| Description | File of presscuttings on the events surrounding the recognition of Kuwait's independence on 19 June 1961 and the subsequent threat by Iraq to invade, which was withdrawn following a show of strength by the Arab League and British military forces. Luce is mentioned in many of the cuttings, and there is also a large photograph from an Arabic-language newspaper showing him signing the independence papers, watched over by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. |