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The collection includes uncut audio cassettes, video cassettes and transcripts of interviews, concerning events leading up to the Gulf War (1990-1991) such as the role of the United States in the liberation of Kuwait following its invasion by Iraq, 2 Aug 1990; US relations with the international community coalition which included Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Soviet Union; the role of the United Nations; and the background to decisions taken by the US government in response to the invasion and up until the ceasefire of 28 Feb 1991. It also contains related transcripts of US Congress proceedings, research files, news cuttings, video cassettes of the three episodes of the television documentary The Washington Version as broadcast in the UK, scripts for each episode, draft version of scripts and documentary, as well as uncut video cassette footage of television news reports, press conferences and addresses, contemporary to the conflict. The documentary was advertised as 'a personal history of the Gulf Crisis told by US Cabinet members, their deputies and key allies'. Those interviewed include James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State, 1989-1992; Richard B (Dick) Cheney, US Secretary of Defense, 1989-1993; Robert Gates, Assistant to the US President and Deputy National Security Advisor, 1989-1991; Gen Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor, 1989-1993; James Danforth Quayle, US Vice President, 1989-1993; Stephen Joshua Solarz, Democrat member of US Congress, 1975-1993; Gen Colin Powell, Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander in Chief; Thomas Stephen Foley, Democrat member of US Congress, 1965-1995, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1989-1995; Ambassador Thomas Reeve Pickering, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1989-1992; Lawrence S Eagleburger, Deputy Secretary of State, 1989-1992; Richard N Haass, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Near East & South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, 1989-1993; John Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, 1989-1991; Robert M Kimmitt, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1989-1991; Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater, Private Secretary to the British Prime Minister, 1984-1991; Dennis B Ross, Director, Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State, 1989-1992; H E Sheikh Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, Kuwait Ambassador to the US, 1981-present; Joseph Charles Wilson IV, Charge d'Affairs, US Embassy, Baghdad 1988-1991; Paul Dundes Wolfowitz, Under Secretary for Policy, US Department of Defense 1899-1993; Sergei Tarasenko, Policy Advisor to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze 1985-1991; and Martin Indyk, Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy, 1984-1993.

One VHS video cassette containing clips from Gostelradio (Russian television) news broadcasts relating to meetings between Soviet and US government officials, also with the leaders of Arab nations, concerning attempts to reverse Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, prior to military action. (15 minutes) Language: Russian Previous Ref: CO 02

Two copies of a VHS video cassette of Capital News Network (CNN) footage of US President George H W Bush and US Secretary of Defense, Richard B (Dick) Cheney's White House press conference, 16 Jan 1991, announcing allied military action in the Persian Gulf; Cheney's in depth briefing to reporters at the Pentagon, 16 Jan 1991; and Bush's Address to the Nation announcing allied military action in the Persian Gulf, 16 Jan 1991. (1 hour, 28 minutes) Previous Ref: CNN Tape 4G and Tape 4G CNN

One VHS video cassette containing Capital News Network (CNN) footage of the Persian Gulf including ships firing warning shots on vessel ignoring the Iraqi trade embargo; anti-aircraft fire in Baghdad, Iraq; and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater's announcement of the commencement of the air campaign against Iraq, 16 Jan 1991. Previous Ref: B 3273 #23 8/91, B2418 #34 4/91, 60-0171 11/91, B2135, 61-1203B 1/16/91,

Two copies of a VHS video cassette containing Capital News Network (CNN) footage including images of bomb damage in Tel Aviv, Israel; the destruction of bomb shelter at Amariyah, Baghdad, 13 Feb 1991; Soviet Foreign Minister Alexandr Bessmertnikh making a statement, 13 Feb 1991; Lawrence Eagleburger, US Deputy Secretary of State, 1989-1992, visiting Israel, 13 Jan 1991; and US President George H W Bush meeting with French President Francois Mitterand, 20 Jan 1991. (1 hour) Previous Ref: Gulf War Tape III CNN / Tape 3 Gulf War

