Iranian reaction to use of term 'Arabian Gulf'

This file concerns Iranian reaction to the use of the term 'the Arabian Gulf' instead of 'the Persian Gulf'. It contains correspondence on:

• An Iranian protest to HMG over the use of the term in Central Office of Information (COI) newsreels running in Kenyan cinemas; an assurance given by the Foreign Secretary James Callaghan to the Iranian Minister-Counsellor Assad Etessam that the use of the term was a production error
• An advertisement for a commercial manager in the ‘Arabian Gulf’ placed in the Sunday Times dated 9 March 1975 by Professional and Executive Recruitment; a complaint by Balil Bahar of the Iranian Embassy