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1990 Nov 1 - 1990 Nov 17
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3086
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 33)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret - Cab One
Page count: 375
Any docs withheld? 8

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90 Nov 7 We Key Gulf War: UK position paper ("Iraq/Kuwait: UK Position Paper") [Strategic Objectives, Military Objectives, Guidance to military commanders, Co-ordination with allies] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 7 We Major Gulf War: MOD letter to No.10 (UK position on Iraq/Kuwait: amendments to draft position) [concern at some FCO amendments] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 7 We Major Gulf War: Colonel David Glantz paper ("Potential Soviet Influences on Iraqi Army Operations") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 7 We Major Gulf War: "John Smith" letter to The Independent ("The View from Inside Kuwait") [British man in Kuwait warns that every diplomatic initiative "prolongs the agony", only military action will end the regime; MT marked copy] [released 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO ("Visit of Secretary Baker to Turkey") [no partial solution to the Gulf Crisis] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Baker's Visit") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2730 to FCO (0205Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Legal Issues") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1891 to FCO (2235Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Recourse to the United Nations") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: Powell letter to General Scowcroft (draft guidelines for UK military commanders in the Gulf - seeks US view) [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: Douglas Hurd minute for MT ("The Permanent Five and Arab/Israel") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: Minister for Trade minute for Chief Secretary ("Iraq: Premium Refunds") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("Constraining Iraq's Nuclear, CBW and Missile Capability") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Refugee Crisis in the Middle East: Call by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Major Gulf War: FCO minute for Powell ("Iraq/Kuwait: BBC World Service") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Visit of Baker to Moscow") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2742 to FCO (0601Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait") [the US Gulf policy & public opinion; Baker's visit to London] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2741 to FCO (0600Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: US Deployments") [President Bush announces increase in US forces] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2747 to FCO (2200Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Possible BW Threat") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: Powell minute to FCO ("Possible Visit by the Prime Minister to the Gulf") [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Gulf War: Powell minute to FCO ("Refugee Crisis in the Middle East: Call by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan") [declassified Jul 2017]