Subversive activities
FCO 8/754 1967-1968Description
This file concerns security in Saudi Arabia during the Six Day War between Arab States and Israel. It contains correspondence on:
- An explosion at the US embassy in Jedda [Jeddah]
- An enquiry regarding the supply of ‘bush style shirts’ from the Amriwa Organisation in Riyadh
- The safety of the British community in Saudi Arabia and in particular reports of injuries sustained by teachers
- The information of the Venezuelan Ambassador concerning a summons to the Foreign Ministry of heads of missions
- Discussions between Omar Saqqaf and the US Ambassador Herman Eilts concerning the diplomatic response
- The record of a conversation between the US Ambassador and the British Ambassador M C G Man
- A call by Saudi Arabia for a foreign minister-level meeting of the Arab League
- An article in the Beirut weekly Al Horriya analysing clandestine political organisations in Saudi Arabia
- A letter from a ‘humble housewife’ S R Jordan of Slough to King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
- Pressure on Saudi Arabia to engage Egyptian forces in Yemen.