Supply of aircraft and missiles

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Letter from J A N Graham to M S Weir about a memorandum on flight training for the Kuwait Air Force and an earlier letter from A Ibbott on procurement of a Lightning simulator
• Conversation between Ambassador G G Arthur and Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdulla Al Sabah about the purchase of Hawker Hunter aircraft and Lightning aircraft spare parts
• Agreement for the purchase by Kuwait of three refurbished Mark 6 Hawker Hunters
• Table of 'Surplus Hunter Aircraft for Export [Mark 6, Mark 9, Mark 7, and Mark 4] - Summary of Availabilities [,] Customer Requirements and Proposed Allocations [,] November 1967'
• Letter from J F Mayne of the Ministry of Defence to S F Fowler of the Ministry of Technology on the number of surplus Hunter and Canberra aircraft available over the coming years
• Letter from C B Benjamin of the Ministry of Aviation to Ibbott of the Arabian Department on Honeywell Limited's decline in the production of, and interest in the sale of ground support equipment necessary for the operation and maintenance of Lightnings in Kuwait
• Conversation between Ambassador Arthur and Sheikh Sa'ad about a letter from Mohammad Khalaf in London including a bill from the Ministry of Defence for two Mark 9 aircraft; and the collection of the aircraft from Bahrain and disappointment with their condition
• Memorandum by the Ministry of Technology on long-range aircraft for Kuwait
• Proposal from Airwork Services Limited to Kuwait Ministry of Defence on the training of personnel, including pilots and ground maintenance staff and the provision of buildings and workshops
• Minutes of a cross-departmental meeting to discuss Hunter aircraft availability and export prospects, with annexes on surplus aircraft and export prospects, 7 December 1967
• Proposal from Benjamin for the provision of financial support by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia towards the purchase of a squadron of Lightning aircraft for use by the Jordanian Air Force, following the recent discussions of General Amer Al Khammash in Washington DC
• Visit of Sheikh Sa'ad and the Kuwaiti delegation to British Aircraft Corporation Warton
• Meeting between Sheikh Sa'ad and Defence Secretary Denis Healey and a subsequent request for clarification of a Kuwaiti order for Saladin and Saracen vehicles
• Conversation between Arthur and Sheikh Sa'ad and the importance to Kuwait of possessing additional Hunter aircraft in the wake of Britain's planned military withdrawal from the Gulf
• Further conversation between Arthur and Sheikh Sa'ad about the purchase of Hunter aircraft, following the departure of King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan from Kuwait Airport and Sheikh Sa'ad's conviction that HMG has either delivered or promised nineteen Hunters to Jordan
• Ferrying of fourteen Lightning aircraft from the UK for delivery to the Kuwaiti Air Force
• Paper on the 'Military Advisory Mission to Kuwait: The Kuwait Lightning Order', dated 14 May 1968
• Conversation between J J Binnie of Rolls-Royce Limited and Khalaf, 15 May 1968
• Letter from Wing Commander B R A Cox to Major General Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah on the current situation and his personal conclusion about the Lightning programme
• Letter from D E S Blatherwick to R F Skilbeck on the naval training of Kuwaitis in Pakistan