| Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports and digest bulletins on foreign hostages in Iraq during the Second Gulf War, as well as the situation of foreign workers caught up in the conflict and the economic effects on foreign companies with projects in Iraq or Kuwait. Topics covered include an assessment of the number of foreign contractors employed in Iraq at the time of the Kuwait invasion, UN Security Council rulings about their safety, a Reuters telex report on the Iraqi statement justifying use of foreigners as 'human shields', presscuttings and reports about food restrictions for foreigners, details of Americans escaping over the border to Jordan, deaths of British hostages and newscuttings on the situation of hostages from different nationalities including France, Brazil, Holland and Japan. An article in Time magazine (17 December 1990) discusses Saddam's release of international hostages, there is a presscutting and excerpt from M.W. Kellog company newsletter about the company's efforts to ensure the safety of over 500 employees in Kuwait and Iraq. A small sheaf of papers at the end of the folder relates to the economic effects of the war on foreign companies working on projects in Iraq |