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FCO 8/687

Rail link from Kuwait to Basra, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal to link Kuwait to the Iraqi railway system at Umm Qasr; and perhaps to Saudi Arabia at Riyadh and Dhahran Enquiry about reports on the military implications of linking Kuwait to the Iraqi system Letter from A Ibbott to D A J West on commissioning an authoritative study of the implications

FCO 8/664

Supply of aircraft and missiles, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from J F Mayne to A Ibbott on action being taken to provide the technical backing to support the Lightning programme of Kuwait Air Force (KAF), based on discussions with Wing Commander B R A Cox and British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Letter from R B Lord of the Ministry of Defence to the Chief of the Military Affairs Office for the Kuwait Government Mohammad Khalaf providing the Ministry's estimates of the cost of ferrying the fourteen requested Lightning aircraft from the UK to Kuwait Assurance of the Kuwait Military Affairs Offi

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