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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
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90 Aug 20 Mo Major Gulf War: Hurd press conference (Iraq-Kuwait crisis) [British nationals; purpose of allied deployment; possibility of war; UN resolution on enforcement of trade embargo; British officials in Kuwait] [unclassified; released 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 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's speech, 17 August: foreign and defence aspects") ["Robust defence of Soviet external policy in the face of criticism and old thinking from some of the military"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 22 We Major Gulf War: Tom King minute to MT ("Enhancements to UK forces in the Gulf") [Chiefs of Staff recommend Tornado Squadron be sent to Bahrain] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Gulf crisis") [attaches "main overnight telegrams... UN Security Council broke at 0230 without result. The Americans are particularly fidgety about an Iraqi tanker in the Gulf of Oman"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("WEU Ministerial meeting (Paris 21 August 1990)") [statement condemning invasion of Kuwait, and endorsing UN resolutions and embargo of Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 22 We Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2006 to FCO (1845Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in the UN") ["the Americans must be conscious of the dangers of crying wolf, and we have had other indications they may be determined this time [to act with or without UN authority]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Major Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Foreign communities: French reaction") ["French use tougher language... but unclear whether this reflects new rules of engagement... 27 French nationals in Kuwait and Iraq have been taken away to an unknown destination"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2003 to FCO (2159Z) ("Gulf crisis: Jordan") ["US actively considering immediate economic assistance... will continue to hold Jordan to full implementation of UN sanctions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("FRG military reaction to Gulf crisis") ["participation in the present Gulf crisis seems most unlikely"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (EC nationals) [all "except the British and French (and possibly the Germans ....) are now free to leave Iraq and Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Major Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Community size") [revised down estimate of numbers of British passport holders remaining in Kuwait - 2200 plus 500 Commonwealth and Irish] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Major Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") ["Yemeni forces on maximum alert... US wanted broadest international support"; foreign nationals; enforcing sanctions; Soviet views; Iran; Yugoslavia; terrorism; Syria] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Mitterrand press conference") ["France... toughening its attitude towards Iraq... embargo needed to be properly enforced"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1993 to FCO (0055Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: the US domestic dimension") ["Most Americans remain confused and uncertain about their country's involvement in the Middle East... [but] support the President's handling of the crisis"] [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 21 Tu Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1997 to FCO (1700Z) ("Yemen and Iraqi tanker") ["The future of US/Yemeni bilateral relations would depend on Yemen adhering to that undertaking [not to break sanctions]"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Hawke) ["Lord President's visit to Australia: talks with Prime Minister Hawke" - Gulf crisis; Uruguay Round; Gorbachev; East Germany; Antarctica/environment; South Africa; Cambodia ; UK arms sales] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Gulf War: Charles Powell note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams - UN resolution "virtually certain ... but not till Saturday"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 21 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell-General Scowcroft) ["It is rather hard to believe that the Americans have not taken their thinking on military options further... But I think this is probably as much as we can get for now from General Scowcroft" ] [declassified Jul 2017]