Official visits from Oman to the UK, including visits by Yusef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

This file concerns official visits from Oman. It contains arrangements, correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• The Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Salem Bin Abdulla Al Ghazali’s desire to visit the Departments of Trade and Industry
• The Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yusif Bin Alawi Bin Abdulla’s visit to the UK, and his meetings with Ewen Fergusson, the Minister of State Richard Luce, and the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe; the question of sponsorship by the Government Hospitality Fund (GHF)
• A personality note on Alawi
• The Omani Deputy Prime Minister Sayyed Fahr Bin Taimur’s visit to the UK
• Finance official Mohammad Jawad Hassan’s visit to the UK and his call on S L Egerton
• US policy in respect of the Arab-Israeli dispute
• The Iran-Iraq War
• Jordan’s relations with Egypt
• UK defence sales to Oman
• Unfavourable press reports in the UK on Oman
• The Falklands War
• Oman's relations with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
• Oman’s wish for HMG to dissuade the UAE from accepting a Saudi offer to base fighter aircraft there
• Granada TV’s intention to broadcast a ‘World in Action’ programme hostile to Oman
• The Omani Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Saeed Bin Ahmad Al Shanfari’s proposed visit to the UK
• The Omani Minister of the Environment Sayyed Shabib Bin Taimur’s proposed visit to the UK
• Iraqi attacks on neutral ships in the Gulf.