Kuwaiti relationship with southern Gulf states
FO 371/168624 1963Description
This file contains:
- Reply from A R Walmsley to W H T Luce, discussing the effects of the Yemeni revolution on the Gulf States (1)
- Report from Baghdad commenting on the little interest shown by the Arabic press in the British resumption of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and the British recognition of the republican regime in Yemen and the possible reasons for this (2)
- Correspondence regarding a communication received by the British Embassy in Cairo from 'the Free Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula in Cairo' (3)
- Paper entitled 'Relations Between Kuwait and the Southern Gulf States', recommending the strengthening of economic and cultural ties between Kuwait and the southern Gulf States. It also contains notes and responses to the report (4)
- Report of a discussion with newspaper owner Abdul Aziz Masaeed, regarding his suggestion for a federation of the southern Gulf States under the hegemony of Kuwait (5)
- Report of a discussion with the Kuwaiti Minister of Finance and Trade Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah, in which he spoke in favour of a federation of the southern Gulf States. It also contains notes and responses to the report (6)