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PREM19/3073
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East) (Part 20)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret - Cab One
Page count: 177
Any docs withheld? 6

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Date Value Title
89 Dec 3 Su Major Middle East: UKE Tunis telegram 450 to FCO (1220Z) ("Peace process") ["Arafat states he has accepted the Baker plan and that the Egyptians agree. Response awaited from Washington... I hope we can consider advising the Americans to take the PLO reply as an acceptance"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 4 Mo Major Middle East: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Possible evacuation") [UK embassy requesting assurances of safety and considering move north] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 6 We Major Middle East: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Euro-Arab Conference, Paris: 21-22 December") ["not a very good idea"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 6 We Major Middle East: Mr. Paul Cooper letter to MT (Roger Cooper: imprisoned in Tehran) [MT agrees to sign non-political Christmas Card to be sent to Roger Cooper] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 17 Su Major Middle East: President Mubarak letter to MT (latest developments on the Palestinian Question) [US, Egypt, Israel tripartite meeting] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jan 2 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Peace process: visit of Yasser Arafat") ["Successful visit which appears to have strengthened Jordanian/PLO coordination"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jan 9 Tu Major Middle East: MT letter to President Mubarak (recent developments on the Palestinian question) ["I hope that the talks in Washington between... [US, Egypt, Israel] will convene soon and lead on quickly to an Israeli/Palestinian meeting in Cairo"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jan 25 Th Major Middle East: UKE Washington record of conversation (0004Z) ("Arab/Israel: peace process") [William Waldegrave, Dennis Ross] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jan 30 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Washington record of conversation (0150Z) ("Secretary of State's meeting with Secretary Baker: Middle East") [PLO representation at trilateral talks; Jewish settlement in Occupied Territories] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 5 Mo Major Middle East: Charles Powell record of conversation ("Middle East") [Powell, Israeli Ambassador to UK: "negative effect which some of William Waldegrave's statements were having in Israel"; MT unaware of statements] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 7 We Major Middle East: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Gulf") ["[Hurd] concerned that we are not getting enough high level Ministerial visits to the Gulf States and that this could affect our commercial interests"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 7 We Major Middle East: Hurd PS note to No.10 ("Cabinet: high level visits to the Gulf") [Hurd speaking note] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 20 Tu Major Middle East: EC public statement ("Statement by the Twelve on the extension of Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories: 20 February") ["illegal under international law"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 27 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 473 to FCO (0120Z) ("Arab/Israel:peace process") ["Baker asks Arens for an Israeli decision on attendance at a trilateral... Administration believe Egyptians are on board"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 1 Th Major Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 507 to FCO (1800Z) ("Arab/Israel: peace process") ["has reached a critical point. Unable to predict which way Shamir will jump"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Middle East: MT letter to Emir of Qatar (Jewish settlement in the Occupied Territories) [report of her speech to the Board of Deputies of British Jews on 18 February] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 532 to FCO (2333Z) ("Peace process") ["Growing uncertainty within the Administration... quite possible that the [Israeli coalition] government would collapse"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Audience with King Hussein: contacts with other Arab states") ["no commitments on aid... account of his recent contacts with King Fahd"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Amman record of conversation ("Audience with King Hussein: peace process") [UK Ambassador Reeve, King Hussein] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 6 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Arab/Israel: the peace process") [Likud position on latest US proposals] [declassified Dec 2016]