bush "gave me a large wink" when MT talked of Europe] [released Dec 2018]
92 Nov 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: FCO briefing for Major ("Call by Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers of the Netherlands: Tuesday 10 November") [Maastricht Treaty ratification; subsidiarity; openness; future financing; sites of EC institutions; GATT; former Yugoslavia; enlargement; Eastern Europe] [declassified Dec 2017]
92 Nov 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lubbers, Michael Jenkins) [Maastricht Treaty] [declassified Dec 2017]
94 Jan 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Martin Mansergh) [urges British Government to remain "reasonably optimistic" as to PIRA response to Joint Declaration; Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 153 to FCO (2205Z) ("Gerry Adams") [no decision yet on visa application, State & Speaker opposed, NSC keen to give 'constructive' response] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Gerry Adams") [disturbing conversation with NSC official] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake's secretary) [Adams visa - Sinn Fein stringing along British and Irish Governments in seeking clarification of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for Major ("Northern Ireland") [expectation that PIRA will not accept Joint Declaration and are preparing for increased violence; ways to pressurise Sinn Fein] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 22 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to Northern Ireland Office ("USA/Gerry Adams") [seeks comment on draft letter from No.10 to National Security Adviser Tony Lake] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 23 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake) [talks between No.10 and White House over the weekend re: US visa for Gerry Adams] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland meeting on 26 January") [advance notice of questions PM wants to explore] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 ("Gerry Adams") [Holl at NSC warning that Adams visa would be granted on terms unacceptable to UK] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 179 to FCO (2341Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Acting Secretary of State Tarnoff wanted visa idea dropped or granted only by agreement with UK] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary-US Ambassador) ["Northern Ireland: Visa for Gerry Adams" - Hurd warned against granting it without denunciation of violence; Seitz spoke of pressures on Clinton] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 briefing for PM ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [includes summary of intelligence assessment, 19 Jan] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (2055Z) ("Visa for Gerry Adams") [Hurd lobbied "a receptive Christopher" who said question not yet with the President] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 203 to FCO (1600Z) ("Gerry Adams") [dozen Senators signing letter to Clinton calling for visa; split recommendation with NSC favouring visa on conditions weaker than UK wants] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [action points, summary and corrections to record] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls to Lyne) [White House decision to grant visa on conditions; agrees to modify conditions with involvement of State Dept; Adams to be invited to meet US Consul-General & urged to comply publicly] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: NIO record of conversation (Hume calls Chilcot) [argues for Adams visa; views of Clinton and the "Derry people"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 Press Office ("Adams Visa") [State & NSC press line "singing from the same song sheet"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Mayhew calls Major) [tactics with Irish at IGC] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 231 to FCO (1800Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Tarnoff briefs UKA on Adams meeting with US Consul-General refusing to accept the conditions; Congressional criticism of the conditions, but State intended to stick by them] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 244 to FCO (2350Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["another battle royal" between State and NSC, which wants to grant one-day visa in response to Congressional pressure; recommends further call from Foreign Secretary to Secretary of State] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (Adams visa update) [NSC pushing back against State; "With luck, this will be past history soon"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("USA/Gerry Adams") [Adams refusing US conditions; draft British press line; "we should not strike a triumphalist tone"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 29 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: FCO telegram 80 to UKE Washington (1423Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Visa issue - Hurd rang Christopher, who noted strong political pressure from Senators Mitchell, Kennedy & Moynihan] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 29 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls Lyne) ('Adams') [US "going back to Adams again" - "White House desperate to find in favour of Adams"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 29 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Gerry Adams visa) [sharing intelligence; four IRA bombs in Oxford Street; trusts US will not go back on its earlier decision] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 30 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Adams visa) [US eyeball to eyeball with Adams; "could not believe that it would be democratic America which blinked. Surely you won't"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 30 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Gerry Adams") [given visa; Lyne "did not mince words with Lake when he was telephoned to be told of the