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FCO 8/6134

Visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Middle East, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Middle East, including the itinerary for their visit and the Saudi-British Trade Fair to be held in Saudi Arabia.

FCO 8/6059

Saudi Arabia: the Hajj, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to the Hajj in 1985. It contains reports and correspondence concerning:The request for advice from MPs for their Muslim constituents going on Hajj. In particular this relates to difficulty in obtaining visas for Saudi Arabia, and the possible provision of consular assistance by HMGThe Iranian attitude to the Hajj, and in particular incidents where flights from Iran were turned back from Saudi Arabia, the resultant protests by Iranian pilgrims in Medina, and coverage of this in the pressThe preparations by the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) for the Hajj.
FCO 8/5479

Internal political affairs in Kuwait, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns internal political affairs in Kuwait, in particular security issues, following bomb attacks against the US and French embassies and Kuwait International Airport in December 1983.
FO 464/60

Arabia: Arab / Middle East issues; Research Department memoranda, 1959 Nov 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file contains a collection of the FCO's Middle East Research Department memoranda on Arabia and Arab-Middle East issues.
FCO 8/1639

Political situation in Bahrain, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file relates to the internal political and security situation in Bahrain.
FO 1016/850

Subversive pamphlets in Trucial States, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: A letter from H G Balfour-Paul to G F N Reddaway on 'Awni Mustafa's "Saltanat al Zalam fi Masqat wa 'Uman" published by Dar Al Adab in Beirut with copies available in Dubai and a Swahili version of the Chinese magazine China dispatched to Washington Old in Dubai An anti-British pamphlet, typewritten, copied and distributed on the streets of Ras Al Khaimah.

FO 371/185478

Foreign policy, 1966

The file contains correspondence relating to: State visit of King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to Iran.