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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 Aug 13 Mon Gulf War: Ministry of Defence paper ("Armilla: concept of operations") [enforcing sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon Gulf War: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's interview with Al-Hayat newspaper") [draft answers for written interview] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation ("The Gulf: French views") [Charles Powell, Jacques Attali] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon 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 22 Mon 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 22 Mon Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT ("The Gulf") [meeting with Hurd & Tom King: strategic objectives; sensitive issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon Gulf War: Prime Minister of Japan letter to MT ("The Gulf") [report of his visit to Middle East] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon 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 22 Mon 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]
90 Oct 22 Mon Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1695 to FCO (1935Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") ["Exchanges with the Americans, Yemenis and PLO... in light of events in the Occupied Territories over the weekend"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mon 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 23 Tue 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 23 Tue Gulf War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Iraqi missile deployment") [SCUD-type missile identified; likely to be more; notifying Israel] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 23 Tue 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 23 Tue 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 23 Tue Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1704 to FCO (0150Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: Military Staff Committee") ["high-level meeting of MSC members"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 24 Wed 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 Wed 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 Wed 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 Wed 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]