Joint policy discussions on Middle East between UK and US

This file relates to the policy discussions on the Middle East that took place between the UK and the US at the Bermuda Conference of 1957. It contains:

• Draft note for the Prime Minister's speech at Bermuda on the Middle East (1)
• Summary of decisions taken at the conference regarding further Anglo-American consultation on Middle Eastern questions (2)
• Brief on Jordan prepared by the Foreign Office (3)
• Brief on Gaza, the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba (4)
• Press comments on the Bermuda Conference [Folder is empty] (7)
• Copies of a brief on the nature of the threat and means of countering it, with particular reference to the Baghdad Pact, Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia and Buraimi (5)
• Copies of a brief on Anglo-American cooperation in the Middle East (8)
• Suggestions that the UK and the US should reach agreement on the supply of military equipment to Iraq, and should work out a common view regarding military aid, joint military projects and an economic programme for the Baghdad Pact (9)
• Comments of the Prime Minister of Turkey on the Bermuda Conference (10)
• Record of the discussion at the plenary meeting held on 21 March at 3.45pm (11)
• Record of the discussion at the meeting held at 10.30am on 23 March, along with notes and comments (12)
• Extract from the agreed minutes of the Anglo-American talks at the Bermuda Conference, showing the agreed position on the study of Middle East problems (13)
• Extract from the record of the meeting held on 26 March at 10.45am. It also contains correspondence regarding the switching of savings made in Jordan to the Baghdad Pact for economic development (14)