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FCO 8/6057

Sale of Tornado aircraft to Saudi Arabia: offset arrangements; industrial collaboration, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Offset Arrangements in respect of a deal, signed on 26 September 1985, for Saudi Arabia to buy 72 Tornados, 30 Hawk trainers and 30 Pilatus PC9 trainers from the UK.
FO 464/17

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1962-1968, 1962 Jan 01 - 1968 Dec 31

This file contains Orders in Council relating to Arabia and the Gulf from 1962-1967. In particular it relates to: Muscat, Qatar, Aden, the Trucial States and Bahrain. These orders cover topics including: Amendments of orders, transfers of jurisdiction, airports, aviation, pharmaceutical regulations, customs duties, finance, commerce, ports, traffic, currency, immigration, doctors, alcohol, drugs, pesticides, the Trucial Oman Scouts, labour, police, patents, leasing of land, prisons, criminal procedure, explosives and contract law.

FCO 8/686

Sale of civil aircraft, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from the Minister of Aviation John Stonehouse to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs George Thomson requesting assistance from the Ambassador in Kuwait to Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited and British Aircraft Corporation in supplying aircraft to Kuwait Airways Letter from M S Weir to Ambassador G N Jackson about the importance of securing a deal with Kuwait Airways to future contracts with Middle East Airlines, Jordan and Saudi Arabia Meeting between representatives of British Aircraft Corporation and Kuwait Airways