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FCO 8/6035

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

This file concerns Saudi Arabia-UK relations and regional affairs.
FCO 8/4608

Iran: multilateral political relations, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns Iran's foreign relations.
FCO 8/3709

Relations between Iraq and other Arab states, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file concerns Iraq’s foreign relations with the Arab world, particularly its improving relations with Jordan.
FCO 8/4283

French policy in Arabia and the Persian Gulf, and talks between the UK and France on the Middle East, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns France’s relations with the Middle East at the time of the Iran-Iraq War and Lebanon War.
FCO 8/4282

Relations between Arab states and Israel, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns reactions in the Gulf States to war in Lebanon which broke out in June 1982, and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict.
FCO 8/3043

Visit of David Owen, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia, 12-13 May 1977, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file relates to the visit of the Foreign Secretary David Owen to Saudi Arabia and Iran in May 1977 for the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) ministerial meeting.
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 371/104258

Tour of Middle East countries by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accompanied by Mutual Security Agency Director Harold Stassen and officials; comments on Dulles' speech on his return and on US policy generally in the Middle East. Code E file 1034, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's visit to Jerusalem, including messages and pamphlets demanding justice for Palestinian refugees (30) Discussions of American policy in the Middle East, particularly in: Jordan; Israel; Saudi Arabia; Lebanon; Syria; and Iraq (31, 38-45, 48, 52) Question of passing information about Dulles's tour to Commander Ian Steel of the Imperial Defence College (32) Articles from the Soviet press (33) Dulles's broadcast speech about his tour, and comments (34, 37) Discussion of American policy in Turke
FO 371/104257

Tour of Middle East countries by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accompanied by Mutual Security Agency Director Harold Stassen and officials; comments on Dulles' speech on his return and on US policy generally in the Middle East. Code E file 1034, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Extract from the State Department Bulletin on 10 March of a statement made by J F Dulles in New York about his trip to the Middle East and South Asia (1) Proposed visit of Dr Garland E Hopkins, Vice President of the American Friends of the Middle East (AFME) to Afghanistan and the Middle and Far East (2) Arab hopes becoming fixed on the chances that the new US Administration will make some dramatic policy change away from the support of Israel and in favour of the Arab cause (3) Details of the preliminary itinerary of Dulles's visit to
FO 371/126998

School teachers for Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Search for additional schoolteachers in Arab capitals for Kuwait and the Trucial Coast. It provides figures of present teaching staff employed in Kuwait and discusses the itinerary of the selection board (1) BBC and press reports that Egyptian, Syrian and Soviet embassies have been implicated in election riots in Lebanon.