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 |
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| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 008/Aug EFDT 181800Z”) ["the more pessimistic view from JHQ" - new Iraqi army dispositions give "option to attack [Saudi Arabia] at very short notice"] [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 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq") [latest information on detention of foreign nationals] [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 19 Su | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Gulf editorials") [generally backing firm military response] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: Hurd minute for MT ('Iran') ["action we are taking to establish early contacts with the Iranians"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 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] |
| 90 Aug 19 Su | Major | Gulf War: King Hussein letter to FCO (Iraq/Kuwait) [her two messages to him - "their tone was unworthy of you my friend"; hopes to meet soon] [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 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 | 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 14 Tu | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Exfiltration from Kuwait”) [two British journalists reached Riyadh, crossed from Kuwait last night] [unclassified; released Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Minor | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait: Rules of Engagement”) [FCO has no comment on revised concept of operations for Armilla patrol] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 19 Su | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO (“Saudi oil production”) [Saudis confirm wish for OPEC meeting; first public statement of Saudi intention to increase production] [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 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] |