Political relations between Persian Gulf states and UK: Anglo-US talks on policy in Persian Gulf

This file relates to political relations between the Gulf States and the UK. It contains correspondence relating to:

• Farewell letter from A R Walmsley of the Foreign Office to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf W H T Luce, including his reflections over the previous seven years and his view of the lack of fundamental changes in the Gulf and Luce's reply (31)
• Summary and full report of Anglo-US Gulf policy talks held on 23-23 April 1963 (32)
• Brief on the Federation of South Arabia for NATO Middle East experts (33)
• Parliamentary question submitted by Christopher Mayhew, MP for Woolwich East, asking the Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath for details on what special privileges are exercised by HMG in Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States and any attempts to modernise relationships with these Sheikhdoms; and the reply by Heath. It includes excerpts from a report of an Al Jumhuriyah article broadcast on the Cairo radio service Voice of the Arabs (34)
• Question of whether a dispatch from the Political Resident in 1961 should be answered (35)
• Remark made by Christopher Mayhew MP to an official of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Mahdi Al Tajir, regarding Labour Party policy on the Gulf (36)
• Record of a meeting with Luce at the Foreign Office on 31 July 1963 [enclosed] (37)
• Programme for discussions with Luce on 30 September and 1 October 1963 (38)
• Draft letters from Heath to principal Middle Eastern personalities announcing his change of duties, including a reply from the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani (39)
• Foreign Office minute relating to a debate on the Queen's speech regarding Yemen and the Gulf (40)