Visit by Prince Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia, to UK, 11 September 1974

This file relates to the visit to the UK of the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in June 1974. It contains correspondence between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), HM Embassies in Saudi Arabia and the US and the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the UK, concerning:

• The arrangements for the trip, including: Prince Fahd's previous travel to Cairo, Geneva, and the US; and the questions of dates, travel, accommodation, visas for his party and entertainment
• Prince Fahd’s meetings with the Minister of State David Ennals, the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and the Foreign Secretary James Callaghan
• The topics of conversation with Prince Fahd, including: the Arab oil embargo following the 1973 Six-Day War; the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Euro-Arab dialogue; Saudi Arabian, British, UAE and wider Western relations with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)
• The possible future private visit of Prince Fahd to London in August 1974