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 81 - 93 of 93
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Oct 19 Fr | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2546 to FCO (2323Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: the mood in Washington") ["Administration remains uncompromising over the need for full implementation of the UN resolutions. But no suggestion this requires an early decision on the military option in the absence of a provocation"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 19 Fr | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1681 to FCO (0200Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait Security Council resolution") ["No progress. Americans still do not have clearance. Council will revert to occupied territories on 19 October"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 19 Fr | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1683 to FCO (1945Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["Americans agree to SCR as drafted by the Five. Text submitted to other Council members"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 19 Fr | Key | Gulf War: No.10 record of phone conversation (General Scowcroft-Charles Powell) [reprovisioning/evacuation of US Embassy in Kuwait; US confusion as to events at the UN] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 19 Fr | Major | Gulf War: Kuwaiti Crown Prince & Prime Minister letter to MT (Kuwaiti People's Conference) ["Your commitment to ending tyranny and torture is truly noble"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Eastern Province: contingency planning") [advice to UK citizens] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Key | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Foreign Minister Primakov and others) [Primakov describes visit to Saddam; urges face-saving "flexible linkage" of withdrawal from Kuwait to Arab/Israeli problem; MT emphatically rejects approach - Saddam "a dictator pure and simple", "We must NOT offer him blandishments"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2550 to FCO (0050Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: new regional security arrangements") [State Department thinking relayed by Dennis Ross; premature to go into detail] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1687 to FCO (0430Z) ("Secretary-General's mission to Israel") [SG briefs Council on decision not to send his mission; growing pressure for a new resolution] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1690 to FCO (0455Z) ("Next steps on Iraq/Kuwait: Military Staff Committee") [US agree MSC meeting, but MT opposes because "no agenda or purpose"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 20 Sa | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Proposed meeting with King Fahd: present Saudi thinking") [to discuss timing - "risk of diminishing appetite for a fight, and concern that time turning against Alliance"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 21 Su | Major | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Mr Heath's Press Conference") [Heath states "assurance from Saddam that a number of detainees would be released"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Oct 21 Su | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: the Gulf") [diplomatic (Heath Mission, situation at UN, Primakov, Kuwait Embassies, Jordan etc), military, oil] [declassified Jul 2017] |