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FCO 8/4307

Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET), 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns the Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET). It contains correspondence relating to: The agenda, briefings, minutes and reviews for the 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st and 32nd meetings of COMET A visit by Lord Selsdon [M McE Mitchell-Thomson] and Sinclair Road to the Gulf States The annual budget for COMET during 1982-83 A meeting between the Foreign Minister Francis Pym and Lord Cockfield [F A Cockfield] The agenda and briefings for the COMET meeting to be held on 21 December 1982.

FCO 8/4507

Trilateral talks between Oman, the UK and USA, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns proposed Oman-US-UK trilateral talks.
FCO 8/3321

Cultural diplomacy in the United Arab Emirates, 1979 Jan 01 - 1979 Dec 31

This file contains HM Ambassador to the UAE D A Roberts’ despatch concerning cultural diplomacy in the Gulf and the work of the British Council and the technical assistance programme. The file also contains the British Council’s country brief for 1978-79, outlining funding, progress, objectives and operational capacity.

FCO 8/6060

Saudi Arabia: donations to UK charities, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to donations from Saudi Arabia for UK charities. It contains correspondence concerning:The MacIntyre Development Trust's attempts to follow-up on a donation promised by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Greece Abdulla Al Malhoog, with the help of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which ultimately proves unsuccessful.
FO 464/14

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1917-1933, 1917 Jan 01 - 1933 Dec 31

This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf, and the wider Middle East, from 1916-1933. It contains: The Mecca Agreement of 1926 between the King of Hejaz and Nejd King Ibn Saud and the Imam of Asir Ali Bin Mohammad Al Idrisi, also called the Idrisi Agreements and correspondence between Hejaz and Sudan, with HMG as an intermediary Annual reports on the Hajj from 1926-1933, including the demographics of the pilgrims.
FCO 8/5826

United Arab Emirates (UAE): annual review for 1984, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Review for the UAE for the year 1984, including a chronology of events, and related correspondence. It focusses in particular on foreign affairs, principally the UAE’s position on the Iran-Iraq War, and federal integration.
FCO 8/5496

Oman: annual review for 1983, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Review for Oman for the year 1983, and related correspondence covering: the economy and trade; internal and external political affairs, including increased ties with the US; the ‘Omanisation’ of the armed forces; and Oman's position on the Iran-Iraq War. It includes tables of economic data on Oman.

FCO 8/1073

Annual review for 1968, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains summaries and correspondence relating to Muscat and Oman’s Annual Review for 1969, including reference to:The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur’s relations with the northern Trucial StatesThe Dhofar RebellionThe development schemes that have been commissioned for Muscat, Matrah [Muttrah] and SalalahAn increase in Muscat and Oman’s oil production.
FCO 8/2497

Iran: annual reviews for 1974 and 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file contains the annual reviews on Iran for 1974 and 1975.
FCO 8/2188

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
FCO 8/2419

Central Treaty Organisation ministerial meeting, Ankara, 23 May 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file relates to a Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) ministerial meeting in Ankara on May 1975.
FCO 8/2340

Country Assessment Sheets for Saudi Arabia, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file contains the annual country assessment sheets for Saudi Arabia for the year 1973.