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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 8/3042

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 93/3619

Visit by Francis Pym, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, April 1983, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file concerns the visit of UK Foreign Secretary Francis Pym to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
FCO 8/78

British forces, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary questions of James Davidson MP and Rear Admiral Morgan Morgan-Giles to Secretary of Defence Denis Healey on the role of British forces in the Gulf 'The Forthcoming Struggle in the Arabian Gulf', Sawt Al Arab, Cairo, 3 November 1967 US State Department's assessment of the British presence in and stabilisation of the Gulf Parliamentary question from Ben Whitaker to Foreign Secretary Goronwy Roberts on the expiry date of UK defence treaty commitments in the Gulf with further comments Article on 'Support for Iranian Militar
FCO 8/76

Membership of FAO, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Selection of the Director of Agriculture, Michel Farah to represent Qatar at the Conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, November 1967 Selection of the Director of Information Sheikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Director of Agriculture Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and a secretary to represent Bahrain at the Fourteenth Conference of the FAO taking place in Rome, November 1967 Letter from the Director-General of the FAO A H Boerma to Director of the Bahrain Finance Department on the admission of tha
FCO 8/28

Political relations with Iran, 1968

This file concerns Iranian relations with the Gulf States.
FO 371/163061

Oil, 1962

This file relates to oil development in the Trucial States.
FO 371/148868

Neutral zone frontiers between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Prince Faisal in Riyadh about the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone boundaries (1) Consultation between Assistant State Secretary Ashraf Lutfi and Political Resident J C B Richmond regarding the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone boundaries (2) Memorandum produced for Ashraf Lutfi by the Political Agency: 'Observations on the Kuwait-Neutral Zone and the Neutral Zone-Saudi Boundaries' (3) Agreement that both sides will provide certified true copies of the Arabic version of the 1922 Kuwait-
FO 371/104275

Frontier dispute between Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States, 1953 Jan 5 - Jan 12

This file contains correspondence relating to: HMG's proposed reply to Saudi Arabian notes on Buraimi, frontier arbitration and the Standstill Agreement (15) Notes to the Saudi Arabian Government offering a renewal of arbitration proposals and a reply to the Jeddah dispatch (16) Question as to whether the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur should be given texts of notes exchanged with the Saudis on flag flying at Buraimi (17) Views of the Air Officer commanding Habbaniya [Al Habbaniyah] regarding landing armoured cars following a visit to Sharjah (18) Two reports to Sulta
FO 371/98830

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 1 to 43), 1952

This file contains correspondence on: Preparations for the frontier conference.
FO 371/91761

Anglo-Saudi Arabian relations; proposed visits of Amir Faisal and King Ibn Saud to the UK. Code ES file 1051, 1951

This file contains correspondence relating to: Anglo-Saudi relations, including President Truman’s guarantee of Saudi frontiers (1) Problems in Anglo-Saudi relations, including  Mr Trott's conversations with Ibn Saud and Sheikh Yusef Yasin during a visit by the Commander in Chief, Middle East Land Forces (2) Trott's impressions of a visit to Riyadh and of the King (3) Summary of the State Department's conversation with Mr Furlonge on the frontier negotiations, the Sharjah air base, the military mission, the Trucial Levies and the Gulf Sheikhdom (5) Report on Trott's visit to
PREM 11/698

Persian Gulf; Trucial sheikdoms; frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia, 1952-1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia and covers: Saudi operations at Buraimi Operations on the Trucial Coast Saudi Arabia Annual Review for 1952 Exchange of letters relating to breaches of the Standstill Agreement and defence measures taken Impending military operations Conversations between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Ruler of Kuwait Letter from J F Dulles expressing concern over the British position Possible consequences of a breach of relations by Saudi Arabia Proposal for the withdrawal of Turki fr