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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Showing items 81 - 96 of 96
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian response to Gulf crisis”) [despatch of two frigates and a supply ship] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Dutch contribution to Gulf force”) ["Dutch government to send two frigates to Gulf"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1828 to FCO (0115Z) (“Bush Press Conference”) [forthcoming visit to Washington by King Hussein] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1911 to FCO (0248Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: US policy”) ["wide-ranging meeting with [Robert] Kimmitt"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1912 to FCO (0248Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: public comments by Administration officials”) [US making defensive deployments at Saudi request] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1915 to FCO (2225Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Rules of Engagement”) [need to align British rules of engagement with Saudi/US ones] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1930 to FCO (0120Z) (“Visit to Washington of King Hussein”) [US Administration keen to help financially, but King must show he is serious about implementing UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1933 to FCO (2108Z) (“Shaikh Sabah in Washington”) [expresses thanks to President; urged to maintain high profile and aid countries bearing brunt of UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1936 to FCO (2310Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait/Jordan”) [US receiving British views on Aqaba and King Hussein in advance of his visit to Washington] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1955 to FCO (2358Z) (“President Bush's meeting with King Hussein: 16 August”) [US encouraged, "difficulties remain but relations partly repaired"] [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 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] |
| 90 Aug 13 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 978 to FCO (2230Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council consultations”) ["considerable feeling ... that military action should only be taken if sanctions were shown not to work"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Waldegrave press briefing (Iraq/Kuwait) [British nationals instructed to gather in one location] |
| 90 Aug 19 Su | Major | Gulf War Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (Armilla patrol) [detailed implementation of new ROEs to include enforcement of UN embargo] [declassified Jul 2017] |