1990 Sep 1 - 1990 Sep 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3080
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 27)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 299 |
| Any docs withheld? | 7 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 81 - 94 of 94
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Sep 5 We | Major | Gulf War: US Secretary of State James Baker Foreign Affairs remarks to House Foreign Affairs Committee ("Isolation of Iraq only way to end the crisis peacefully") |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Hurd) [MT increasingly certain Saddam would not leave Kuwait "unless thrown out"; Hurd "more inclined to see a chance that sanctions would succeed"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2152 to FCO (2110Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: legal basis for military options") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: MODUK telegram to Army Intelligence units (Operation Granby: political situation, intelligence, military operations) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Hurd) [MT increasingly certain Saddam would not leave Kuwait "unless thrown out"; Hurd "more inclined to see a chance that sanctions would succeed"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2146 to FCO (0010Z) ("Seizure of Zanoobia") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: Chief Secretary to the Treasury letter to Secretary of State for Defence ("Gulf Crisis - Financial Issues: Debate 6-7 September") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2157 to FCO (2253Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: New Regional Security Structures") [Baker's announcement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: Joint Statement by Japan and USSR") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Iraq and Kuwait Sanctions: Insurance") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO (Foreign Secretary's visit to Amman on the 5th of September) [useful contacts packed into a short programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Minor | Gulf War: FCO letter to Powell (Deputy Foreign Minister of Tunis visit to London) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: MT message for Gorbachev (situation in the Middle East and cooperation with the USSR) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Sep 6 Th | Major | Gulf War: Powell briefing for MT ("Talk with President Bush") [tell him parliamentary debate shows solid bipartisan support; more British troops to be sent] [declassified Dec 2016] |