Political relations: UK

This file relates to efforts to restore diplomatic relations between Britain and Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence concerning:

• The Iranian Prime Minister's report on his talks with the Saudis regarding the possible resumption of Anglo-Saudi relations. It also includes a summary of Herbert de Ribbing's efforts to resolve the Buraimi refugee problem (21)
• A conversation between Pierre Edde, from a prominent Lebanese family, and Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. Edde says the Saudis are enraged with the US for assisting the United Arab Republic (UAR) (22)
• The question of whether the 1955 Foreign Office assurance to the Colonial Office, to avoid further arbitration or negotiation with the Saudis over the frontiers from Buraimi to Umm Al Zamul and Aden, still applies (23)
• J G Hart's conversation with the Saudi Ambassador in Rome Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Helaissi on the resumption of relations and the effect of the Saudi quarrel with the UAR (24)
• King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's request that King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan use his good offices with HMG to solve the Anglo-Saudi dispute. It includes an account of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Webb's conversations with King Hussein in Rome and British talks with the King in London (25-26)
• A cutting [enclosed] from the Daily Telegraph: 'Saudi Moves to Restore British Link' (27)
• A possible visit by the Saudi Arabian Defence Minister to the Farnborough Air Show; Britain's willingness to sell arms, radar and radio equipment to Saudi Arabia regardless of the state of diplomatic relations; and Saudi concerns about President Gamal Abdul Nasser (28)
• The imminent arrival in London of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Bin Ibrahim Mas'ud (29)
• A discussion with Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Al Tal on the report that Azzam Pasha (Abdul Rahman Hasan Azzam) was being forced by Jordan, Syria, and Egypt to take the Buraimi question to the UN Security Council (30)
• The new Ambassador to Jordan Sir R W Parkes's intention to discuss Anglo-Saudi relations with King Hussein (31)
• A conversation between A R Walmsley and Sheikh Hafiz Wahba in London (32)
• A conversation between Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home, Prince Faisal and Azzam Pasha in New York (33)
• The Saudi Arabian Minister in Libya's hope that diplomatic relations will be restored soon (34)
• A conversation between King Saud and Colonel McLean on Yemen and Anglo-Saudi relations (35)
• An incorrect report in The Times (36)
• The Saudi Government's readiness to resume relations without conditions; a biographical note on Kemal Adham and records of conversations with him on Anglo-Saudi relations and on military advisers; British plans to use King Hussein as an intermediary; and Britain's negative reaction to Ahmad al Shukairy's remarks at the opening of the general debate on colonialism at the UN on 9 November [it includes extracts from the speech] (37)
• A conversation between the Foreign Secretary and Hafiz Wahba in London on 19 November (39)
• A draft letter from Prince Faisal and proposed reply regarding Buraimi and the question of bringing this to the attention of the UN (40).