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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 8/677

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.
FO 371/156672

Political relations between Persian Gulf states and UK, 1961

This file relates to British policy in the Gulf. It contains correspondence concerning: A parliamentary question by Woodrow Wyatt MP asking if the Lord Privy Seal proposes to visit the Gulf States to discuss the modernisation of treaty relationships (1, 4) Points arising from a meeting of Political Agents regarding Britain's future policy in 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 371/168757

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.
FO 371/120543

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Zahir Bin Ghusn, head of the Beni Hinah, requesting the arrest of his son Sheikh Ahmad Bin Zahir and companions believed to be bound for Saudi Arabia (26) Reports from Sheikh Zahir of correspondence between the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i and Saudi Arabia (27) Letter [cutting enclosed] to the Manchester Guardian editor from Chicago Daily News journalist George Weller, complaining of favouritism shown to British newspapers in covering the dispute between Muscat and Saudi Arabia (28, 33) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin T