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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
FCO 8/671

Arms stockpile and their disposal, 1967

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussions between British Ambassador to Kuwait G N Jackson, Chief of the General Staff Major-General Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah and Minister of Defence Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdulla Al Sabah on the inclusion of stockpiled tanks in Kuwait's National Day parade Discussion between the Kuwait Liaison Team (KLT) and the British Embassy in Kuwait about the possibility of offering three previously loaned Centurion tanks for sale to Kuwait Army Proposal from the Foreign Office for the sale of 27 stockpiled and loaned tanks to Kuwait
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.