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PDF 91 Jan 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Iraqi Refusal of Invitation by the Twelve") ["they presumably calculate that there remains the possibility that Tariq Aziz's refusal to go to Luxembourg will persuade one or two European Governments to break ranks and send envoys to Baghdad"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Panorama") [Saudi concern] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell ("Iraq/Kuwait: Message to President Kaunda") [suggested wording for the letter to President Kaunda from the Prime Minister] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell ("The Gulf Crisis: a Just War") ["arguments and attempts to answer theological reservations over resort to force"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney General Office letter to Powell ("US Request for an Aircraft Carrier for the Red Sea") [difficulties concerning the implementation of e embargo in the Red Sea] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chief Whip's Office record of conversation (Energy Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Defence Secretary & others) ("Gulf: Media Arrangements") [timing, role of No.10 Press Secretary, backbenchers] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Attorney General Office letter to MOD (Stolen Laptop) [possible reward for return or immunity for theft] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell ("Gulf: Briefing the Opposition") [Foreign Secretary favors a new meeting between the PM and Mr Kinnock after the PM's visit to the Gulf; "you might also like to know that Mr Baker...was seeing Mr Kinnock this afternoon"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Foreign Secretary's Meeting with Secretary Baker, 4 January: Tete-a-Tete") [timing; Mr baker's call on the Prime Minister next weekend; aircraft carrier in the Red Sea] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO minute for Department for Transport ("The Gulf: War Risk Insurance for Airlines") [timing to give notice to the airlines of the war-risk insurance premium to be paid from 15 January; "this should be left to the last possible moment"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 minute for MOD ("Gulf Briefings") [group briefing arrangements] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to FCO ("Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union") [press briefing] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 91 Jan 7 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (EMU: launch of the British proposals for amending the EC Treaty) [timetable and press briefing] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell ("Acts of Atrocity in Kuwait") [Information Department ask to have a look to the photograph album given to the PM] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Treasury letter to Transport Secretary ("The Gulf: War Risk Insurance for Airlines") ["favour an agreement with the industry which allowed for a much shorter period of notice: perhaps no more than 24 hours"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Chief Whip's Office record of conversation ("Gulf: Media Arrangements") [Government backbenchers; letter to all MPs setting out Government case in event of Commons debate Jan 15; reply to Cardinal Hume's letter; case against further time for sanctions; photos of the atrocities in Kuwait to be used to bring home Saddam's inhumanity; refusal of Saudi authorities to issue sufficient visas for British journalists] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to Powell ("Call by Chief of Defence Staff") ["The Prime Minister will want primarily to ask Sir David about a number of issues rising from his visit to the Gulf d the Cabinet discussion"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to FCO ("Call by Admiral Lanxade") ["Admiral Lanxade made clear that he had President Mitterrand's authority for his reassurance that France would fight"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary briefing for Prime Minister ("OPD(G): 10 January") [PM's visit to the Gulf; international situation; second round of UK/US talks; response tu partial and full Iraqi withdrawal;media handling; debate in Parliament; IEA stockdraw; cabinet 10 January; pattern of meetings in the event of hostilities] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary briefing for Prime Minister ("Cabinet, 10 January: Possible Military Action in the Gulf") [international situation; comments from Ministers on the possible conflict; possible debate in the Parliament; formal authority to the PM to commit British troops after 15 January] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cradock minute for Powell ("Iraqi Options: Threat of a Pre-emptive Attack") [assumptions on possible targets and strategies] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Morris PS minute for Prime Minister ("Gulf Debate") [arrangement of short discussion on Parliamentary handling of the debate during OPD(G) 10 January] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Department for Transport minute for FCO ("The Gulf: War Risk Insurance for Airlines") ["we must expect that airlines will withdraw services from areas where they foresee conflit, whether or not we offer re-insurance"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (EMU: Major's draft reply to Michael Butler) [hard ecu proposals helpful, but rejects need for European System of Central Banks] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury record of telephone conversation (Lamont, Bérégovoy) [UK tabling hard ecu/EMF treaty texts] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 