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CAB 134/2344

Official Committee on the Middle East: Meetings 1-5; Papers 1-18, 1960 Jan-Nov

This file contains memoranda for the Official Committee on the Middle East’s minutes of meetings from 19 January 1960 to 1 November 1960.
FCO 8/778

Arab Aid Fund, 1967

This file concerns Saudi Arabia's proposal to contribute £50-million annually to the Arab Aid Fund, paid directly to the United Arab Republic and Jordan until the elimination of 'aggression'.

FCO 8/2083

Political relations between Qatar and UK, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns political relations between the UK and Qatar, from September to October 1973. It contains correspondence relating to: A conversation involving Prime Minister Edward Heath, Amir Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani, HM Ambassador E F Henderson, Sayyed Isa Bin Ghanim Al Kawari, Lord Bridges [Thomas Edward Bridges] and Sheikh Ahmad Bin Saif Al Thani on 18 September 1973.
FCO 8/2343

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file relates to HMG’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
FO 464/60

Arabia: Arab / Middle East issues; Research Department memoranda, 1959 Nov 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file contains a collection of the FCO's Middle East Research Department memoranda on Arabia and Arab-Middle East issues.
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 8/679

Arab-Israeli situation: possible attacks against Kuwait by Israel. Kuwait response, 1967

This file relates to Kuwait's response during the Six-Day War.
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 8/85

Defence review and withdrawal of troops, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary questions of Edward Heath and John Boyd-Carpenter to Prime Minister Harold Wilson about HMG's commitments and obligations in the Gulf.
FCO 8/73

UK aid, 1967-1968

This file contains:The Annual Report on the working of the UK aid programme in the Gulf during 1966A note by the Head of the Economic Relations Department on the revised aid programme for 1968-69, including a table of related figures.
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 371/168757

Banking and credit, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Saudi Arabian Riyadh Bank and the Kuwaiti Gulf Bank Company opening branches at Ras Al Khafji (1) Opening of the new National Bank of Kuwait. The new buildings and public interest aroused symbolise the change taking place in Kuwait's economic trend and outlook (2) English and Arabic texts of Law No 40 (amended) establishing Kuwait Credit Bank.