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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Value |
Title |
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| 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: No.10 record of conversation (Charles Powell, French Ambassador to UK) ["Military Staff Committee"] [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 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 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1734 to FCO (0317Z) ("Secretary General's mission to Israel") ["Resolution deploring Israel's refusal to receive mission... passed unanimously... Bein (Israel) accused the Council of having been diverted from the real issue of Iraq/Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2602 to FCO (2128Z) ("Ad hoc consultations of members of the Military Staff Committtee (MSC)") ["US express "disappointment" that UK will not be sending senior military representative... for meeting on 29 October"] [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: No.10 minute: Cradock to Powell ("The Gulf: US views on UN authority for military action") [MT endorses US reservations about practicality of obtaining a further UN resolution as a precedent to military action] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: the Gulf") [UN resolution; letter to Emir of Kuwait: Article 51; Primakov peace mission; US intentions; British communities at risk; Saudi views; meeting with Mitterrand; Iraqi intentions; sanctions; Chief of Defence Staff meeting with Gen Powell; Iraqi missiles] [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 25 Th | Major | Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Hurd, Heath) [Heath's report of his meetings with Saddam Hussein and King Hussein of Jordan; Heath "critical of the trend of our policy"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 24 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1731 to FCO (1445Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Negative Israeli reaction to latest US approach over Secretary General's mission. Americans instructed to seek amendments to non-aligned draft resolution, to enable them to vote in favour"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 24 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1730 to FCO (0145Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Americans adopt my idea of a last attempt to get the Secretary-General's representative into Israel... but unless... [they] can pull off a coup with Shamir, there seems no way in which they can avoid a [UN resolution] vote on 24 October"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 24 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2589 to FCO (2355Z) ("The Gulf: authority for the military option") ["US Administration considered that Article 51 gave sufficient authority... [but] it would be much easier to obtain Congressional acquiescence ... [if] authority given by the international community"] [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 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 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: 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 24 We | Major | Gulf War: Hurd minute to Tom King ("Rolls Royce: engines for an Argentine frigate") [sale of spare parts to facilitate Argentine contribution to multinational force in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017] |