One VHS video cassette containing of Capital News Network (CNN) footage of the complete press conference of Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister, 1983-1991, following his meeting with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State, 1989-1992, in Geneva, 9 Jan 1991. (55 minutes) Previous Ref: CNN Tape 5G

One VHS video cassette containing Capital News Network (CNN) footage of US President George H W Bush's press conference following the liberation of Kuwait City, 28 Feb 1991. (45 minutes) Previous Ref: CNN Tape 7G and Tape CNN 7G Archive, 62-1920D

One VHS video cassette containing Capital News Network (CNN) footage of James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, and Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister, 1983-1991, arriving in Geneva for meeting, 9 Jan 1991. (6 minutes) Previous Ref: CNN Tape 10G

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Nine O'clock News including footage of US President George H W Bush, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Soviet comments on Iraqi offer to withdraw from Kuwait; Iraqis mistakenly celebrating end of war; and mourning Iraqi women in Baghdad. (6 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 23, 2/1/92, Gulf (15/2/91) HT 047014

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) footage including of US President George H W Bush statement on the continuation of the war with Iraq; Iraqi soldiers surrendering; the liberation of Kuwait City; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein claiming victory; the victory speeches of Bush and British Prime Minister John Major. (28 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 19, BBC News Clips 18/1/91

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News footage including US military aircraft cockpit pictures of destruction of bridges in Kuwait and the shooting down Iraqi planes; and US President George H W Bush's speech to the nation announcing beginning of hostilities. (16 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 20, New World Order 2/1/92

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) footage including images of Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister, 1983-1991, leaving Moscow; UK troop preparations; burning Kuwaiti oil wells; and the liberation of Kuwait City. (5 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 15, 31/12/91, BBC Newsnight and News 23 Feb and 28 Feb 1991

One VHS video cassette containing British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news footage relating to the second day of the Gulf War; the shooting down of SS-1 SCUD B missiles from Iraq, 18 Jan 1991; and the burning of the Kuwaiti oil wells. (9 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 31, 6/1/92, BBC News 19/1/91 and 28/2/91

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news clips including footage of Iraqi destruction in Kuwait; US President George H W Bush's ultimatum for unconditional withdrawal; the meeting of Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister with Mikhail Gorbachev, President USSR 1990-1991; Bush's meeting with Congress members and his comments on the Soviet peace plan. (18 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 29, Gulf compilation - news clips 22/2/91, 19/2/91

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Newsnight report including footage of Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraq, and in particular the city of Halabja, to Iran.(8 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 24, 2/1/92, HT56312, Gulf 15/4/91

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news footage of the Iraqi troops withdrawal from Kuwait; and of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's broadcast to Iraq claiming victory. (2 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 26, 3/1/92 Rolling news gulf MTS 203401

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Newsnight reports including footage of the arrival of Richard B (Dick) Baker, US Secretary of Defence, 1989-1993, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and his meeting with King Fahd (ibn Abdul Aziz Al Faysal Al Sa'ud), and reporting to him on the Geneva meeting of James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State, 1989-1992, and Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Foreign Minister, 1983-1991; the birthday celebrations of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President; the departure of British diplomats from Baghdad; the arrival of Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov, Soviet negotiator, in Iraq; discussion of the Soviet peace plan. (24 minutes) Previous Ref: CO 13, VHS NTSC BITC, Selected Newsnight stories 31/12/91

One VHS video cassette of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) footage of beginning of hostilities in Baghdad, showing anti aircraft fire over the city. (1 minute) Previous Ref: CO 21, 2/1/92, Bombing of Baghdad (HT001417)

One VHS video cassette recording of Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf, US Commander in Chief, OPERATION DESERT SHIELD and OPERATION DESERT STORM, being interviewed by David Frost, 8 Jan 1991. Includes discussion of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; allied strategy against Iraqi forces; Iraqi treatment of prisoners of war; and the ceasefire arrangements. (57 minutes)

Two copies of a VHS video cassette recording of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Conference discussion involving the Deputies Committee and key allies listed above. Session 1, chaired by Arthur Miller, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Part 1, from 9.00 - 10.28 am. For contents see transcript 5/1