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August 7, 1990
This audio file contains a meeting between Saddam and officials discussing the future of Kuwait. Topics discussed include: integration with Iraq; creating free zones; Kuwait unification with Iraq; Kuwait's economic condition; the Kuwaiti community.
February 29, 1992
This Audio file contains the following: A meeting between Saddam Hussein and his military commanders. Saddam says that he did not expect the post-Gulf War uprising in the South, but that he did expect to be attacked by the United States. They discuss the power of the tribes and their ties to the government, internal security issues, and emergency plans in case of another uprising.
July 1990
Contains text of a recorded conversation between Fahad and Mubarak discussing Iraq-Kuwait relations and possibly arranging a meeting between each country's president.
August 2, 1992
This file contains script of the hearing held by Saddam meeting with ministers of the cabinet, to discuss both the economic and social issues during the sanctions of 2 Aug 1992. In this dispatch, Saddam Hussein concentrated on the embargo and its socio-economic consequences, and proposed remedies/ways forward for them.
August 12, 1990
File contains pages 29-56 of original 70 page document. The pages in this file contain details about the telephone calls and meetings held between Saddam Hussein and Egyptian President Muhammad Husny Mubarak regarding Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
Date unknown
Saddam, Tariq Aziz, and other officials discuss the state of Arab diplomacy and the sanctions regime against Iraq. They consider prospects for lifting the sanctions in conjunction with the visit of Ekeus. They also discuss religious issues and the role of Islam in various Middle Eastern countries.
This undated 63‐minute audio file highlights a meeting between Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Cabinet discussing the relations between Saddam and Kuwait. Saddam Hussein asked the ministers to give their views on the process of merging Kuwait with Iraq. The ministers in turn gave their opinions and encouraged Saddam on his courageous step, namely invading Kuwait. They also mentioned information about the Kuwaiti people and their conditions and that Kuwait was a part of Iraq.
November 28, 1903
A photograph from “Photographs of Lord Curzon’s Tour in the Persian Gulf,” 1903 (British Library). View of the shoreline at Koweit [Kuwait]. At right, Lord Curzon and his staff are being carried ashore by Arab men from a small boat at far right. The Shaikh of Kuwait or his retainer stands at left alongside a horse waiting for the Europeans to come ashore. In the distant background, left of centre, a boat – probably a dhow – is moored. The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin print.
October 8, 1990
Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's luncheon with Egyptian President Mubarak in the wake of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Among issues discussed were French President Mitterand's proposed response to the invasion and a desert greening project in Egypt.
October 3, 1990
The small group session at the beginning of the meeting was suddenly, on instructions from President Hosni Mubarak, turned into a tete-a-tete meeting (only the other side’s Prime Minister Atef Sedky joined him), with the situation in the Gulf the only issue raised. The document is a summary of its main points. (Present from the other side was Prime Minister Sedky. Interpreter: Tsuruoka Koji).
