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? |
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Showing items 81 - 100 of 122
| Date | Value | Title |
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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 22 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO record of conversation ("Iraq/Kuwait": Douglas Hurd, Gerald Kaufman) ["legal basis... [but] to attack Iraqi forces in Kuwait... would be a caastrophic error"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO telegram 473 to UKMIS New York (1515Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps in the UN") ["Ministers are concerned by... the apparent softening in the US position"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Gulf Crisis") ["Press coverage of your performance yesterday is very good ... No significant changes on the ground. SOME progress at the UN, but still a long way to go"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 22 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council") ["omens reasonably good" for latest draft resolution; "vote may not be until tomorrow morning... Americans may hold off until then"] [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 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 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("The Gulf crisis: Jordan") [economic assistance for countries affected by sanctions against Iraq] [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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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 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] |