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FCO 8/679

Arab-Israeli situation: possible attacks against Kuwait by Israel. Kuwait response, 1967

This file relates to Kuwait's response during the Six-Day War.
FCO 8/677

UK commitment to 1970/1971, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence concerning: Minutes of the 62nd meeting of the Planning Committee on defence expenditure studies for the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), relating to Cyprus, the Gulf, Sharjah and Kuwait Paper on 'The Kuwait Commitment in the Period to 1970-71' to be circulated at the meeting Telegram from Ambassador G N Jackson to M S Weir on the Kuwait commitment Letter from Jackson to T F Brenchley on HMG's commitment to the defence of Kuwait, including views of the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, Prime Minister Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah and Minist
FO 371/163037

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible contribution of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), the future of HMG control over the scheme and development of the Trucial States (61) Press release on the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and consultant engineering firms Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners, covering all aspects of development; and the operation of Halcrow and Scott Wilson as Abu Dhabi Consultants (62, 78)

FO 371/148910

Internal Political Situation: Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Lebanese periodical Al Hawadith's interview with Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah and article on the diversification of Kuwait's economy, with additional comments. It includes translations of both articles and a follow-up interview with Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad (1) Minutes of a conversation between A K Rothnie and Jasim Al Qatami. It includes: comments on Qatami's character and a reference to Dr Ahmad Khatib (2) Comments of Commander Douglas Marshall on the situation in Kuwait.
FO 371/168754

Kuwait investment in Arab countries, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possibility of cooperation between the UN Special Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. It includes extracts from a letter from Philomena Guillebaud of the UN Special Fund (1) Visit of an Algerian delegation to Kuwait and a subsequent announcement of a loan from the Kuwaiti Government to Algeria.
FO 371/148999

Financial situation in Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestion that Kuwait Government investments outside the sterling area should be carried out by the Kuwaiti Investment Board, rather than the Finance Department (95) Suggestion that there should be a Kuwaiti member on the Kuwaiti Investment Board and that the Board's meetings should take place alternately in Kuwait and London (96, 98) Suggestion of van Zeeland that Kuwait should have four reserves: a main state reserve, a currency board reserve, a development reserve and a current budgetary reserve (97) Proposal for the Departmen
FO 371/148912

Internal Political Situation: Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: D J McCarthy's talk with Assistant State Secretary in Kuwait Ashraf Lutfi about a lack of development planning in Kuwait and the possible redistribution of Sheikhly offices including the designation of the Ruler's successor (25) Kuwait Oil Company favouring Kuwait-born employees and the general feeling of 'Kuwait for the Kuwaitis', including the restrictive nature of the revised Kuwaiti nationality law (26-27) List of principal officials of the state of Kuwait as at 10 January 1960 (28) Description of the activities and expansion of th