Sale of military equipment from UK to Saudi Arabia

This file concerns the sale of military equipment from the UK to Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence and media reports on:

• Outstanding payments due from Saudi Arabia
• The visit of Sir George Edwards to Saudi Arabia and his audience with King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
• A contract signed between Saudi Arabia and the US for the purchase of jet fighters
• Proposals for cooperation between the UK and the US regarding arms supplies to Saudi Arabia
• A Saudi request for the import of machinery to manufacture the 30mm Aden gun
• Concerns in Iraq about the threat Saudi arms purchases might represent to them
• Contractual disagreements between Rolls-Royce and the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF)
• The visit of a Saudi delegation to the US to view the US armed forces
• Negotiations regarding the sale of Land Rovers to the Saudi Arabian National Guard, and for the prospective sale of communications equipment
• The development by the US of an advanced version of the Crotale missile for Saudi Arabia
• Requests, including from the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield, the Royal Ordnance Factory in Blackburn, Heckler & Koch Limited, and Scientific Control Systems Limited, for clearance to supply certain equipment to Saudi Arabia, and from Hawker Siddeley Dynamics to release information to Saudi Arabia regarding a missile system
• The intention of Scottish Aviation Limited to give a presentation of Bulldog aircraft to the RSAF
• A visit by a Saudi delegation to the UK to view military equipment
• Proposals for the expansion of British Aircraft Corporation business with the RSAF