Talks between France and UK on Gulf states

This file contains briefings and records of talks between Britain and France on the Middle East in London in June 1974 and Paris in October 1974. Subjects covered in the talks are:

• Relations with Iraq, the Kurdish rebellion in the country, and the border dispute with Kuwait
• Relations with Saudi Arabia
• The coup in the Yemen Arab Republic
• Relations with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
• The conflict in Dhofar in Oman
• The Arab-Israeli conflict, including the questions of Israel’s borders and establishing a Palestinian state
• The Euro-Arab Dialogue
• Arms sales to the Middle East
• The state of affairs in the UAE and the border agreement with Saudi Arabia
• The state of affairs in Morocco, Algeria, and Libya
• Energy issues
• Soviet activity in the Middle East