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Gulf War: Powell note for the record ("Prime Minister's Call with President Bush: the Gulf") [President Bush confirmend his views about military timing in the Gulf; "one or two people thought that he might be 24 hours or so too precipitate"] [declassified Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3441 f256
Editorial comments:

It is unclear precisely which documents Powell was forwarding to the PM, perhaps telegrams. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3441.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Defence (general), Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)