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Gulf War (1990-1991)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

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Articles and letters to press, 1990-01 - 1993-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/76
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with various newspaper editors and others, including Sir Timothy Bell, Charles Moore, Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Professor [Ivor] Norman Davies, Advisory Editor of the Companion to the Second World War, on letters and articles by JA on subjects including: Virgin Airlines' libel case against British Airways; the Maastricht Treaty; the war in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia];...
Dates: 1990-01 - 1993-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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BBC Radio 1, Newsbeat: interview with John Major, Prime Minister, 1991-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/151
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Interview from the Young Conservatives conference in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on subjects including the IRA mortar attack on Downing Street [London], the Gulf War, the state of the economy, the Poll Tax and Major's taste in music.

Dates: 1991-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Radio 4 PM programme, 1991-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/147
Scope and Contents

Includes: extracts from BBC Radio 4 PM programme, mainly on the Gulf War, including Labour's policy following Allied bombing in Iraq.

Also includes; report on public sector pay awards; extract from BBC Radio 4 Profile report on [Augustine] Gus O'Donnell becoming press secretary to John Major, Prime Minister; report on interest rates.

Dates: 1991-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC World Service: "People and Politics - Interview with John Major", 1991-05-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/159
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: talks between Iraq and the Kurds and how long British troops would remain in Iraq following the Gulf War; JM's view of Thatcherism and what his own policies would be; the introduction of the Council Tax; the state of the economy; unemployment; Britain's role in Europe; European economic and monetary union; low Conservative Party morale.

Dates: 1991-05-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Gulf speeches, 1990-09 - 1991-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/2/45
Scope and Contents

Copies of speeches by NK on the Gulf War.

Dates: 1990-09 - 1991-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Gulf War, 1987 - 1991

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/2
Scope and Contents

Papers on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, chiefly consisting of background information, but also including transcripts of interviews, statements and speeches , particularly for the Gulf War debate, Jan 1991, and papers on Labour's position on the war.

Dates: 1987 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Interviews with NK , 1990-11 - 1991-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/142
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: John Major's victory in the Conservative leadership election; the Poll Tax; NK's visit in 1991 to the United Nations following the Gulf War, on peace in the Gulf and international policy towards Iraq; the Ribble Valley by-election; a visit to Northern Ireland; the state of the economy.

Dates: 1990-11 - 1991-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Interviews with NK, 1991-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/150
Scope and Contents

Press interviews on an IRA mortar attack on Downing Street [London] and also on the Gulf War, particularly a possible Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.

Dates: 1991-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Interviews with NK, 1991-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/152
Scope and Contents

Press interviews with NK on subjects including: the Ribble Valley by-election, and the effects of the Poll Tax; the Gulf War; IRA terrorism.

Dates: 1991-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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NK Gulf Speech - in Chamber, 1990-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/188
Scope and Contents

Footage of NK's speech in Parliament on the Gulf War.

Dates: 1990-10-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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NK on the Gulf War, 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/149
Scope and Contents

Press interviews with NK on the war, following the taking of British hostages by Saddam Hussein.

Dates: 1990-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Speech by NK, at a Socialist International event, on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/135
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings from radio interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings from press conferences and Labour Party events, particularly election rallies and Party Conferences; recordings taken from newspaper interviews; recordings of various speeches by NK.

Dates: 1990-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Speeches and articles, 1990-01 - 1990-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/73
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: policy towards South Africa; the reunification of Germany; terrorism in Northern Ireland and the murder of Ian Gow; the Gulf War; Charles de Gaulle.

Dates: 1990-01 - 1990-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Speeches and articles, 1991-01 - 1994-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/75
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the Gulf War; JA's visit to Albania, 1991; the future of le Cercle; JA's retirement as an MP; the war in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; issues for the 1992 General Election; results of the Danish referendum on Europe; JA's memories of Sir Winston Churchill (the Crosby Kemper Lecture at Fulton, Missouri [United States], March 1994, see also AMEJ 7/1/77-78 and 10/149).

Dates: 1991-01 - 1994-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1990-07 - 1990-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/47
Scope and Contents

Includes: speech for a meeting with manufacturing industry managers; speech to Council on Foreign Relations, New York [United States] on the future of Europe; tribute to the Queen Mother on her ninetieth birthday; tribute to Denis Healey; speech for the debate on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait; speech to the Trades Union Congress. Other subjects include: family policy.

Dates: 1990-07 - 1990-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1990-10 - 1990-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/48
Scope and Contents Includes: text of a party political broadcast for BBC Radio 4; speech for the launch of Labour’s environmental policy document, "An Earthly Chance"; speech for a debate on the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); speech for a debate on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait; response to a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe statement on the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and the end of the Cold War; speech to the NATO assembly; speech to the Confederation of European...
Dates: 1990-10 - 1990-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1991-01 - 1991-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/49
Scope and Contents

Includes: speech to a NATO meeting on international security, particularly relating to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; speech for a debate on the Gulf War; lecture in Manchester on taxation and public spending; speech for a local government conference; response to the Budget; lecture on "Building out of Recession"; a speech for a Motion on the Poll Tax. Other subjects include: cuts to the National Health Service.

Dates: 1991-01 - 1991-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1991-11 - 1991-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/53
Scope and Contents Includes: an essay by NK for the 1992 Parliamentary Desk Diary on the role of Parliament; speech in response to a NATO summit on co-operative European security; speeches on the negotiations for the Maastricht Treaty, particularly on economic and monetary union and the Social Charter; speeches on the build-up to the General Election, including the London campaign; speech in tribute to [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill on his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons; statement for a debate on...
Dates: 1991-11 - 1991-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Transcript of interview: Alan Charlton, 2021

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 210
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2021
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Henry Hogger, 2016

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 173
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2016
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: James Bowden, 2022

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 219
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2022
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Sir Derek Plumbly, 2018

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 176
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2018
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Sir Franklin Berman, 2018

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 171
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2018
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Sir Rob Young, 2019

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 178
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2019
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Sir Roger Tomkys, 2015

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 152
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2015
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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