FCO 8/1179
Relations with Libya, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31
This file concerns Saudi Arabia’s relations with Libya. It contains correspondence on:Saudi Arabia’s views on the coup in Libya which brought Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi to powerEgypt's influence in Libya; and an Egyptian circular received by ARAMCO in December 1969 entitled ‘Death is better than the kind of life our enemies want for us’, which discusses ways in which the Arab world can protect itself from US domination.