HM Government policy in Persian Gulf

This file is part of a sequence of files concerning HMG's policy in the Gulf. It contains correspondence relating to:

• A draft statement to parliament by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home on HMG’s policy in the Gulf; a memorandum by P J S Moon suggesting to Douglas-Home that the text of the statement should be telegraphed to a number of posts in the Commonwealth, Europe and the Middle East for background guidance to the UK's Heads of Missions; and draft answers to possible parliamentary questions
• A passage on the Gulf from Prime Minister Edward Heath's speech on the 1971 Defence White Paper
• A meeting between British officials clarifying Sir W H T Luce's proposals for continuing his presence in the Gulf
• A memorandum by the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Joseph Godber giving his views on Britain withdrawing from the Gulf
• The question of how the British forces remaining in the Gulf after 1971 could be presented to the best advantage as a continuing presence, including memoranda on training and liaison visits to the Gulf after 1971
• The conservative government's views on the Labour Party's policy in the Gulf
• Draft answers to detailed questions concerning political and military arrangements
• Arrangements for if there is no Union of Arab Emirates
• Draft letters from the Prime Minister to Patrick Wall MP, and John Biggs-Davison MP regarding the Gulf
• A conversation between Godber and Sheikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on 18 February 1971
• An extract from Hansard, 'Persian Gulf: British oil interests', 18 February 1971
• A memorandum by Douglas-Home regarding Luce's tour
• A meeting between the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Sir John Barraclough and Luce.