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PREM19/3084
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 31)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret - Cab One
Page count: 324
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90 Sep 15 Sa Major 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 Major 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 Key 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 9 Tu Minor Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi telegram to FCO ("Iraqi reprisals") [reliable source says 20 Kuwaiti men detained at Saudi border and shot in reprisal for bombing of Kuwait International Hotel] [unclassified; released Jul 2017]
90 Oct 9 Tu Major 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 Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Effects of Sanctions - Industrial Decline") ["serious problems expected ... supply of raw materials, spare parts and foreign expertise"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 9 Tu Major 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 Major 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 Major 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 Major 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 Major 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 10 We Minor Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Jordan and the Gulf Crisis") [memo from King Hussein' acknowledgment suggested] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 10 We Major Gulf War: Wakeham minute for MT ("Visit to the Gulf: 29 September - 2 October") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 11 Th Major Gulf War: MOD minute to Lord President's Office ("MPs' Visits to the Gulf") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 11 Th Major Gulf War: Turnbull minute for MT (Heath's meeting with Saddam Hussein) [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr Major 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 Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (0000Z) ("Revised draft") [draft of SCR672, 2000 11 Oct] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr Major 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 Major Gulf War: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's meeting with President Mubarak") [anecdotal account of invasion; King Hussein "cat's paw" to Saddam; in event of military action "the Iraqis will run away"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr Key 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]