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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE BAGHDAD
TELNO 954
OF 041202Z OCTOBER 90
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AND TO IMMEDIATE ROME, OTHER EC POSTS, WASHINGTON AND TO IMMEDIATE MOSCOW, TOKYO, PARIS, BONN, ROME, NEW DELHI AND TO IMMEDIATE ISLAMABAD, DHAKA, MANILA, COLOMBO, BELGRADE AND TO IMMEDIATE ANKARA, BRASILIA, SEOUL
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, OTHER GULF POSTS, AMMAN, CAIRO INFO IMMEDIATE SANAA
YOUR TELNO 1605: IRAQ/KUWAIT: IMPOUNDING OF ASSETS AND LOSS/DAMAGE/INJURY ARISING FROM IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT
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THANK YOU FOR TUR (NOT REPEATED TO ALL) AND FOR THE HELPFUL COMMENTS OF OTHER POSTS IN RESPONSE TO FCO TEL 911. WE HAVE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF THESE IN PREPARING OUR DEMARCHE.
2. WE BELIEVE WE MUST PROTEST TO THE IRAQIS ABOUT THE DECREE AND THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FORMALLY TO RESERVE OUR RIGHTS. NEVERTHELESS WE TAKE THE POINT THAT IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO CHALLENGE THE IRAQIS IN A WAY LIKELY TO PROVOKE THEM TO ACT ON THE BASIS OF DECREE NO 377. WE HAVE THEREFORE KEPT THE LANGUAGE OF THE NOTE LOW KEY. WE HAVE ALSO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR CONCERNS, DECIDED TO HANDLE IN A SEPARATE DEMARCHE THE MORE GENERAL POINT, RESERVING OUR POSITION IN RESPECT OF OTHER IRAQI ACTS FOLLOWING THE INVASION OF KUWAIT.
GORE-BOOTH WILL CALL IN THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PRESENT A NOTE TEXT IN PARA 1 OF MIFT.
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3 PART OF THE OBJECT OF THESE DEMARCHES IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BUILD UP OF PRESSURE ON THE IRAQIS: THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO DOMESTIC OPINION THAT WE ARE PREPARING THE GROUND FOR POSSIBLE UK CLAIMS. SOME PUBLICITY FOR THE DEMARCHES IS THEREFORE NECESSARY BUT WE DO NOT TOO MUCH OF THEM.
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4. WE INTEND THAT THE SECOND NOTE ON THE MORE GENERAL QUESTION OF LOSS, INJURY AND DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT, WITH A VIEW TO THE POSSIBILITY OF CLAIMS BY HMG, BRITISH FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS, SHOULD BE DELIVERED IN ABOUT A WEEK. TEXT IN
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