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)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 370 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 101 - 120 of 122
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| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2014 to FCO (2359Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Iraqi tankers") [conversation with Kimmitt: Iraqi tanker in Aden "might be an example of sanctions busting"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2019 to FCO (1630Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in New York") ["US... pushing hard for a resolution on enforcement today... credibility of the UN and the Security Council at stake"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2020 to FCO (1900Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["Shevardnadze has asked Baker for another day's grace"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2028 to FCO (2330Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: contingency planning") ["American policy... Offensive military action... still considered a worst-case scenario... integrity of Kuwait [need not] necessarily entail.... downfall of Saddam Hussein... mainly a metaphor for the free flow of oil... it was the British on whom the Americans could rely"] [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: UKMIS Geneva telegram 576 to FCO (1544Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Mr Waldegrave's visit to Geneva: call on Sommaruga (ICRC)") ["...[ICRC] would not allow legalistic difficulties to prevent their operating [in Kuwait & Iraq] but... could do nothing without Iraqi agreement"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 20 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1037 to FCO (0005Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft SCR emerging from meeting of the Five on 19 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 20 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1042 to FCO (2019Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [Chinese & Russian positions; press leaks] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 20 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1043 to FCO (2020Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft SCR emerging from meeting of the Five on 20 Aug] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1048 to FCO (0635Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [draft text of latest resolution - No.10 concerned that "it applies only to interdiction at sea"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1051 to FCO (1800Z) ("Iraqi tanker") ["people in Washington had now calmed down and appreciated the need to proceed carefully with as wide support in the Council as possible"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1058 to FCO (2345Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [MT critical of proposals: "We [would] be giving up existing powers"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1060 to FCO (1836Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["Chinese (and even Russians) may be coming round, but want to refer evidence of sanctions-busting to the economic sanctions committee"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1061 to FCO (1808Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") [enforcement of sanctions: text of latest draft resolution] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1066 to FCO (0340Z) ("Next steps in New York") [non-aligned countries want stronger text; "some see the resolution as a means for restraining US unilateral action... on Iraq"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1067 to FCO (0320Z) ("Anglo-Iranian relations") [UK contacts with Iranian government go "back to square one"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1071 to FCO (1639Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["latest text of the draft resolution"] [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: UKMIS New York telegram 1073 to FCO (2010Z) ("Lebanon hostages: Brian Keenan") [Iranians tell us he will be released on 24 Aug as "a sign of good will"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1076 to FCO (2220Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["Developments are now being dictated by the contacts between Shevardnadze and Baker"] [declassified Jul 2017] |