decision"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 30 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Adams/USA: contingency press line") [small modification following conference call between Renwick, Lyne and Meyer] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("Gerry Adams: reactions") [State "extremely disappointed", 'scathing' about White House statement; Holl of NSC "unapologetic about the decision", "could not be separated from the more general feeling that something was fraying in the relationship between the US and the UK"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 46 to FCO (1425Z) ("Northern Ireland") [Taoiseach says publicly he will clarify aspects of Joint Declaration but not renegotiate; generally positive press reactions to issue of US visa to Adams] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to President Clinton on Adams visa) ["to show Clinton that he has reached the limits of our tolerance, and should not take us for granted"; Major - "Pl. refer Tuesday when I'm in a calmer mood over this"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to Taoiseach) [new material on Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [US decision lead item on British radio & tv; newspaper coverage; Adams "trumpeting the fact that he was NOT asked by the US to renounce violence"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Jan 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [PM and Foreign Secretary "agreed that our tactic must be to put Adams on the spot, and expose his evasions as directly as we can"; two car bombs in London since visa granted] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 267 to FCO (0515Z) ("Foreign Secretary's call on National Security Adviser, Washington, 31 January") ["FS spells out bluntly our position on Adams. Lake chastened but unrepentant, still hoping that Adams might produce something"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Speech by Gerry Adams in New York, evening of 1 February") ["rumours in Washington that [he] may offer some form of conditional ceasefire"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [terrible UK press, Adams using "the finest platform ever granted to the IRA to justify terrorism"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [Major deciding against message to President; US Ambassador to call at No.10 instead] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (evening) (Lyne-Seitz) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [No.10 calls in US Ambassador Ray Seitz - "need to find constructive ways of rebalancing the situation", distancing Administration from Adams's statements] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 274 to FCO (0040Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["Adams offers nothing new" - account of his NYC speech] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 294 to FCO (0450Z) ("President Clinton on Northern Ireland") ["rejected Adams' call to pressurize the British Government on Northern Ireland"; says proposal for a US envoy "overtaken by events"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [contrary to US thinking, Adams visa "relieved rather than increased pressure on the Provisionals to end violence"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne calls Lake) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British thanks for "corrective action" in President's speech; conversation "amicable on both sides"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Press line on Northern Ireland: Wednesday 2 February") [PM wants "a very firm line in public comment today about Northern Ireland"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 2 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Hume calls Lyne) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British misread Adams visit to US, which put him "under great pressure to refrain from violence and address the Joint Declaration"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 315 to FCO (0025Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["US press already describing the outcome of the visit as disappointing"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Major letter to Reynolds ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [Adams visit "has done a lot of damage and the Administration must be regretting their decision to let him in"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland up-date") [includes action plan and annex on Adams's statements in US - "a dense history lesson", no olive branch] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Hurd-Spring in Brussels) [Spring explains Irish Government position on visa, "some disappointment at the outcome", but would be vindicated if Adams led catholics to a peaceful settlement in the north; Spring thought Adams' commitment to peace genuine] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: FCO telegram 33 to UKHC Ottawa & various posts (1517Z) ("Sinn Fein President's Visit to the US") [warning against Sinn Fein attempts to secure visas] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Reynolds letter to Major ("Letter from the Taoiseach: meeting with the PM") [Adams visit putting great pressure on him not to disappoint; "I do not believe we have in any sense lost the initiative for peace"] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 9 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland update") [PM thoughts on way ahead; endorses NIO action plan] [declassified Dec 2018]
94 Feb 10 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("President Clinton's call to the Prime Minister") [Clinton deeply angered by Sunday Times piece on visa; "very up-beat at the end of his conversation with the Prime Minister ... clearly felt it had gone well"] [declassified Dec 2018]
04 Jun 26 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	MT: MT to Nancy Reagan (death of her husband) ["History will view him as one of America's greatest Presidents"]

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