This file relates to the UK’s arms sales to the UAE. It contains correspondence concerning: The efforts by HMG to get the UAE to agree to a contract for Hawk aircraft in preference to the French Alphajet.
This file concerns the UK-Oman Joint Commission and matters arising from it.
This file concerns the development of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions at the time of the Iran-Iraq War and 1982 Lebanon War.
This file concerns HMG’s efforts to secure defence contracts, including the sale of Hawk training aircraft to the UAE.
This file concerns HMG’s efforts to secure air defence contracts, especially for Hawk aircraft, with the UAE.
This file concerns a visit to the Gulf by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Douglas Hurd.
