British contract officers for aircraft apprentice training

This file concerns British contract officers serving in Saudi Arabia's armed forces. It contains correspondence on:

• Implications for the status of British contract officers arising from the conflict in Yemen; BBC reports of the dismissal of all British contract officers
• Loss of the ‘Magic Carpet’ contract, and the position of British pilots serving directly in the Royal Saudi Air Force; a cutting from the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review dated 24 April 1968
• Reported infiltration from Saudi Arabia into the Beihan and Qaiti provinces
• Possibility of a South Yemeni invasion of the Omani Kuria Muria Islands; and tension over the boundary between Mahra and Dhofar