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1990 Aug 13 - 1990 Aug 19
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3076
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 23)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 349
Any docs withheld? 15

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90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Gulf editorials") [generally backing firm military response] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 13 Mo Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO & Ministry of Defence (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT asks four questions - blockade, propaganda, hot pursuit, chemical weapons] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT 'incensed' by "the slur carried by the BBC World Service", that UK diplomats in Kuwait fled before the invasion; FCO should demand apology] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [MT wants minister to visit smaller Gulf states immediately] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Press Pools”) [MT agrees to allow occasional small press pools to visit UK forces in Gulf, provided under better control than during the Falklands] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (“Minister (DP's) visit to the Gulf”) [MT's instructions for Clark's flying visit to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (dispute over Tornado Rules of Engagement) [MT hopes it will be resolved tomorrow so aircraft can patrol; would be damaging if it became public] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 18 Sa Major Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq") [latest information on detention of foreign nationals] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 17 Fr Major Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["a few points of interest from this morning's telegrams"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["potentially worrying development" - British nationals instructed to gather in one location] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq: Progress Report") ["main developments since we last spoke"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Minor Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT (Bob Gates-No.10 conversation) ["Bob Gates was quite receptive to the suggestion of a UN plane or convoy to get western citizens out"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Bob Gates-No.10) ["Iraq/Kuwait: President Bush's Meeting with King Hussein and Prince Saud"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell calls General Scowcroft) ["to convey our concern about the use of the port of Aqaba to evade sanctions against Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 17 Fr Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Jeffrey Sterling, Raphael Ricanate and No.10 official) ["Iraq/Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Attorney-General) [Rules of Engagement] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 18 Sa Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Foreign Secretary) ["Iraq" - Hurd briefing MT on his conversation with US Secretary of State] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Shaikh Sabah of Kuwait) ["was the operation only for the defence of Saudi Arabia or was it also to free Kuwait?"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: Transport Minister Roger Freeman letter to FCO (“Aviation Security”) [precautionary actions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 14 Tu Major Gulf War: UKA Jedda telegram to FCO (“Rules of Engagement”) [RAF Air Vice Marshal recommends accepting US/Saudi ROE] [declassified Jul 2017]