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FCO 8/6115

Politico-military talks between the UK and the USA on the Middle East, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to UK-US politico-military talks on the Middle East, mainly focusing on the Iran-Iraq War.
FCO 8/6034

Relations between Saudi Arabia and the UK, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Anglo-Saudi bilateral relations, and the Eritrean War of Independence. It contains minutes of meetings, correspondence and memoranda relating to: A statement given by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a press conference at Andrews Air Force Base on 22 December 1984.
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.
DEFE 5/53

Nos 167 - 249. (Described at item level), 1954 May 27-Aug 3

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff committee memoranda from 27 May 1954 to 3 August 1954 concerning global strategy.
DEFE 5/43

Nos 647 - 730. (Described at item level), 1952 Nov 27-Dec 31

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 27 November 1952 to 31 December 1952, concerning global strategy.
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.
CAB 134/2340

Official Committee on the Middle East: Papers 37-75, 1957 May-Dec

This file contains memoranda for the Official Committee on the Middle East (OME) from 29 May 1957 to 30 December 1957.
POWE 33/1744

Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited: division of sea-bed between Bahrain and Qatar, 1947-1954

This file relates to the division of the seabed between Bahrain and Qatar and the question of the concessions and operations of both the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ).
FCO 8/5842

Kuwait and the Iran-Iraq War, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s involvement in the Iran-Iraq War during 1985.
FCO 8/3817

Visit by Sir Michael Palliser (Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office) to the Middle East, January 1981, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file concerns the visit of the Permanent Under-Secretary (PUS) of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Sir Michael Palliser to Lebanon, the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY), the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and Saudi Arabia, and contains briefing notes for each country.
FCO 8/3915

Relations between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file contains 12 copies of the Royal Engineers' survey notes on the astronomical fixations, observed in March 1964 by 13 Field Survey Squadron, in the vicinity of the frontier between Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of Oman.
FCO 8/3912

UK/UAE Joint Committee, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file relates to a meeting of the UK-UAE Joint Committee in London on 5 August 1981. The Joint Committee met at regular intervals after its establishment in 1976, and was jointly chaired by Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Douglas Hurd and his UAE counterpart Rashid Abdulla Al Nuaimi.