FCO 8/146
Kuwaiti ministers' visits to UK, 1968
This file contains correspondence relating to a visit by the Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to the Gulf States, in January 1968, to discuss their future prospects in view of Britain's planned withdrawal in 1971. In particular, he met:
The Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
The Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani
Issues discussed include:
A single Gulf currency
Unity of the Trucial States
An Arab defence pact
