1990 Aug 13 - 1990 Aug 19
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3076
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 23)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 349 |
| Any docs withheld? | 15 |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 96
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Croskery”) [Iraqi military apparently cooperating in search for body of British national they shot] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKE Bahrain telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: Bahrain”) [Alan Clark conversation with Amir & Crown Prince, demanding some British deployment] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [counter-propaganda against Iraq - MT "hopes very much we can have something ready by the end of the week"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait") [MT's personal interest in chasing up countries preparing to evade sanctions against Iraq - South Africa, Jordan, Hungary, Malaysia] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1930 to FCO (0120Z) (“Visit to Washington of King Hussein”) [US Administration keen to help financially, but King must show he is serious about implementing UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1933 to FCO (2108Z) (“Shaikh Sabah in Washington”) [expresses thanks to President; urged to maintain high profile and aid countries bearing brunt of UN sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1936 to FCO (2310Z) (“Iraq/Kuwait/Jordan”) [US receiving British views on Aqaba and King Hussein in advance of his visit to Washington] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1955 to FCO (2358Z) (“President Bush's meeting with King Hussein: 16 August”) [US encouraged, "difficulties remain but relations partly repaired"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait”) ['tolerable' BBC response to Waldegrave complaint to World Service report that UKE Kuwait evacuated key staff in early stages of invasion] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 15 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iran/Iraq: peace agreement”) ["preliminary assessment" - "no net benefit for Iraq" from 8 years of war] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“British Community in Kuwait”) [fears they will be used as human shields for industrial/military sites in Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Possible detention of British community in Kuwait”) [40 civilian buses concentrated at Baghdad Central Railway Station this evening] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1004 to FCO (2300Z) (“Kuwait/Iraq: Secretary-General's Statements”) ['clarification' issued on question of a blockade] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Kuwait/Iraq: future of British Community”) [Iraqis forcing British and US nationals to central locations] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Doha telegram to FCO (“Visit of Minister for Defence Procurement: 15-16 August”) ["Objectives achieved. Much reassured by Minister's visit as personal emissary"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Minor | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 (“Iraq/Kuwait: Rules of Engagement”) [FCO has no comment on revised concept of operations for Armilla patrol] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Foreign Secretary's telephone conversation with the Dutch Foreign Minister”) [WEU meeting in Paris on Tuesday to discuss Gulf crisis] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Amir of Qatar letter to MT (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) [gratitude for support; permission to use facilities at Doha] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Shaikh Sabah of Kuwait) ["was the operation only for the defence of Saudi Arabia or was it also to free Kuwait?"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Bob Gates-No.10) ["Iraq/Kuwait: President Bush's Meeting with King Hussein and Prince Saud"] [declassified Jul 2017] |