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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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Aug 19 Su | Major | Gulf War: Alan Clark minute for MT ("Qatar - Bahrain - Abu Dhabi - Dubai Emirates") [meetings with Gulf rulers as MT's emissary - UK objectives achieved; attaches meeting notes] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Amir of Bahrain letter to MT (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) ["The UK's continued support and assistance to Bahrain is most welcome and deeply appreciated at the current time"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Amir of Qatar letter to MT (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) [gratitude for support; permission to use facilities at Doha] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Attorney-General letter to FCO (trade embargo) [glad at withdrawal of FCO reference to legal justification as "sketchy in the absence of a SCR authorising enforcement action of that kind"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: Attorney-General's Office letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: oil embargo") [draft ROE agreed] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: Attorney-General's Office letter to Ministry of Defence (“Iraq/Kuwait: Oil Embargo”) [Attorney-General's advice] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: British Defence Staff Washington telegram to MOD (0044Z) (“Arms sales to Saudi Arabia”) [conversation with Prince Bandar] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary minute for No.10 ("Gulf Situation: Handling Arrangements") [present arrangements; possible meeting of OD(G) next week] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [counter-propaganda against Iraq - MT "hopes very much we can have something ready by the end of the week"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [MT's personal interest in chasing up countries preparing to evade sanctions against Iraq - South Africa, Jordan, Hungary, Malaysia] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Iraq/Kuwait”) [smaller Gulf states "a bit miffed" no British military assets offered them; send minister quickly to reassure them] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (message from Tom King) ["furious about Alan Clark going to the Gulf, thinks it all wrong and wants to talk to you urgently"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to Private Office colleagues (handling Gulf business in his absence) [JIC morning briefing to be faxed to MT c1030; Waldegrave chairs coordination meeting at 1100] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Chief Secretary to the Treasury minute for MT ("The Gulf Crisis: Jordan") [concern that costs of helping Jordan meet cost of imposing sanctions "must be kept within bounds"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 19 Su | Major | Gulf War: COP COREU telegram to all COREU (“Situation in Kuwait”) [movement of British nationals out of hotels by Iraqis] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Minor | Gulf War: Department of Transport letter to MOD (“Iraq/Kuwait: Oil Embargo") ["little my Secretary of State could add"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: FCO internal minute (“Examples of Iraqi Brutality, 1968-1990") [list from sources to hand, not secret; "far from exhaustive"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to Department of Transport ("Aviation Security”) [hopes that air traffic control authorities route aircraft well away from danger zones] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iran/Iraq: peace agreement”) ["preliminary assessment" - "no net benefit for Iraq" from 8 years of war] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait”) ['tolerable' BBC response to Waldegrave complaint to World Service report that UKE Kuwait evacuated key staff in early stages of invasion] [declassified Jul 2017] |