Meetings 1-55. Includes subject index

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee’s minutes of meetings from 13 January to 22 December 1965. Of relevance to the Gulf are the memoranda concerning:

• Defence Economies, detailing cost saving measures for British defence, including prioritising objectives ‘East of Aden’ (2nd, 4th)
• Military aid to the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO); and the UK's relations with the United Arab Republic (11th, 19th)
• Aden, including details of military and internal security operations; the possibility of a constitutional convention in South Arabia; the possibility of a visit by a UN official; and wage rates in Aden (17th, 30th, 33rd, 36th, 42nd, 44th)
• The Trucial States, and in particular the Arab League’s offer of aid; and the internal politics of Sharjah (27th, 30th)
• The UK’s future policy towards CENTO; the Trucial States; and the remaining British colonial possessions (28th, 39th)
• The question of intervention in Kuwait in the event of a coup (33rd)
• The defence review and possible withdrawal from the Gulf (36th, 52nd)
• The situation in Yemen (37th)