Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 45 to 56)

This file relates to efforts to restore diplomatic relations between Britain and Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence concerning:

• P Dixon's meeting with UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld. The latter accepts Britain's basic position for the restoration of relations, but is reluctant to identify himself with the British position prematurely (45)
• Revised draft of Hammarskjöld's reply to Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. HMG agrees to the text, but asks for a delay in its despatch until the Sultan of Muscat and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi are informed of the proposals. Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was disinterested (46, 51)
• Speculation of an early resumption of relations based on a misinterpretation of David Ormsby-Gore's reply in the House of Commons to a question on Buraimi and the International Court of Justice (47)
• Britain's reaction to Prince Faisal's letter to Hammarskjöld and its request for an accurate summary. It also contains a 1958 map illustrating territorial claims by Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia (48)
• John Profumo's talk with Emile Bustani, on 22 June 1959, regarding: the Middle East in general; President Gamal Abdul Nasser; and Saudi relations with the United Arab Republic and the UK. The brief for Profumo includes notes on Buraimi and Khor Al Odaid [Khawr Al Udayd] (49-50)
• Parliamentary question by Lord Glyn (52)
• A R Walmsley's conversation with US Counsellor at Jedda [Jeddah] Joe Sweeney and Bill Burdett of the US Embassy (53)
• Severely delayed letter to Sheikh Hafiz Wahba (54)
• H Beeley's discussion, and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd's communication with Hammarskjöld regarding Prince Faisal's reply to the Secretary General's letter. It also discusses Azzam Pasha's (Abdul Rahman Hasan Azzam) arrival in New York (56-57)