Description
Object description
Documents, newspapers and private papers relating to the Golding family, Britons living in Doha, Qatar, during the Gulf War, 1991. Including a photocopied ts extract of reminiscences (1p) from Maggie Golding about her and her family life in the lead up to and during the Gulf War; a ts letter and maps (3pp) issued to all British resident community in Doha detailing the 'Warden System' in place (31 October 1990); a photocopied ts letter (1p) from the British Embassy (17 December 1990) urging evacuation of all British residents in Doha as soon as possible, before the 15 January deadline; a photocopied typescript letter (3pp) from the British Embassy to residents (2 January 1991) arranging for the issuing and fitting of respirators; a photocopied typescript letter (4pp) from the British Embassy (5 January 1991) describing protective measures that can be taken as precautions and advice on action in the event of a 'conventional' attack and a chemical attack. Editions of newspapers ordered on return to the UK in mid-January 1991 so as to fully understand events given the limited news footage in Qatar. Editions kept are: The Sunday Times (27 January 1991): "BRITISH WANT SADDAM KILLED; MAJOR AS POPULAR AS CHURCHILL"; The Sunday Times (27 January 1991) (SUPPLEMENT): "WAR IN THE GULF, 16-PAGE COLOUR BRIEFING"; Western Daily Press (15 Janurary 1991): "D-DAY RACE FOR PEACE".
Content description
Documents, newspapers and private papers relating to the Golding family, Britons living in Doha, Qatar, during the Gulf War, 1991. Including a photocopied ts extract of reminiscences (1p) from Maggie Golding about her and her family life in the lead up to and during the Gulf War; a ts letter and maps (3pp) issued to all British resident community in Doha detailing the 'Warden System' in place (31 October 1990); a photocopied ts letter (1p) from the British Embassy (17 December 1990) urging evacuation of all British residents in Doha as soon as possible, before the 15 January deadline; a photocopied typescript letter (3pp) from the British Embassy to residents (2 January 1991) arranging for the issuing and fitting of respirators; a photocopied typescript letter (4pp) from the British Embassy (5 January 1991) describing protective measures that can be taken as precautions and advice on action in the event of a 'conventional' attack and a chemical attack. Editions of newspapers ordered on return to the UK in mid-January 1991 so as to fully understand events given the limited news footage in Qatar. Editions kept are: The Sunday Times (27 January 1991): "BRITISH WANT SADDAM KILLED; MAJOR AS POPULAR AS CHURCHILL"; The Sunday Times (27 January 1991) (SUPPLEMENT): "WAR IN THE GULF, 16-PAGE COLOUR BRIEFING"; Western Daily Press (15 Janurary 1991): "D-DAY RACE FOR PEACE".
Label
This collection details the impact on the Goldings, a British family resident in Doha, Qatar, resulting from increased tensions following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces in August 1990. It was widely expected that Iraqi forces would launch a chemical attack on those neighbouring countries that joined the international coalition against Saddam Hussein. The increasing strength of warnings, evacuation requests and gas mask issuances by British Embassy officials persuaded Maggie Golding and her children to leave the region on 16th February 1991, just as the US-led coalition's ultimatum to Saddam Hussein expired. Arriving back in the UK, and residing temporarily with her mother, Fowler absorbed as much news as she could. She ordered several newspapers because she was "starved of the kind of reporting available in the UK as UK papers were available but heavily censored and a couple of days old". The material donated supports a similar collection deposited with IWM at the same time by Golding's life-long friend and fellow Qatar-based UK expat Penny Hollowell.
History note
Cataloguer: IDP
History note
Catalogue Date: 201-05-04