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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)

Document type: File list item
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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90 Oct 22 Mo Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation ("The Gulf: French views") [Charles Powell, Jacques Attali] [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 26 Fr Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, French Ambassador to UK) ["Military Staff Committee"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, Horst Teltschik) [clarification that Heath visited Baghdad in private capacity; FRG government under heavy pressure to allow Willy Brandt to undertake similar mission] [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 23 Tu Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King) [major issues in advance of military operations against Iraq: "downfall [of Hussein]... would be a desirable side-effect of our actions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 27 Sa Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kohl) ["The Gulf: burden-sharing"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 29 Mo Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia) ["Iraq/Kuwait: BBC" - Bandar complaint about lack of neutrality] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 29 Mo Major Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia) [French forces in Saudi Arabia; Primakov peace mission to Iraq; military action and the risk of delay; role of the media] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We Major Gulf War: Parkinson minute to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Embargo Surveillance Centre) [welcomes MT visit and provides brief outline of the Centre's functions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We Major Gulf War: President of the Commission of the EC letter to MT (financial assistance for countries most immediately affected by the Gulf crisis) [Turkey, Egypt, Jordan; UK concerns about EC decisions involving major expenditure] [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 31 We Major Gulf War: Tom King PS letter to No.10 ("Iraq/Kuwait") [UK position paper] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Foreign nationals in Iraq") ["French nationals... allowed to leave Iraq... a clear example of attempted wedge-driving"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 We Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Riot at site") [protest by Western hostages] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo Major Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Situation in Kuwait") ["a dying city... non-Iraqi population evacuating"; Iraqi military morale reported to be low] [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 26 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: German assistance to British forces deployed to the Gulf") ["Cost has been and remains the hurdle"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to MODUK ("UK journalists in Saudi Arabia") ["Assurances from the King that British press corps should not decrease in numbers"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 215 to Cabinet Office (2232Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: politics and economics") ["Saddam confident of his internal position. CIA concerned about the continued reliability of some of the Arabs [coalition allies]... if [Saddam] thinks war imminent, he will take preemptive action"] [declassified Jul 2017]