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FCO 8/782

UK arms sales, 1968

This file concerns the sale of British arms to Saudi Arabia.
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 8/145

Minister of State's visit to discuss withdrawal proposals, 1968

This file relates to the visit to Iran, the Gulf, and Saudi Arabia by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Goronwy Roberts in January 1968.
FO 371/185196

Military relations between UK and Persian Gulf sheikdoms, 1966

This file relates to military relations between the UK and the Gulf.
FO 371/168783

Visit of foreign minister to UK, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's appointment of the former Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington DC Abdul Rahman Saleem Al Atiqi to replace Jasim Al Qatami as Under-Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enclosing the decree (1) Hope that the new Kuwaiti Ambassador to London Khalid Mohammad Ja'far [Jaffar] can reorganise and restructure the Kuwaiti Embassy in London (2) Kuwaiti Ambassador in Cairo Abdul Aziz Al Hussein's one-week visit to Kuwait (3) Courtesy call of the new Ambassador Khalid Mohammad Ja'far to
FO 371/168692

Political relations with UK and Muscat and Oman, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Review of the subsidy for Muscat and Oman (16) Postponement of the subsidy review and an exchange of letters with Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur extending the subsidy for a further year (17) Briefs about the subsidy and the Sultan's contribution in preparation for his visit to Britain (18) Views of T F Benchley and W H T Luce on the future of the subsidy and Britain's global civil aid policy.
FO 371/168884

Army recruitment and organisation, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Saudi Arabia mobilising its troops against Egypt.