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FCO 46/2227

UK defence policy in the Persian Gulf area, 1980

This file contains correspondence relating to post-withdrawl British defence policy in the Gulf, focusing on the Arab States' political relationships with each other and their political relationship with the United Kingdom. It includes records of conversations between Douglas Hurd Minister of State and various Rulers, Ministers and officals from the Gulf during his visit to the region.
FCO 46/1037

UK defence policy on the Persian Gulf, 1973

This file contains correspondence relating to post-withdrawal defence relations of the United Kingdom in the Gulf, focusing on the political relationship between Iran and her Arab neighbors.
FCO 8/4893

Visit by Richard Luce, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, December 1983, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file contains arrangements, programmes, briefs and records of the visit of the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Richard Luce to Bahrain and Kuwait in December 1983.
FCO 8/5794

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
FCO 8/3449

Co-operation among Gulf states, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence concerning: Proposed HMG assistance for any joint Gulf defence pact; and consideration of internal security cooperation The Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington's [Peter Alexander Rupert Carington] appreciation of Saudi Arabia's determination to make a success of the Islamic Conference and the Saudi insistence that the Camp David agreement is an obstacle to cooperation with the US and that the Palestine problem requires new thinking Discussions of joint exercises involving the Sultan's Armed Forces and the Union Defence Force The Iraqi attitude toward
FCO 8/1563

Formation of United Arab Emirates, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part 'L' in a sequence relating to the Union of Arab Emirates and an agreement in principle to establish the United Arab Emirate (UAE) reached by six Rulers.
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