Dispute over Buraimi Oasis between UK and Saudi Arabia

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The travel arrangements of Herbert de Ribbing and Jan Van Wijk to Saudi Arabia and a request that a British observer arrive at the same time (69)
• The visa and travel arrangements for Julian Walker (70)
• De Ribbing’s receipt of Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath's message, and plans to continue his mission and report in due time. The party will be leaving for Dhahran (71)
• G G Arthur’s meeting with Azzam Pasha (Abdul Rahman Hasan Azzam). Azzam stated that HMG could assume that Saudi Arabia wished to proceed with the present stage of the Buraimi mission. There will be a need for someone to take the place of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld as an intermediary (72)
• A record of documents on loan to Julian Walker (73)
• A Reuters report on King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and the British envoy's discussion of the dispute over the Buraimi Oasis (74)
• Van Wijk and de Ribbing's intention to visit London and questions about their accommodation (75)
• The progress of stage II of the de Ribbing Mission based on information provided by Grant V McClanahan of the US Embassy (76)
• A request for information from Julian Walker on the proceedings of the mission and his audience with King Saud (77)
• The brief for Julian Walker British observer with the de Ribbing Mission (63)
• List of words in the Buraimi dialect for the use of the de Ribbing Mission interrogators (64)
• A file [not enclosed] belonging to Julian Walker and notes by Peter Lienhardt (65)
• Two lists of the principal tribes living in Abu Dhabi, and in northern Dhahira and the Buraimi area (66)
• Comments on Sheikh Abdulla Bin Abdul Aziz Al Sulaiman, Sheikh Saeed Bin Sultan Al Darmaki, Sheikh Saeed Bin Rashid Al Baluch, Sheikh Ali Bin Mohammad Al Raba'i, who were seen by Van Wijk. It also includes references to Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan and Sheikh Obaid Bin Joma (67)
• Documents obtained in Buraimi, which provide evidence of Abu Dhabi's effective sovereignty over its sector of Buraimi (68)
• The Times report [enclosed] on talks between British and Saudi officials about the Buraimi dispute (78)
• The proceedings of the De Ribbing Mission and Julian Walker’s report on the final results of the interrogation of Buraimi refugees (79-80).