A Diplomatic Tour de Force in Middle Eastern Affairs Original Primary Sources available at and (Select Exhibits, George H.W. Bush, Persian Gulf War: In-Depth International Perspectives) Shirley Hammond Director of Education George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 1000 George Bush Drive West College Station, TX
Statements by and Question and Answer Session with President Bush and Chairman Gorbachev Press Release December 3, 1989 (Group 1)
April 3, 1990 Letter to President Bush from Arlen Specter and Richard C. Shelby
June 2, 1990 Remarks by President Bush and President Gorbachev Press Release Summit Meetings of Presidents Bush and Gorbachev
July 25, 1990 Saddam Hussein's Message of Friendship to President Bush Cable
August 2, 1990 President Bush, King Hussein, & President Mubarak Telephone Conversation Press Release (Group 2)
President Bush and King Fahd August 2, 1990 Telephone Conversation (Group 3)
August 3, 1990 President Bush and President Mitterrand Telephone Conversation
August 5, 1990 President Bush and Prime Minister Mulroney Telephone Conversation
August 7, 1990 President Bush and President Mubarak Telephone Conversation
August 10, 1990 Cairo Domestic Service in Arabic Report
National Security Council Directive 45 August 20, 1990 (Group 4)
September 9, 1990 President Bush and President Gorbachev Memorandum of Conversation
September 29, 1990 President Bush and Prime Minister Kaifu Memorandum of Conversation (Group 5)
October 1, 1990 President Bush and Eduard Shevardnadze Memorandum of Conversation
Letter from President Gorbachev to President Bush October of 1990
October 24, 1990 President Bush and President Ozal Telephone Conversation
November 10, 1990 James A. Baker, III to President Bush Memorandum
President Bush to President Hussein January 5, 1991 letter
January 9, 1991 Baker and Aziz Memorandum of Conversation Persian Gulf Conflict
January 18, 1991 President Gorbachev and President Bush Telephone Conversation
January 21, 1991 President Bush and Minister Lee Kuan Yew Memorandum Conversation
Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, General Powell, General Norman Schwarzkopf, and Lt. General Waller meeting in U.S. Central Command during Desert Storm Undated USAF Desert Storm Photographs
Highway of Death Undated USAF Desert Storm Photographs
U.S. Troops in Saudi Arabia Undated USAF Desert Storm Photograph
February 23, 1991 President Bush and President Gorbachev Telephone Conversation (Group 6)
President Bush receives a salute from Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during the Desert Storm Homecoming Parade, Washington, DC June 8, 1991
October 1, 1991 President Bush and Amir of Kuwait Memorandum Conversation
1991 Gulf War Chronology