Nos 125-166. (Described at item level)

This file contains Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 29 May 1959 to 10 July 1959. Those relevant to the Gulf are memoranda concerning:

• The evacuation of British and ‘friendly’ nationals from Lebanon (129)
• The evacuation of British and ‘friendly’ nationals from Israel (130)
• The reinforcement of overseas theatres in the lead up to war with the Soviet Union (131)
• A review of military plans (133)
• The establishment of a seaborne force of air conditioned vessels, appropriate for use in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula (137)
• The long-term deployment of the British Army (140)
• The evacuation of British and ‘friendly’ nationals from northern Iran (141)
• The difficulties in requisitioning the land and labour in Bahrain required for improving military communications in the Gulf (142)
• UK-US military planning to cover joint action in Jordan, Sudan, Libya, the Gulf, and Iran; and a military survey considering joint action against as Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (138, 143, 145)
• The review of the general infrastructure problems of the Baghdad Pact military forces (148)
• The responsibilities of Commander-in-Chief, British Forces Arabian Peninsula; and supplementary instructions concerning the Sultan’s Armed Forces (149)
• The control of nuclear weapons in support of the Baghdad Pact (161)
• The minimum requirements for a continued British military presence in Aden (166)