UK arms sales to Kuwait

This file concerns arms sales from the UK to Kuwait during 1974. It contains correspondence and memoranda on:

• The negotiations between the British and Kuwaiti Governments regarding the sale of Chieftain Tanks
• The supply of Rascal-B CC Limited’s radio communications equipment to Kuwait
• Kuwait’s intention to establish a navy; and Brian Colquhoun and Partners' interest in the contract for the supervision of the construction of Kuwait's naval base
• The Kuwaiti Government’s purchase of French helicopters and US ground-to-air missiles
• Kuwait’s intention to purchase arms from the Soviet Union
• The visit of an American mine warfare presentation team to Kuwait on 21 December 1974, to explain the potentials of mine warfare in the Kuwait-Iraq area
• Plessey Company's proposal for the supply of air defence radars to Kuwait
• The Kuwait Air Force’s interest in the Jaguar aircraft