Nos 250 - 329. (Described at item level)

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff committee memoranda from 4 August 1954 to 15 October 1954 concerning global strategy. Those relevant to the Gulf and the Middle East are memoranda concerning:

• The defence of British interests in the Gulf; including the maintenance of troops at Sharjah and reinforcement plans in the event of a local crisis (261)
• Photographic reconnaissance in the Middle East (265)
• Anglo-Iraqi defence arrangements (278, 299)
• Defence planning in the Middle Eastern theatre (258, 292, 309, 320)
• Overflight rights in the Middle East; and plans for reaching Bahrain, Aden, Jordan, and Kenya if overflight is denied by hostile regimes
• Evacuation plans for British and allied nationals in the Gulf in the event of war (327), as well as from Egypt (326) and the wider Middle East (315)
• The defence of Iran, and debates around making a military commitment to Iran (325)