Visit of foreign minister to UK

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's appointment of the former Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington DC Abdul Rahman Saleem Al Atiqi to replace Jasim Al Qatami as Under-Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enclosing the decree (1)
• Hope that the new Kuwaiti Ambassador to London Khalid Mohammad Ja'far [Jaffar] can reorganise and restructure the Kuwaiti Embassy in London (2)
• Kuwaiti Ambassador in Cairo Abdul Aziz Al Hussein's one-week visit to Kuwait (3)
• Courtesy call of the new Ambassador Khalid Mohammad Ja'far to P J M Thomas at the Foreign Office, enclosing a biographical note and summary of recent events in Kuwait (4)
• Courtesy call of Ambassador Khalid Mohammad Ja'far to the Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath, enclosing the previous biographical note with additional information (5)
• Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem's transfer of the Kuwaiti Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Abdulla Hussein from the Embassy in Tunis to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait (6)
• Kuwaiti Ambassador in London's reception for the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and the attendance of a Foreign Office Minister given the importance of Anglo-Kuwaiti relations (7)
• Visit of the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah and briefs on possible points of discussion for his meeting with P J M Thomas, enclosing a record of the conversation between the Foreign Minister and Mr Thomas (8-9)
• Request for training Kuwaiti Foreign Service officers in handling archives (10)
• Arrangements for the visit of Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to London (11)
• Appointment of Saeed Ya'qub Shammas as first Kuwaiti Ambassador to the USSR and his request for guidance on the establishment of a new mission in Moscow (12)
• Visit of Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah en route to New York and his wish to meet T F Brenchley (13)