CONFIDENTIAL
072412 MDHOAN 4493/16
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE KUWAIT
TELNO 258
OF 16200OZ AUGUST 90
HKB 020/26
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INFO IMMEDIATE MIDDLE EAST POSTS, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, PARIS INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING
FROM THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
CALL ON SECRETARY OF STATE BY KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER
SUMMARY
1. KUWAITIS APPRECIATIVE OF UK EFFORTS ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT HOPE THAT FURTHER ACTION TO RESTORE INDEPENDENCE OF KUWAIT IS BEING CONSIDERED. CONFIRMATION OF UK COMMITMENT TO SEE UNSCR'S 660 TO 662 FULLY IMPLEMENTED. AGREEMENT TO STAY IN CLOSE CONTACT.
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KUWAITI'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH SABAH AL AHMED SAW THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THIRTY MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON. HE HAD EARLIER SPOKEN BRIEFLY TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON THE TELEPHONE. HE CONFIRMED THAT THE EMIR IS BASED IN TAIF IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THAT HE WAS IN GOOD HEART. HE HAD PERFORMED UMRA IN MECCA YESTERDAY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPRESSED HIS ADMIRATION FOR THE COURAGE AND DIGNITY THE EMIR HAD SHOWN DURING THE CAIRO SUMMIT. SHEIKH SABAH WOULD KNOW OF THE ACTIONS THE UK HAD TAKEN AND OF THE STRONG FEELINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF BRITAIN. THERE WAS NO AMBIGUITY IN OUR POSITION. WE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE FAIT ACCOMPLI OF IRAQ'S OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT. 3.
SHEIKH SABAH SAID HE HAD WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PRIME MINISTER. HE HAD GIVEN HER GREETINGS FROM THE EMIR AND HIS DEEP GRATITUDE FOR WHAT BRITAIN HAD DONE TO SECURE THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR'S 660 TO 662. THE IRAQIS HAD OCCUPIED HIS COUNTRY, BUT THEY COULD NOT OCCUPY HIS PEOPLE. THE IRAQIS WERE LOOTING KUWAIT, BUT ORGANISED RESISTANCE TO THE IRAQI OCCUPATION WAS BEGINNING. IT WAS GRATIFYING THAT THE WESTERN POWERS WERE SENDING TROOPS TO SAUDI ARABIA. WERE THESE TROOPS SENT FOR THE DEFENCE OF SAUDI ARABIA ALONE OR WAS THE WEST ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF KUWAIT? KUWAIT NOW LOOKED TO ITS FRIENDS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO ITS FRIENDS IN THE WEST.
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