Private visits from the UK to the Gulf

This file concerns the visits of politicians, officials and other notable figures from the UK to the Gulf. It contains correspondence on the visits of:

• P B Edgley and L F T Smith of the Bank of England to the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
• Chairman of the British Council Sir David Orr
• Mr Justice Saville [Mark Saville] to the UAE in connection with a fraud case
• Newbury District Council Chief Executive Brian Thetford to Dubai
• Gulf writer for The Economist Emma Duncan
• Lord Mayor of Westminster Roger Bramble to the UAE, at the invitation of the General Secretariat of the UAE Municipalities, and to Qatar
• Leader of the Liberal Party David Steel to the UAE
• Senior Educational Psychologist in the Cambridge Education Area of the Local Education Authority Trevor Millar to attend the British Schools Conference in Bahrain
• Dr Eric Bates of the Industry and Education unit of the Department of Trade and Industry and David Walker of the Scottish Microelectronics Development Programme to Abu Dhabi at the invitation of the UAE National Computer Centre
• L F T Smith of the Bank of England to the banking conference in Bahrain
• Delegation from Birmingham's bid to host the Olympic Games to Kuwait
• Julian Amery to Oman to attend Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed Al Said's 15th anniversary celebrations and to the UAE
• E R MacDonald of S G Warburg & Company Limited to Sanaa [Sana'a] to offer financial services to Yemen Central Bank
• Lord Tonypandy [George Thomas] to Kuwait
• L F T Smith of the Bank of England to Bahrain and Syria, including accounts of his first impressions

The file also contains:

• Request from Bahrain for an advisor for their new stock exchange and the suggestion of John Hollis as a suitable candidate
• Letter from David M J Smith of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company asking S P Day of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Middle East Department for a meeting to discuss business opportunities in the Middle East
• Request from Julian Amery for assistance for Princess Mahin of Iran to get a visa at short notice to visit the UK