Reports: 1-50. (Described at item level)

This file contains Joint Planning Staff memoranda from 6 January 1954 to 25 May 1954. Those relevant to the Gulf are memoranda concerning:

• The military implications of the proposed courses of action in the event of the failure to reach an agreement with Egypt concerning the Suez Canal, including an outline of Britain’s aims and commitments in the Middle East (1)
• Operational requirements for amphibious warfare, including in the Middle East (8)
• An approach to the US State Department concerning US military planning in the Middle East (10)
• British reinforcements to Jordan in the event of Israeli aggression (11, 28)
• US proposals for joint military planning between Pakistan and Turkey to contribute to the defence of the Middle East, using US military aid (13)
• Proposals for the stockpiling of heavy equipment in Mardin, Turkey (14)
• The protection of British lives and interests in Iraq (23)
• The drafting of a new directive to the Commanders-in-Chief, Middle East concerning the strategic aims of the defence of the Middle East in the event of war (24, 34)
• Proposals for an early revision of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty to enlist Iraq’s cooperation in the defence of the Middle East (27, 31)
• Topics for discussion for the visit of Vice Admiral Sir John Collins of Australia, including the situation in the Middle East (30)
• Obtaining base facilities in Lebanon (35)