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DEFE 24/538

Middle East: Trucial Oman Scouts; arrangements leading to formation of Union Defence Force, 1970-1971

This file contains the Defence Secretariat papers concerning security arrangements for the Trucial States as the British military withdrawal from the Gulf approaches and the UAE is born.
CAB 148/35

Meetings 1-24, 1968 Jan-Dec

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee’s minutes of meetings from 26 January to 16 December 1968.
CAB 148/18

Meetings 1-55. Includes subject index, 1965 Jan-Dec

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee’s minutes of meetings from 13 January to 22 December 1965.
FCO 8/5814

Gulf Heads of Mission Conference, Bahrain, January 1985, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to the Gulf Heads of Mission Conference in Bahrain held on 11 January 1985, involving the British representatives at the Embassies in: Bahrain, Jeddah, Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Aden, Sana'a, Baghdad and Tehran. It contains records of meetings, and correspondence concerning: Meeting of the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (FCO) Richard Luce with Yusef Al Shirawi in Bahrain Suggestion of computerised facilities for Embassies in the Gulf, as part of the FCO’s drive for information technology advancements.
FCO 8/5813

Gulf Heads of Mission Conference, Bahrain, January 1985, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to the Gulf Heads of Mission Conference in Bahrain held on 11 January 1985, involving the British representatives at the Embassies in: Bahrain, Jeddah, Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Aden, Sana'a, Baghdad and Tehran.
FCO 8/626

UK, 1968

This file relates to relations between the UK and Kuwait.
FCO 8/2332

Political situation in Saudi Arabia, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns internal political affairs in Saudi Arabia.
DEFE 6/35

Reports: 46-104. (Described at item level), 1956 Feb 21 - May 5

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee Joint Planning Staff papers from 15 March 1956 to 29 May 1956.
FCO 8/2118

Defence Attache's report on Saudi Arabia for 1972, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence, summaries and memoranda relating to the Defence Attaché report on Saudi Arabia between January 1972 and May 1973.
FCO 8/1263

Ras Al Khaimah police, 1968 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns the build-up of a police force by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to counter internal threats following a thwarted assassination plot.
FCO 8/1264

Fujairah police, 1968 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns the establishment of a police force by the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi to counter internal threats. It contains correspondence relating to the arrival of personnel from Abu Dhabi to take up policing duties in Fujairah and begin training a local force and the acquisition of arms for the force.

FCO 8/1198

National Guard, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns the question of expanding the Saudi Arabian National Guard, commanded by Prince Abdulla Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, with correspondence related to: Question of equipping the National Guard with heavy weapons, and recruiting additional British training officers King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s apparent unwillingness to support the expansion of the National Guard, with questions concerning his attitude to British influence Confusion surrounding the origins and role of the British Military Mission (BMM) to the National Guard and the search for the original terms of ag