Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1769 to FCO (0249Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution: comment") ["resolution has now been adopted... bitterness aroused by this act of bad faith [Yemeni last-minute abstention] spread a good deal wider than the US delegation... last-minute delay brought about by the Soviet Union seems... to have actually strengthened [the resolution's] political effect"] [declassified Jul 2017]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/3085 f62 |
| Editorial comments: | 0249. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-3085. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 2pp |
| Themes: | British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (general), Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91) |
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