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- [1990 - 1991] (Creation)
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One VHS video cassette containing British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) footage of US President George H W Bush's statement on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 2 Aug 1990; the arrival in Moscow of James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State, 1989-1992, and the joint US Soviet statement concerning the cutting of arms supplies to Iraq and the UN resolution on sanctions against Iraq; Bush and James Danforth Quayle, US Vice President, 1989-1993, calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait; comments of the British ambassador to the UN on the Iraqi invasion; arrival of British Prime Minister Margaret Hilda Thatcher in Colorado, Sep 1990; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's press conference; and the USS Eisenhower sailing through the Suez Canal. (14 minutes) Previous Ref: C 32, 27/12/91, Gulf News Footage, 2, 3 & 7, 8 Aug 1990
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