The Ruling family of Kuwait

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Question of the succession in Kuwait and whether HMG should take any action with regard to it (1, 3)
• Proposal that further invitations be extended to senior members of the Kuwaiti Ruling Family to visit the UK (2, 5)
• Suggestions of military exercises that the Commander-in-Chief of the Kuwait Army Sheikh Abdulla Al Mubarak Al Sabah might attend, in particular an exercise of the British Army of the Rhine (4, 7, 10)
• Account by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows of his conversation with the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah regarding the succession (6)
• Arrangements for the visit of the younger brother of the Ruler and who is President of the Police Department Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah to the UK (8-9, 11-12)
• Arrangements for the visit of Sheikh Abdulla Al Mubarak Al Sabah to see the training of the British Army of the Rhine (13)
• Details of two further visits of Kuwaiti Sheikhs Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and Sheikh Du'aij Al Salman Al Sabah (14)