1990 Oct 9 - 1990 Oct 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3084
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 31)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Top Secret - Cab One |
| Page count: | 324 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 93
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Oct 16 Tu | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("The Gulf") [Cradock visit to Washington - limitation on topics he can safely raise because he has not been briefed on highest level American thinking] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 16 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1645 to FCO (0122Z) ("Occupied Territories") [inconclusive meeting between Secretary-General and Israel Ambassador to UN] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 16 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UK Consulate Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's visit to Israel: Plenary Session: Gulf crisis") [Israeli concern that Arab support for Saddam will grow in any "long haul scenario"; containing Saddam if he survives; Jordan worries] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 16 Tu | Major | Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Jordan: UN Sanctions") ["Crown Prince replies helpfully, if somewhat testily, to your message about sanctions enforcement"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1655 to FCO (0415Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait") [message for Secretary of State in Jerusalem - continuing UK-US differences over scope of next steps SCR] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York fax to FCO (2105Z) (French draft SCR on Iraq/Kuwait) [early draft of SCR674] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for Cradock ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") [topics he can safely raise, excluding military options, timing and strategy] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (King Hussein comment) [Saddam seized whole of Kuwait as bargaining chip for disputed territory] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2510 to FCO (2109Z) ("UNSG's mission to Jerusalem") [US policy towards Israel and PLO] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UK Consulate Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Message from Baker to Secretary of State") [wants a "clean humanitatian resolution" without reparations to address plight of foreign nationals; MT annotates strong disagreement] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Telephone conversation with President Bush") [Scowcroft says President will want to call tomorrow or Friday evening; draft message for MT to send Bush first] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Cradock minute for Charles Powell ("The Gulf: Visit to Washington") ["this agenda would raise problems for me" - need to be able to "cover the issue in broad terms" to encourage US to think through options more clearly] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1656 to FCO (0430Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: comment") ['infuriating' that USMIS at UN was undercut by "yet another premature Baker press statement"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Primakov's Visit to Rome, 16 October") ["Soviets reportedly link Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to a UN initiative on the Occupied Territories"; Andreotti preference for a negotiated settlement] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for Robin Butler ("Gulf Business Note") [MT reaction - distinguish issues which can go to OD(G) and some that need "to be handled on an even more restricted basis"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO briefing for MT ("The Prime Minister's Telephone Conversation with President Bush") [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: FCO telegram to UKE Moscow ("Primakov's Tour: Meeting with the Secretary of State") [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 17 We | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: the Gulf") [diplomatic (Hurd, Primakov, Heath, Bush, UN, Kuwait Embassies), military, future work] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 18 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Athens telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister") ["Good atmosphere but predictable differences"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 18 Th | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell minute for MT (overnight telegrams) ["The Foreign Secretary is in a fair amount of trouble"] [declassified Jul 2017] |