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FCO 8/6039

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Middle Eastern and Near Eastern countries, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia's relations with the Middle East and regional affairs.
DEFE 5/12

Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee: Memoranda, 1948 Aug 2 - Oct 11

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 2 August 1948 to 11 October 1948, concerning global strategy and potential war with the Soviet Union.
FCO 8/3038

External relations of Saudi Arabia, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns the external relations of Saudi Arabia, between January 1977 and January 1978.
CO 727/3

Offices: (except Admiralty, Foreign), Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Institutions., 1921

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the India Office, the Board of Trade and others, relates to ‘Arabia’.
FCO 8/1972

Use of oil as political weapon by Persian Gulf states, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part C of a sequence that contains correspondence and press reports relating to the reduction of oil production by the Arab States and embargoes on the US and the Netherlands in response to support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
FCO 8/1958

Claims of Iran to Abu Musa and The Tunbs (disputed islands in lower Gulf), 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file relates to Iran's claims to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, and the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, in the Strait of Hormuz.
FO 371/126845

UK policy in Middle East, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible expenditure for 1957/58 in Eastern Department countries (1) Discussions about British policy in the Middle East, including: the possibility of an emergency loan for Iraq; limits on expenditure despite the end of the Jordan subsidy; the reasons for Britain's presence in the Gulf; Anglo-Iranian relations; the impact of Suez on British policy in Bahrain; Iranian-Kuwaiti passport dispute; disputes over islands in the Gulf; Afghanistan; the Baghdad Pact; Oil; and overflying Iran (2) Notes on Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the&nbsp