1990 Oct 22 - 1990 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3085
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 32)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Top Secret - Cab One |
| Page count: | 241 |
| Any docs withheld? | 11 |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Oct 24 We | Major | Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Statement on the Middle East") [draft of Hurd's address to the House: Iraq/Kuwait; Israel] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 26 Fr | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Prince Bandar") [concerns about possible private negotiations between Iraq-Kuwait-Saudi Arabia; reliability of European allies; Jordan; Syria; treatment of UK journalists in Saudi Arabia; Westland: Black Hawk trade prospects with Saudi Arabia] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 23 Tu | Major | Gulf War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait") [Waldegrave meeting with Charles Jones & Peter Gummer of Shandwick PR firm: note of their advice on state of US public opinion] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 27 Sa | Major | Gulf War: MT letter to President Gorbachev (Soviet peace missions to Iraq) ["Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to bargain over withdrawal"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 22 Mo | Major | Gulf War: Prime Minister of Japan letter to MT ("The Gulf") [report of his visit to Middle East] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 22 Mo | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 216 to Cabinet Office (2242Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: technical and scientific aspects") ["could possibly produce a crude nuclear device by the end of this year"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 26 Fr | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, US National Security Advisor) ["Gulf crisis": Primakov peace mission to Iraq; US military build-up in Saudi Arabia; US Secretary of State visit to Middle East & London; GATT negotiations] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 30 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Letter from Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister") [draft MT reply] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 24 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["Kohl... most concerned that Saddam Hussein could succeed in his obvious tactic of trying to divide the West by selective release of hostages"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 22 Mo | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, Brent Scowcroft) ["Americans... very unhappy about the way things were going at the [UN]"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 23 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1710 to FCO (0325Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Next Steps Resolution") ["ways of dealing in parallel with the Gulf crisis and the situation in the Occupied Territories"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 note to MT (overnight telegrams & article in Times newspaper) ["this week-end's unnecessary European Council"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: FCO telegram 1845 to UKE Washington (0845Z) ("Quadripartite meeting of Political Directors: Gulf") ["Agreement on short and long term aims, including need to limit Iraqi military threat after crisis. US attaches importance to international approbation for any military action... Arab/Israel peace process"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 30 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1778 to FCO (2149Z) ("Middle East issues: next steps at the UN") ["Washington thirsting for a whole series of single issue resolutions... would do better with a multi-purpose resolution"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 30 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1769 to FCO (0249Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution: comment") ["resolution has now been adopted... bitterness aroused by this act of bad faith [Yemeni last-minute abstention] spread a good deal wider than the US delegation... last-minute delay brought about by the Soviet Union seems... to have actually strengthened [the resolution's] political effect"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 30 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Cradock minute to Powell ("The Gulf") [US military planning] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 22 Mo | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Gulf") [meeting with Hurd & Tom King: strategic objectives; sensitive issues] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 24 We | Minor | Gulf War: No.10 letter to MT (letter from the Prime Minister of Kuwait) [seeks advice as to whether reply needed] [declassified Jul 2017] |