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Kuwait: annual review for 1973, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31
This file includes summaries and correspondence relating to Kuwait’s Annual Review for 1973, including reference to:
Kuwait surviving the Iraqi frontier incursion and the Arab-Israeli October War
Oil becoming a political weapon that the Kuwaitis enjoy wielding
The behaviour of the world’s stock markets and currencies, and some local difficulties of inflation and imports, causing some feelings of unrest in Kuwait
UK-Kuwait relations
Palestinian hijackers causing problems between Kuwait and its neighbours
This file also contains a diary of events that took place in Kuwait duri