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Date range: 4 May 1979 – 28 Nov 1990. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 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]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("The Gulf Crisis") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with King Hussein, Geneva, 6 November") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell (Japanese Prime Minister letter to MT: draft reply) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 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]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("1991-92 AEF for Scotland: RSG/NDRI Split") [proposes increasing the average Scottish poundage by same absolute amount as in England] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: No.10 minute ("Interest Rate Swaps - The Hammersmith and Fulham Case") [next step is for courts to establish what in principle can be enforced] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: No.10 press digest to MT ("Howe Resignation") ["Your most dangerous crisis since Westland"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Howe resignation, Gulf) [Howe storms out in row over Europe] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Carolyn Sinclair minute to MT ("Implementation of the NHS Reforms") [more optimism about prospects for smooth transition] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 3 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: HMA Kuwait (via UKE Abu Dhabi) telegram to FCO ("Haute Cuisine") [poor diet in UKE Kuwait] [unclassified; released Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2689 to FCO (0100Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") [President's public statements spreading confusion] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1836 to FCO (0330Z) ("Brandt Mission to Iraq") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 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]
PDF 90 Nov 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Hostage Policy") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: The Gulf") [activity at the UN; hostages; sanctions; meeting with King Hussein; embassies in Kuwait; US forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Visit of Mr. Michael Heseltine") [Jordan's position on the Gulf unchanged; gloomy assessment of Jordan's political and economic prospects] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Oman/Jordan/Saudi Arabia") [Omanis pressure King Hussein to mend fences with the Saudis] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Soviet Policy") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell (Iraq/Kuwait: UK position paper) [proposes three amendments] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO paper (Iraq/Kuwait: positive information campaign) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 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]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Tom King minute for Hurd ("Rolls Royce: Engines for an Argentine Destroyer") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MT letter to Japanese Prime Minister (Japan's role in crisis) [thanks for account of Middle East your; "welcome your firmness"; support for costs] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("London Economic Summit") [associating the Soviet Union to the Summit, theme for the Summit] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("1991-92 AEF for Scotland: RSG/NDRI Split") [difference of treatment between Scotland and England/Wales] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (EC-Tory Party, Economy, Gulf) [Tory big guns open fire on Heseltine] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Council: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("The Week in Europe" - Commission publication) [objects to comment "UK was isolated"] [declassified Spt 2019]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Special EPC Ministerial: Hostage Policy") [UK blocks, "with scant support", German attempt to swing EPC behind approach to Iraq to release hostages] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT (Iraq/Kuwait: Directive for Military Commanders in the Gulf) [last minute FCO amendments] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Gorbachev letter to MT (The Gulf crisis: Soviet views) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Sky-BSB merger") [major features of the merger, and background information] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Chris Patten (consequences of non-payment) [growing concern about the problem in Scotland] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Governor of the Bank of England letter to John Major ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [need for a government statement following Lords' provisional judgment] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("PM's Speech in Queen's Speech Debate") [form of words for her to use on interest rates] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Council: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("The Rome Special European Council: prospects for Anglo-Italian relations") [Ambassador's post mortem on Italian policy at the Council] [declassified Spt 2019]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Labour Party memorandum ("The Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union") ["position paper" agreed by Shadow Cabinet and Policy Sub-Committee][declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Tom King minute to MT ("PES: The Defence Programme") [severity of prorgamme decisions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Major PS minute to Barry Potter (Autumn Statement latest draft) [had to take tough decisions in the interests of the economy] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lamont PS minute to Hurd PS ("Autumn Statement Press Notices") [arrangements] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Lamont minute to MT ("Science and Technology") [spending agreements defendable in a difficult year] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: Jim Baker note for President Bush (meeting Saudis) [declassified 1999]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: The Gulf") [Diplomatic - Activity at UN, Hostages, Meeting with King Hussein, Message from Gorbachev, Baker visit, Sanctions, Embassies in Kuwait; Military - US forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Powell, Soviet Ambassador) [Soviet views on the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Mr Primakov's Mission") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Douglas Hurd minute for Lamont ("Chemical Warfare Equipment for Civilians in the Gulf") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UK position paper ("Iraq/Kuwait: UK Position Paper") [Strategic Objectives, Military Objectives, Guidance to military commanders, Co-ordination with allies] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to No.10 (UK position on Iraq/Kuwait: amendments to draft position) [concern at some FCO amendments] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Colonel David Glantz paper ("Potential Soviet Influences on Iraqi Army Operations") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: "John Smith" letter to The Independent ("The View from Inside Kuwait") [British man in Kuwait warns that every diplomatic initiative "prolongs the agony", only military action will end the regime; MT marked copy] [released 2017]

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