Internal political situation: Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsular

This file relates to the internal political situation in Aden and the Federation of South Arabia. It contains correspondence relating to:

• Aden’s Chief Minister Sayyed Zain Abdo Baharoon’s broadcast to the people issued by the Ministry of National Guidance and Information (41)
• Parliamentary question from A G Bottomley asking the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the effect of the law of sedition proposed by the Government of the Federation of South Arabia in relation to problems of law and order in Aden (42)
• Report in a Yemeni newspaper Al Akhbar about the defection of Mohammad Hussein Bahabib to Yemen (43)
• Federal and Aden ministers are anxious for information about the possibility of a visit by the Secretary of State (44)
• Possible visit of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Nigel Fisher to Aden (45)
• Information about a wealthy Hadhrami from Saudi Arabia Sheikh Ahmad Saeed Buqshan (46)
• Note on the ‘liberation army’ prepared in the Aden Intelligence Centre (47)
• Conversation with the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs Mohammad Affra about the Federation of South Arabia’s position in international affairs (48)
• General situation since the arrival of the new High Commissioner Trevaskis, with certain administrative changes being made (49)
• Extract from The Guardian about the suicide of a socialist leader in Aden (50)
• Party of Egyptian entertainers’ visit to Aden (51)
• Federal guard patrol fired on by Haushabi tribesmen at Al Milaha (52)
• Military patrols from Al Ghaidha [Al Ghayda] fired on by Bait Kidda tribesmen (53)
• Adeni Peoples’ Socialist Party (PSP) opening a bureau in Baghdad and the travel of Sayyed Nasir Ahmad Al Urji to the city (54)
• Arabisation of the Federal Regular Army (55)
• Visit of an Egyptian football team to Aden (56)
• Report of the Franchise Commission in Aden (57)
• Press reports from Cairo of alleged attacks by British forces on tribesmen in Hanshabi [Haushabi] Sultanate (58)
• Correspondent for The Times and Reuters, Ibrahim Nuri and concern that he may not be giving HMG ‘a square deal’ (59)
• Ambassador for the Yemen Arab Republic Mohammad Ahmad Noman and his request for a transit visa (60)