Nos 1 - 57. (Described at item level)

This file contains Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 2 January 1956 to 8 February 1956. Those relevant to the Gulf are memoranda concerning:

• Administrative and procedural guidelines for the staff of the Baghdad Pact (1, 2)
• The defence of the Arabian Peninsula and the expansion of the Trucial Oman Scouts and the Muscat and Oman Field Force (MOFF) (3, 38)
• Base facilities in the Middle East (4)
• Military assistance to Jordan in the event of Israeli aggression (9)
• Military intervention in Jordan to combat unrest resulting from Jordan’s accession to the Baghdad Pact; and the movement of troops from Cyprus to Jordan and coordination with the Arab Legion (14, 19, 28, 31, 36, 45)
• Military challenges facing the British in the Middle East (20)
• Anglo-American ‘oil denial’ planning in the Middle East (24)
• Stationing a British infantry battalion in Aden permanently (33)
• Assisting Jordan in a limited war against Israel (39)
• A joint Anglo-American military ‘show of force’ in the Middle East to deter escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict (51)
• A dispute concerning Saudi Arabia’s access to the sea at Khor Al Odaid (52)
• The uncertainty of the renewal of the Canal Zone Agreement with Egypt (56)
• The withdrawal of British forces from Egypt (57)