Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 6 to 18)

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Meeting between D M H Riches, Signor Prunas and Signor Riccardi, regarding an article [translation enclosed] in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Bilad about King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's interview with the Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld, and also a report that Kuwait is planning to participate in the next Arab League meeting (6)
• Note of protest from the Saudi Government to HMG about the setting up of a camp by British authorities in a disputed area, and the text of a reply from HMG, along with related correspondence. It also contains a copy of an earlier letter, along with a translation, from Mohammad Bin Saud Al Saud in which he acknowledged that the site now in question lies within the East Aden Protectorate (7)
• Exchange of letters between Riches and T E Evans in the British Embassy in Berne [Bern], regarding the current state of Anglo-Saudi relations (8)
• Report that King Saud has asked President Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt not to resume diplomatic relations with Britain until progress has been made on a settlement regarding Buraimi. It also contains a further report, from the US Ambassador in Jedda [Jeddah], suggesting that no such request was made, and that Saudi Arabia is more open to a resumption of relations with the UK than earlier reports had intimated (9, 12)
• Summary of a discussion with Hammarskjöld regarding Anglo-Saudi relations, along with a list of 'points to be made orally to the Secretary General' (10)
• Text of a draft letter by Hammarskjöld to be sent to Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, along with notes and comments on the letter (11)
• Summary of a conversation with Sir G W Rendel, and the draft of a letter he suggests sending to Prince Faisal (13)
• Record of a conversation between the US Ambassador in Jeddah D R Heath and Sir Roger Stevens regarding the possibility of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia (14)
• Possibility of the oil companies relinquishing their concessions in disputed regions, along with comments on other aspects of Anglo-Saudi relations (15)
• Details of a parliamentary question asked by Denis Healey regarding the restoration of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, along with the answers given to this and follow-up questions (16)
• Report of a meeting between Sir Frank Lee and the Chef de Cabinet of the Egyptian President Amin Shaker regarding economic and political relations between Britain and Egypt, and the situation in Iraq (18)