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Joan Stubbs on her hostage son, Peter (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Joan Stubbs of Leicester on having received news from the Foreign Office that her son Peter has been separated from his Egyptian wife and children in Kuwait and is...
British forces to be sent to the Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Elena Curti reporting from Downing Street on the decision to send British forces to the Gulf. Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd announcing that the forces will be contributing to a multi-national effort for the...
Christine Richmond on British nationals leaving Saudi Arabia (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Christine Richmond of Nottingham, among the British nationals arriving at Heathrow Airport from Saudi Arabia, on the tense atmosphere in the country, the build up of Saudi military activity, and many in the...
Commons announcement by Defence Secretary Tom King (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
House of Commons announcement by Defence Secretary Tom King on the nature of the British air and naval deployment to the Gulf for entirely defensive purposes, to deter further Iraqi aggression against Saudi...
Douglas Hurd and Tom King on decision to send British forces to Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on the decision to send British forces to the Gulf as a contribution to a multi-national effort for the defence of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states under threat of Iraqi...
Yamil Alsam on rape of Kuwait hostage (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Kuwaiti businessman, Yamil Al Sam, who managed to escape from Kuwait to Britain, on the rape by an Iraqi soldier of a woman passenger from the British Airways plane captured during a stopover at Kuwait City...
Plans to transfer Miss Saigon to New York scrapped (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reporting on producer Cameron Mackintosh’s scrapping of plans to transfer the musical Miss Saigon from London to New York following the refusal by the American Actors’ Equity Association to...
Andrew Thornton on fleeing Baghdad (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Speaking from Jordan, Andrew Thornton on crossing the Iraqi border with other British nationals in a convoy of vehicles, having followed Embassy advice for those with the appropriate visas to leave Baghdad...
US Ambassador to UN on Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas Pickering addressing a Security Council meeting. On the need for the international community to implement the resolution requiring Iraq to withdraw from...
Iraqi troops seal borders of Iraq and Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report
James Matthews reporting from the Gulf on Iraqi troops sealing the borders in preparation for war, with only foreign diplomats being allowed in or out of Iraq and Kuwait. Also on the Soviet Union being...