Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET)

This file concerns the Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET). It contains agendas, minutes of meetings and correspondence relating to:

• Middle East trading patterns
• The development of COMET’s activities
• The situation in Lebanon
• British trade with the Middle East
• The situation in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) following the assassination of President Ibrahim Al Hamdi
• The Arab-Israeli dispute
• The Western Sahara conflict
• Talks taking place in Sudan between President Gaafar Mohammad Nimeiri and the leader of the Sudanese National Front Sadiq Al Mahdi regarding a reconciliation
• Britain’s relations with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)
• The US Tax Reform Act
• The Defence Secretary Fred Mulley’s visit to Saudi Arabia in September 1977, during which he signed an agreement for the extension of the Saudi Air Defence Assistance Project (SADAP)
• The Minister of State Frank Judd’s visit to Iraq and Kuwait in October 1977
• The Saudi Minister of the Interior Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s visit to Britain
• The Saudi Minister of Municipalities Prince Majed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s visit to Britain
• A list of COMET meetings scheduled for 1978.