Reports: 46-104. (Described at item level)

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee Joint Planning Staff papers from 15 March 1956 to 29 May 1956. Those relevant to the Gulf and the Middle East are memoranda concerning:

• Baghdad Pact defence planning (62, 83, 86, 97)
• Debates around maintaining a military presence in Jordan; the country’s strategic importance following the expulsion of British officers (63, 64); and plans in the event of a coup d’état in Jordan (74)
• Oil denial planning for the Gulf (69)
• Plans in the event of an Arab-Israeli conflict (70, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 99)
• British defence requirements in the Middle East (71)
• Organisational command for British forces in the Gulf and Aden (91)
• The defence of the Gulf, covering threat assessments, force requirements, reinforcement plans, and the possibility of the Royal Navy assuming responsibility for assisting local forces in case of an emergency (101)
• Evacuation plans for British nationals in the Middle East (102)