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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 8/2079

Qatar: annual review for 1972, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns the Annual Review for Qatar for the year 1972. It contains correspondence relating to: A review of events in Qatar in 1972 in summary, a dispatch from HM Ambassador E F Henderson to Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home and a calendar of events for 1972.

FCO 8/2022

Defence Attache's report on Oman for 1972, and Oman Intelligence Reports, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is about the Defence Attaché's report on Oman and Intelligence Reports, 1973 to 1974. It contains correspondence relating to: The submission of the Defence Attaché Muscat Colonel C E Welch's Annual Report for 1972 from Ambassador D F Hawley to the Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
FCO 8/2006

Oman: annual review for 1972, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file contains the annual review of Oman for 1972 by HM Ambassador D F Hawley, concerning: The internal situation in Oman The successes of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) in the Dhofar War Oman’s foreign relations The character of the Government The presence of British military personnel. The file also contains correspondence relating to a review of the intelligence situation in Oman from the Commander of SAF and a memorandum concerning: The Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Saeed Al Said's visit to London The demands of members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Expor
FCO 8/1734

Saudi Arabia: annual review for 1970, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file contains the Annual Review for Saudi Arabia (1970) from the Ambassador in Jeddah W Morris to Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home. It also contains a calendar of events in Saudi Arabia from January to December 1970.

FCO 8/82

Redeployment of forces and force levels, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary question from Colin Jackson MP to the Secretary of Defence Denis Healey on the purpose of the planned increase in British forces stationed in the Gulf, March 1967 Proposals of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford for fixing establishment ceilings as a basis for control over the number of British servicemen deployed to the Gulf; a chart detailing the establishment figures for the Gulf approved by Ministry of Defence; a letter from Crawford to M S Weir describing the figures as surprising and disappointing

FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military

FO 371/109805

Annual report on events in the Persian Gulf for 1953, 1954

This file contains : Annual Report on events in the Persian Gulf for 1953 (1) Government of Bahrain Annual Report for October 1952 to September 1953. It includes photographs of the visit of the Duke of Kent and Duchess of Kent to Bahrain and of the visit to the UK of Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (2)