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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1283
Iraq (Internal situation; Iran-Iraq War; threat to Gulf oil supplies) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 361
Any docs withheld? 1

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Date Value Title
83 Dec 6 Tue Iraq: Lawson to Department of Energy (“Oil Supplies from the Gulf”) [oil shortage crisis, price instability] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 14 Wed Iraq: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (1700Z) (“Possible Escalation of the Iran-Iraq War”) [stopping the delivery of military equipment to Iran] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 20 Tue Iraq: Coles note to MT (Intervention of the West in the Gulf: Soviet reaction) [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 20 Tue Iraq: Goodall minute to MT (“Consequences of an Escalation of the Iran-Iraq War (OD(EM) (83) 4”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 6 Fri Iraq: Howe to MOD (“Consequences of an Escalation of the Iran-Iraq War”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fri Iraq: MOD to MT (“Iran-Iraq War: DMAO Visit to Gulf States”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 20 Fri Iraq: MOD to Richard Luce (Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 20 Fri Iraq: MOD to FCO (“Consequences of an Escalation of the Iran-Iraq War”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 25 Wed Iraq: Goodall to MT (“Consequences of an Escalation of the Iran-Iraq War (OD(EM) (84) 1)”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 1 Wed Iraq: Robert Armstrong to MT (OD(EM) Meeting: British Military Involvement in the Gulf Region) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 17 Fri Iraq: FCO telegram 334 to UKE Washington (1915Z) (“Possible Escalation of the Gulf War”) [Gulf contingency planning] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 17 Fri Iraq: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Possible Escalation of the Gulf War”) [Gulf contingency planning] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 18 Sat Iraq: UKE Washington telegram 586 to FCO (1918Z) (“Possible Escalation of the Gulf War”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mon Iraq: UKE Washington telegram 588 to FCO (1935Z) (“Iran-Iraq”) [Soviet diplomatic and military involvement] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mon Iraq: Goodall to MT (“Escalation of the War in the Gulf”) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mon Iraq: FCO telegram 337 to UKE Washington (1515Z) (“Iran-Iraq”) [Western military involvement in the Gulf, contacts with Soviets] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 21 Tue Iraq: UKMIS New York telegram 182 to FCO (2359Z) (“Iran-Iraq”) [UN diplomatic mission] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 22 Wed Iraq: MOD to No.10 (Ships deployment in the Gulf area) [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 22 Wed Iraq: UKE Baghdad to FCO (“Iraq-Iran”) [new Iranian offensive] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 23 Thu Iraq: UKE Washington telegram 617 to FCO (1836Z) (“Iraq-Iran”) [possible Iranian offensive] [declassified Jan 2014]