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 |
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Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
Classification: | Top Secret |
Page count: | 370 |
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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 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 22 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Message from Prime Minister to King Hussein" - audience with King) [MT: "He is putting himself at the head of the PRO-IRAQ club. That will only make his own position WORSE with the anti-Iraq group"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patrick Mayhew, Alan Clark, Lynda Chalker, Percy Cradock) ["Iraq/Kuwait": OECD discussion on implementation of sanctions; role of ICRC; aid for Jordan; British citizens; rules of engagement; RAF; military & civil air training for Iraqis; sanctions-busting] [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 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 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("WEU Ministerial meeting, Paris, 21 August") ["Good meeting... includes decision... on close coordination of operations in the Gulf region"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: King-Waldegrave press conference transcript (Gulf crisis) [deployment of additional forces; Iraqi use of Western citizens in Kuwait as military 'shields'] [unclassified; released 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 22 We | Major | Gulf War: Tom King minute to MT ("Enforcement action in support of UN embargo") [No.10 not convinced by proposed further measures] [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 22 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2010 to FCO (2117Z) ("Future of embassies in Kuwait") ["US announce publicly that they will not close their Embassy in Kuwait on 24 August ... Appeal to international community to show solidarity"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to Ingham (Gulf crisis) [ "I think we shall want opportunities for the Prime Minister to speak out publicly"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Damascus telegram to FCO ("Syria: attitude to Iraq/Kuwait crisis") ["continues to support the Western view... But there are signs that the regime is out of step with popular sentiment"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 584 to FCO (1416Z) ("Buchan family") [CDP: "i.e. The Baby"; Gulf crisis: "an extreme example of Iraqi contempt for its international obligations"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to MoDUK ("Iraq/Kuwait deconfliction") [exchange of ROEs between US and Iraqis] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Jordan: refugees") [Gulf crisis: addressing MT concern; permission to spend £0.5m] [declassified Jul 2017] |
90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams; US Armoured Division not arriving till EARLY OCTOBER] [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 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT (Gulf Support Group Helpline) ["formed about 10 days ago... for those who have friends or relatives trapped in Iraq or Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017] |