Supply of arms

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Supply of two Carl Gustaf weapons and a quantity of ammunition to Kuwait for evaluation
• Verbal enquiry from British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) about the supply of bombs and other ammunition to be provided with the Lightning aircraft previously ordered by Kuwait
• Interest expressed by Kuwait Chief of General Staff General Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah in acquiring fifty-one Vickers 37 Ton Battle Tanks from Vickers Limited in the UK
• Letter from the Ministry of Defence to J A N Graham on the price of surplus 5.5 inch guns
• Enquiry from Kuwait to the Ministry of Defence about prices for armoured car ammunition
• Approval of the Foreign Office for sale of 76 mm armoured car ammunition to Kuwait; and approval of the Foreign Office for sale of Carl Gustaf guns and ammunition to Kuwait
• Letter from Graham to A E D Chamier about the discussion of the affairs of the Ministry of Defence in a secret session of Kuwait National Assembly and Assembly Member Abdul Aziz Al Masaeed's article 'Our Army, Our Pride' published in Kuwait Daily News, 1 May 1967
• Note from the Ministry of Defence of the State of Kuwait to the British Embassy Kuwait expressing interest in acquiring surplus Browning 0.30 machine guns for armoured vehicles
• Note from Ambassador G G Arthur to Kuwait Defence Minister Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdulla Al Sabah on clearance obtained for the export of the Carl Gustaf anti-tank guns to Kuwait
• Enquiry from Kuwait about eight Meteor MK 4B engines as fitted in Centurion tanks
• Letter from W A Perry to A Ibbott in response to Sheikh Sa'ad's remarks on Societe Nouvelle des Etablissements Edgar Brandt (SNEB) rockets and some notes on unguided rockets