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- [1991] (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Thomas Stephen Foley, Democrat member of US Congress, 1965-1995, and Speaker of the US House of Representatives, 1989-1995, discussing the role of the US Congress in the decision to take military action against Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait, Aug 1990. Mentions meeting between of Congress leaders and George H W Bush, US President, 1989-1993, 30 Oct 1990; the Congress debate and vote of 12 and 17 Jan 1990 in support of Bush's authority regarding US military intervention. Also describes visit to Saudi Arabia with Bush during Thanksgiving holiday, 22 Nov1990, and the morale of the US and British forces stationed there. Transcript is incomplete. 32pp Previous Ref: Roll 39 and 40
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