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FCO 8/1817

Visit of Lord Balniel, Minister of State for Defence, to Persian Gulf 23 September - 8 October 1972, 1972 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31

This file concerns the Minister of State for Defence Lord Balniel's [Robert Alexander Lindsay] visits to Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Turkey and the UAE in 1972.

FCO 8/138

Visits to Persian Gulf by members of Houses of Parliament, 1968

This file relates to visits to the Gulf by MPs after Britain's announcement on 16 January 1968 that it intends to withdraw from the Gulf by the end of 1971 and after the February agreement between Qatar, Bahrain, and the Trucial States to establish a nine-state Union of Arab Emirates. In particular it contains correspondence concerning a visit by Labour Party MPs Colin Jackson, David Owen and Parliamentary Private Secretary Ernest Davies.

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