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Gulf War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Gulf crisis") [attaches "main overnight telegrams... UN Security Council broke at 0230 without result. The Americans are particularly fidgety about an Iraqi tanker in the Gulf of Oman"] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3077 f279
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Trade, Energy, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)