Archive

1990 Aug 20 - 1990 Aug 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3077
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 24)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 370
Any docs withheld?

Selections from this file

Showing items 101 - 120 of 122

Per page:
Date Valuesort descending Title
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKDEL OECD Paris telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: IEA oil market committee, 23 August") [assessment of market prospects] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1072 to FCO (1635Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["[US] not sure of Soviet motives... impending Baker/Shevardnadze telephone conversation"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King, John Wakeham, Patrick Mayhew, William Waldegrave, Percy Cradock, CDS) ["Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi telegram to FCO ("UAE/US relations: Cheney's visit") ["US riding high. Seeking UAE increased oil production and support with defence costs"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Vassiliou of Cyprus) ["Iraq/Kuwait": phone conversation: "[UK/US] should attack Iraq... [or else] a negative attitude towards [ongoing presence of] US forces would develop... among the Arab masses"; do not overestimate Iraqi army] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: views of Soviet MFA: 23 August") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers, 23 August") [UN; sanctions; additional forces; rules of engagement; UK citizens; embassies; King Hussein peace mission; US; oil situation; press conference] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Israeli attitudes") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Vice-Chief of Defence Staff's visit") [account of requests to Sultan by Dick Cheney; Omanis fear being "swamped by US forces"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs) [Iran - Rafsanjani seeking improved relations with the West; Yemen; hostages; long-term strategy post-Gulf crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKHC Kuala Lumpar telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait - next steps in the UN") ["Malaysians agree on the need for firm implementation but have serious doubts about the use of force"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ad hoc Group on the Gulf: 11.00 am on Tuesday 21 August 1990 at No 10") [UN resolution on interception of Iraqi tanker; Britons in Iraq/Kuwait; aid for Jordan; counter-propaganda; further deployment; terrorism; oil] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") [Iraqi capacity for offensive action increased; further US shopping list for Western military cooperation; foreign nationals; unanimity on maintaining embassies in Kuwait after 24 Aug; Arab reactions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Minor Gulf War: Tony Newton PS letter to No.10 ("Daily Star article - "Iraquis get the dole"") ["factually incorrect"; clarification at MT's request] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Minor Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Embassies in Kuwait") [Iraqi offer to let a single staff member remain in Kuwait] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Minor Gulf War: Omani Ambassador letter to No.10 (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs meeting with the Prime Minister) [request for an appointment; arranged for tomorrow] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Minor Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (Amir of Qatar's reply to the Prime Minister relayed by Alan Clark) [No.10 request for draft reply] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Minor Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Foreigners in Iraq") ["sites where the Iraqis appear to be considering housing Western detainees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Minor Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Detained British citizens") ["Our present understanding of the location of British detainees"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Minor Gulf War: Francis Maude letter to John Wakeham ("Iraq/Kuwait - International Energy Agency") ["further meeting... next week to review the market situation"; registers Treasury interest] [declassified Jul 2017]