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FCO 8/5462

External political affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns the external political affairs of the UAE.
FCO 8/2121

Visit of Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum, to UK, 28-30 November 1973, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file relates to a visit to London by the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani and the Algerian Minister of Industry and Energy M Belaid Abdesselam. This visit was part of a tour of Western capitals to explain the Arab viewpoint on the oil resolutions adopted in two meetings held by Arab oil ministers. The two resolutions involve the reduction of oil production and an embargo on the US and Netherlands as a result of support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
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.
FO 371/168701

Discussions at UN about Oman, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Invitation of Herbert de Ribbing or Jan van Wijk to the UN debate on Oman (141) Information conveyed to Mr Salman Ali of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (142) Paul Henri Spaak's instructions to the Belgian Mission on participation in the debate, and whether the Mission can be persuaded to support the UK position (143) Possibility of persuading Ambassador Simeon Adebo of Nigeria to support the UK position (144) Speech by Taleb Bin Ali Al Hinai to the Fourth Committee (145) Possibility of the Indian and Iranian delegates ab
FO 371/126887

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1957

This file contains: Reports of information received from Jordan and Libya regarding the outcome of an Arab League Council Meeting discussion on Oman. It also contains instructions sent to UK Ambassadors in Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia for discussion of the Oman question with local officials, along with responses (361) Photostatic copies of the Arabic text of the Treaty of Sib [Seeb] and of an agreement, concluded just prior to the Treaty of Seeb, between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the leading Sheikhs of the Beni Jabir tribe.