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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 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 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 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 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 14 Tu Major Gulf War: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (Armilla patrol) ["revised concept of operations"] [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]
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 16 Th Major Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Foreign Secretary's telephone conversation with the Dutch Foreign Minister”) [WEU meeting in Paris on Tuesday to discuss Gulf crisis] [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 16 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“British Community in Kuwait”) [fears they will be used as human shields for industrial/military sites in Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Possible detention of British community in Kuwait”) [40 civilian buses concentrated at Baghdad Central Railway Station this evening] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 18 Sa Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Internment”) [Iraqi speaker says nationals of Western countries intending aggression against Iraq are to be interned] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1004 to FCO (2300Z) (“Kuwait/Iraq: Secretary-General's Statements”) ['clarification' issued on question of a blockade] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1026 to FCO (0515Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Foreign Communities”) [text of SCR664] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 16 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Kuwait/Iraq: future of British Community”) [Iraqis forcing British and US nationals to central locations] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 18 Sa Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Communities”) [British detainees moved to a military installation] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Nationals in Kuwait and Iraq”) [protest to Iraqi authorities] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Nationals in Kuwait”) [list of 81 British citizens taken from hotel] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 19 Su Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1034 to FCO (1800Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Next Steps”) [text of US pre-working paper circulated at meeting of the five on 19 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017]