Records of the White House Office of Press Secretary (George H. W. Bush Administration)

This series consists of materials concerning the routine activities of the Office of the Press Secretary during the year 1990.

Some of the more noteworthy materials in this series include memos from Michael J. Boskin, President George H. W. Bush's chief economic advisor; press guidance in the form of possible questions and answers on such topics as Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; and handwritten notes, possibly written by Marlin Fitzwater. Internal memos regarding proposed strategies on how to use the press to get more public support for Bush (especially in the case of the Persian Gulf crisis) can also be found in these papers. Other subjects covered at considerable length in the records include the Soviet Union's confrontation with the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), the question of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, the use of Latin American countries to help the U.S. in the war on drugs, the need to make headway in cutting the deficit, and Bush's environmental policy.