Subversive activities

FCO 8/754 1967-1968
Description

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.