91 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury record of telephone conversation (Lamont, Solchaga) [UK tabling hard ecu/EMF treaty texts] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Visit of the prime Minister to Oman - 8/9 January") ["the Prime Minister clearly established an easy rapport with the Sultan who was visibly flattered to receive such attention at this early stage of the Prime Miniter's term of office"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 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]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO telegram to UKE Luxembourg ("Gulf: Secretary of State's Conversation with the Luxembourg Prime Minister") ["if the Baker/Tariq Aziz meeting in Geneva is unsuccessful...no difficulty if Poos were to say publicly that the EC Troika invitation remained on the table"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Office telegram to Powell ("Iraqi Withdrawal from Kuwait: Immediate Reactions") ["things might not develop in a clear-cut way. Saddam Hussein might reject the timetable or the pattern of withdrawal we proposed. Or he might make some attempt to negotiate on these"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia") ["the Prime Minister succeeds in establishing good rapport with King Fahd and the Crown Prince...very positive reaction from British forces of all three services to Prime Minister's contact with them and remarks" ] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Office telegram to Powell (Baker's statement) ["the US and the rest of the international community wanted a peaceful solution. This is still a confrontation Iraq can avoid"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Mitterrand Press Conference") ["France remains solid on need for complete Iraqi withdrawal and manintenance of 15 January deadline. But it will actively pursue efforts for peace up to last moment"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell ("Telephone Call by Mr Mulroney") [PM's impressions of his Gulf trip; Canada's decision to send medical assistance; discuss the idea of a G7 meeting; Mr Mulroney's visit to London] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to House of Commons Library (Media handling) [rules issued to Editors "to guide them on how to cover Gulf news without jeopardising the safety of the troops"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Department of Transport letter to Treasury ("The Gulf: War Risk Insurance for Airlines") ["draft for a set of agreements with insurers which should provide the basis for reinsurance for all United Kingdom airlines who may be flying to the gulf Area"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to Powell ("US Request for Deployment of Carrier Group") [a carrier was to be deployes in the Mediterranean anyway; concerc over the cost of the enhancements required; planning of minimun mount of work at a limited cost] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD conversation record ("Call by Mr Ashdown") [Government's argument for military action in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to Powell ("Po Granby: Operational Readiness") [updates concerning the arrangements to speed up the flow of battle-winning equipment and munitions; need for more beds for medical care of prisoners of war] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Julian Amery letter to Foreign Secretary (Western Presence in the Gulf) [what the presence should consist of and where it should be located; idea of "making use of the only realiable state in the Middle east not counting Israel. I mean of course Turkey"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary briefing for Prime Minister ("OPD(G): 10 January") [PM's visit to the Gulf; international situation; UK/US talks; consular advice and contingency plans for evacuation; Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait: immediate reactions; Rules of Engagement; media arrangements; IEA stockdraw; meeting arrangements in case of hostilities] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell minute for Prime Minister ("OPD(G) and Cabinet: Points to Make on Your Gulf Visit") ["there is an expectation that there will be a conflict and that Saddam Hussein will loose"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 conversation record ("The Gulf") [Powell's conversation with general Scowcroft] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Powell note for Prime Minister ("Meeting with Secretary Baker") [final arrangements] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Lord Chancellor's Office minute for Prime Minister ("Gulf Debate: Parliamentary Handling") [when to initiate the debate and under what form of motion] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Morris PS note for Prime Minister ("Gulf") [Foreign Secretary and Chief Whip's requests to speak with the PM before the OPD(G) of 10 January] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Department of Energy letter to Powell ("The Gulf: Oil Supplies") [draft reply to President Bush's message concerning the meeting of the IAE Governing Board; ] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Wakeham minute for Prime Minister ("Media Handling") [three proposals] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 91 Jan 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: George Bush letter to King Hussein ("we have arrived at a fateful point") [declassified 1999]
PDF 91 Jan 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Alan Walters letter to MT ("Notes on sterling") [exchange risk assessment] [declassified Jul 2017]

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