Defence visits from the UK to Saudi Arabia

This file concerns defence visits from the UK to Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence on:

• The difficulties encountered by Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) personnel when visiting Jeddah, as the port authorities do not recognise their identity documents
• The record of a meeting between the Head of Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Sales James Blyth and Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
• The visit to Saudi Arabia of Commodore J Parry of the MoD Directorate of Military Assistance Overseas
• The visit of the UK Chief of the Defence Staff to Riyadh
• The visit of M K Jenner of MoD Defence Sales to assist the newly-arrived First Secretary (Defence Sales) in the British Liaison Office in Riyadh M J Copson
• The proposed visit of a Royal Navy Task Group to Jeddah whilst on deployment passage to Hong Kong
• The visit of Saudi civil engineers to the UK to examine the planning and management of army buildings
• The planned visit to Saudi Arabia of the Minister for Defence Procurement Geoffrey Pattie
• The visit of the UK Chief of the Air Staff to Saudi Arabia
• An invitation to the Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) to visit the UK
• The visit to the Gulf States of B J Mather of the MoD Directorate of Military Assistance Overseas
• The visit to Riyadh by the Naval and Air Attaché C M Quaife
• The visit of the HMS Cardiff to Dammam
• The visit of a Defence Sales Organisation team to Saudi Arabia, including an account of discussions with the Commander of the RSAF
• A request from the Government of Oman that ship visits be limited to two per year.