Internal political situation: Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Intention of the People's Socialist Party (PSP), political party of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), to establish bureaus in Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Ghana, the UK and the US (21)
• Shaykhan Al Habashi of the South Arabian League's lobbying of the US delegation at the UN to obtain support for the early independence of the Federation of South Arabia (22)
• TMemoranda by Sayyed Abdulla Alawi Al Jifri [Algifri] on South Arabia (23)
• Press conference by Abdulla Al Asnag [Asnaj] on the current state of Aden (24)
• Offer by Ali Saeed Al Qaysi [Qaisi] to reveal a secret arms depot in Aden (25)
• Faoleu meeting attended by 500 persons and its adjournment until 12 June (26)
• Independence of the Federation of South Arabia, its place in international relations and the possible attachment of Federal officers to British embassies in certain countries (27)
• Abdulla Al Asnag's statement on the President of the Yemen Arab Republic Abdulla Al Sallal's agreement to the establishment of PSP offices in Sana'a and Taiz, followed by an extract reporting the opening of TUC and PSP offices in Sana'a (28)
• Parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Duncan Sandys, on developments in the Federation of South Arabia and the status of its boundaries (29)
• Intention of the PSP to establish offices in London and Baghdad (30)
• Proposal for an exclusion order against Radhia Ihsanullah to prevent her return (31)
• Request for intervention against striking Forces Local Workers Union personnel (32)
• Permanent committee formed to support the workers of Aden and the Protectorates, by organisations in the UAR, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan and Morocco (33)
• Encouragement of the South Arabian League at the expense of the PSP (34)
• Arrangement of Foreign Service training for Mohammad Affara in the UK (36)
• Siege of Hilyan garrison by Ahl Am Hayd [Haid] tribesmen in Upper Yafa (37)
• Appointment of Aden ministers recommended by Zayn Baharun [Baharoon] (38)
• Intention of Abdul Rahman Al Baydani [Baidani] to establish a bank in Aden (39)
• Explosion targeting the South Arabian News Agency and its proprietor Mohammad Hamad Barakat (40)