UK: visits by members of HMG to area

This file relates to the proposed visit of the Minister for Public Building and Works Reginald Ernest Prentice MP to the Middle East. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Itinerary and proposed dates of Prentice’s visits to Aden, Salalah, Masirah, Sharjah, Bahrain and Cyprus, with the final trip likely to take place between 19 June to 3 July 1967
• Reasons for the visit including, the impending withdrawal from Aden and the build-up of forces in the Gulf
• Possibility of the Minister calling upon the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, and the Rulers of Sharjah and Dubai; and a discussion on the etiquette required for lunch with the Sultan
• Briefs for the Minister on the locations to be visited, the general situation and the personalities
• Cancellation of the visit in light of the Arab-Israeli conflict and anti-British sentiment in Sharjah and Bahrain