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FO 371/127152

Foreign policy of Saudi Arabia, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussion with J F Dulles regarding the upcoming visit of King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to the US (1) Efforts of Turkey, as well as other Baghdad Pact powers, to use King Saud's visit to the US as an opportunity to build stronger relations with Saudi Arabia (2) Impressions of Mr Steffen, the Counsellor of the German Legation at Jedda [Jeddah] (3) Report that King Saud is considering calling a congress of Muslim states, and has expressed his support for the Eisenhower Doctrine (4) Summary of a discussion with Harry Kern (5) Comm
FO 371/168959

Visit to UK of Ruler of Dubai and tour of Europe and US, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to Sudan (1-2) Intentions of Sheikh Rashid and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi to visit the UK (3) Plans for the visits of the Rulers of Dubai and Sharjah to the US, and an enquiry from the British Bank of the Middle East as to Sheikh Rashid's plans to come to the UK (4-5) Planned itinerary for Sheikh Rashid's summer tour; details of plans to entertain Sheikh Rashid and Sheikh Saqr while in London; the dates of Sheikh Saqr's planned trip to the US; and
FO 371/168926

Economic development, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Details of Kuwait's aid programme for the Trucial States and progress so far (21) Question of involving UN technical assistance in the Trucial States, raised by the outgoing Resident Representative of the UN Technical Assistance Board T O P Lilliefelt (22) Reports that Head of the Technical Section of the Kuwait Municipality Abdul Muhsin As Zaben has left for Ajman to study the possibility of establishing a municipality there (23) Status of development in Abu Dhabi, where near deadlock has been reached.
FO 371/168654

UK military operations in Aden and Persian Gulf, 1963

This file contains: A list of military exercises in the Gulf planned for 1963 and the need to avoid them coinciding with the visit to Oman of the representative of the UN Secretary-General.
FO 371/157028

Economic development, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation with the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about schemes for economic development in his territory (61) Help given by the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi in obtaining help from Kuwait to re-site Ras Al Khaimah town.
FO 371/140362

Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 6 to 18), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meeting between D M H Riches, Signor Prunas and Signor Riccardi, regarding an article [translation enclosed] in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Bilad about King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's interview with the Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld, and also a report that Kuwait is planning to participate in the next Arab League meeting (6) Note of protest from the Saudi Government to HMG about the setting up of a camp by British authorities in a disputed area, and the text of a reply from HMG, along with related correspondence.
FO 371/140363

Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 19 to 28), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Efforts to restore diplomatic relations between Britain and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/148949

UN discussion on political situation in Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arab League Council's instructions to Arab delegations at the UN to include the Oman issue in the next UN General Assembly session (1) UK Mission to the United Nations' advice to the Foreign Office on action to be taken to prevent the Oman question being brought up at the UN (2, 4) Question of Britain encouraging the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to join specialised agencies and other UN bodies, such as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura
FO 371/126925

Dispute between Saudi Arabia and UK over Buraimi part of frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, 1957

This file contains: Paper entitled 'Problems of common interest in Buraimi Oasis and suggestions of their disposal', along with a report of discussions with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1) Summary of a discussion with Azzam Pasha regarding Buraimi, along with comments and responses (2) Correspondence relating to the possibility of a meeting between Allan Noble, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Harry F Kern, the founder of the reporting service Foreign Reports, regarding Buraimi (3) Letter from the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 
FO 371/120578

Negotiations between Saudi Arabia and UK over frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia in Buraimi, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Attitude of the oil companies to the Buraimi dispute and Britain's refusal to countenance any proposal implying that the frontier is still subject to dispute (14) Thoughts of J F Dulles on settling the Buraimi dispute and Britain's policy to persuade the US not to oppose Britain in the UN (15-16) Consideration of possible ways of reaching a settlement with Saudi Arabia, the possible course of a Saudi appeal to the UN Security Council and US concerns that British policy will drive Saudi Arabia towards Russia (17-18) Messa
FO 371/120542

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arab press reports about the occupation of Nizwa, including a statement [translation enclosed] by the Imam of Oman's envoy Sheikh Atfish entitled, 'The British occupy the country of this Man. Oman … a new Arab State awaiting its turn' (1, 3) Assistance for the Chicago Daily News correspondent George Weller during his visit to Buraimi, Nizwa and Oman; the Sultan's refusal to grant permission to visit, and Weller's subsequently hostile article.
FO 371/98828

Political Relations between UK and Saudi Arabia; British aide-memoire to US State Department on UK policy towards Saudi Arabia; American attitude to Anglo-American close association in the Middle East. Code ES file 1051, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A report on a conversation with Ibn Saud at Riyadh, during which he spoke of suggestions he had made to King Farouk for a settlement of Anglo-Egyptian differences, the Frontier Conference, and the attitude of the Saudi delegation to the UN in Paris (1) The US concern about the possibility of a deterioration of relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia as a result of the failure to reach an agreement on the frontier question (2) Political relations with the UK.