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 61 - 80 of 96
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Minor | Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT (Bob Gates-No.10 conversation) ["Bob Gates was quite receptive to the suggestion of a UN plane or convoy to get western citizens out"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary minute for No.10 ("Gulf Situation: Handling Arrangements") [present arrangements; possible meeting of OD(G) next week] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Chief Secretary to the Treasury minute for MT ("The Gulf Crisis: Jordan") [concern that costs of helping Jordan meet cost of imposing sanctions "must be kept within bounds"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Attorney-General letter to FCO (trade embargo) [glad at withdrawal of FCO reference to legal justification as "sketchy in the absence of a SCR authorising enforcement action of that kind"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["potentially worrying development" - British nationals instructed to gather in one location] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 16 Th | Major | Gulf War: Waldegrave press briefing (Iraq/Kuwait) [British nationals instructed to gather in one location] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (“Operation Granby Intelligence Sitrep as at 160600Z Aug 90”) [Iraqi offensive into Saudi Arabia "unlikely in the short-term"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 007/Aug EFDT 171800Z”) [enemy improving its defensive posture inside Kuwait] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: FCO letter to Department of Transport ("Aviation Security”) [hopes that air traffic control authorities route aircraft well away from danger zones] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Minor | Gulf War: Department of Transport letter to MOD (“Iraq/Kuwait: Oil Embargo") ["little my Secretary of State could add"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (Jeffrey Sterling, Raphael Ricanate and No.10 official) ["Iraq/Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: Attorney-General's Office letter to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: oil embargo") [draft ROE agreed] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: No.10 minute for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait") ["a few points of interest from this morning's telegrams"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Gulf War: Hurd minute for MT ('Iran') ["action we are taking to establish early contacts with the Iranians"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO (“Internment”) [Iraqi speaker says nationals of Western countries intending aggression against Iraq are to be interned] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO (“Foreign Communities”) [British detainees moved to a military installation] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (“Operation Granby General Sitrep Eight”) [Iraqi offensive into Saudi Arabia not "likely in the immediate future"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: JHQ telegram to MODUK (“Joint Commanders Assessrep 008/Aug EFDT 181800Z”) ["the more pessimistic view from JHQ" - new Iraqi army dispositions give "option to attack [Saudi Arabia] at very short notice"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: FCO minute ("Foreign Office press line”) [preventing foreign citizens leaving "is illegal ... the tactic of the outlaw down the ages"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 18 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Iraq/Kuwait: statement by Soviet leadership, 17 August”) [Gorbachev's first statement on crisis, condemns Iraq and fears chain reaction] [declassified Jul 2017] |