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October 3, 1990	Cable No. 1828 from Ambassador Yamada Chusei (Egypt) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting (First Meeting: The Situation in the Gulf)' 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).
October 4, 1990	Cable No. 1202 from Ambassador Nonoyama Tadayuki (Jordan) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'Prime Minister Kaifu’s Visit to Jordan (Tea with the Crown Prince)' Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's conversation with Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan about Kaifu's earlier meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ramadan.
October 4, 1990	Cable No. 1190 from Ambassador Nonoyama Tadayuki (Jordan) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'Prime Minister Kaifu’s Visit to Jordan (Meeting with the Crown Prince)' Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's meeting with Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. During the discussion, the Crown Prince expresses the economic and political difficulties Jordan has faced following the invasion and enactment of sanctions against Iraq. In addition to asking for Japanese economic investment, he provides a description of Saddam Hussein's mindset.
October 5, 1990	Cable No. 987 from Ambassador Sengoku Takashi (Turkey) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'The Prime Minister’s Visit to the Middle East (Meeting With King Hussein of Jordan)' Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's meeting with Jordanian King Hussein. The two discuss Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the difficult position it put Jordan in, as well as each country's official stance on the conflict and other issues in the region.
October 9, 1990	Cable No. 703 from Ambassador Obara Takeshi (Oman) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'The Prime Minister’s Visit to the Middle East (Talk With Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah)' Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The two briefly discuss Japanes-Saudi relations and Kaifu's meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ramadan.
October 7, 1990	Cable No. 450 from Counselor Wanibuchi Kazuo (Saudi Arabia) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'The Prime Minister’s Visit to the Middle East (Meeting With King Fahd)' Summary of Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu's meeting with Saudi King Fahd following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. During the conversation, King Fahd expresses his shock at Saddam Hussein's decision to invade and the two agree on the need to end the war and restore Kuwait's royal family to power.
July 28, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Saturday, 28 July 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 28 July 1990 describes the latest developments in Persian Gulf, Liberia, Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Poland, Papua New Guinea, China, Zaire, OPEC, Haiti and South Africa.
October 2, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Tuesday, 2 October 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 2 October 1990 describes the latest developments in Iraq, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Angola, the Soviet Union, Liberia and Thailand.
May 9, 1991	National Intelligence Daily for Thursday, 9 May 1991 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 9 May 1991 describes the latest developments in Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon, the Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, Yemen, Cambodia, the United Nations and Panama.
November 27, 1990	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, S. Al Faisal Gorbachev and Al Faisal discuss ongoing crisis caused by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.