Assessment of likely effects following UK withdrawal from Aden

This file relates to the repercussions of the British withdrawal from Aden on the Gulf States. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Lessons to be learnt from Aden, and the abandonment of the federalists in South Arabia to nationalist forces
• Various contributions from Foreign Office officials, the Political Resident R S Crawford, and HMG’s agents in the Gulf on the lessons from Aden; and the final study compiled by D J McCarthy
• Reaction of the Rulers of the Trucial States
• Record of conversation between the Foreign Secretary George Brown and the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, on the reaction of Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia’s reaction; the hopes of HMG to improve relations with it; and Saudi Arabia’s encouragement of the federation of the Trucial States
• Articles in the Daily Telegraph on Aden and the Gulf