Foreign policy

The file contains correspondence relating to:

• State visit of King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to Iran. It includes: the communiqué issued at the conclusion of King Faisal's state visit in December 1966; an account composed by Sir D A H Wright; a conversation between C H D Everett and Harrison Symmes; the difficulties of the Egyptian press in criticising King Faisal's visit; and the suspicion of Hasan Sabri El Khouli and rumours surrounding King Faisal's visit (1, 3-5)
• Conversation between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Sir W H T Luce and the Lebanese Ambassador, Khalil Taqi Al Din about the latter's conversation with King Faisal (6)
• Report by the Daily Telegraph on the Saudi pledge for aid to the Federation of South Arabia (10)
• Evidence of the growing interest of Saudi Arabia in the Federation of South Arabia. It includes: an article on the formation of a special committee for providing aid to South Arabia; a conversation between Sir R Allen and the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hermann Eilts on the possibility of a defence agreement between South Arabia and Saudi Arabia; remarks on Saudi attitudes to the defence and development of South Arabia; the statement of King Faisal on the Aden Protectorate and Federation of South Arabia; an article on the 'Aden Plea by King Faisal' published in The Times on 8 November 1966; commentary on the interview by Mohammad Abu Al Futuh on Sawt Al Arab; and the interview given by King Faisal to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa on Yemen and the United Arab Republic (22, 26, 35, 37)
• Visit of King Faisal to Jordan and his discussions with King Hussein Bin Talal. It includes: the joint statement by King Hussein and King Faisal on the latter's state visit to Jordan; the summary of an editorial on the joint communiqué published by Al Ba'ath; a summary of the joint communiqué published after King Hussein's visit to Saudi Arabia; the agreement signed between Sayyed Omar Saqqaf and Mohammad Amin Shanqiti (9, 19)
• Report on the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs published by Al Madinah in Jeddah (11)
• Visit by King Faisal to the Republic of Sudan. It includes: an account by R W Munro; the programme of the visit; and the joint communiqué issued by King Faisal and President Ismail Al Azhari in Khartoum (14)
• Views of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on a possible forthcoming meeting between Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan; a conversation between M C G Man and Sheikh Hafiz about the latter's visit to Bahrain; a conversation between Luce and Sheikh Hafiz on Saudi relations with Abu Dhabi and Oman; a visit by Sheikh Hafiz to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (16, 24, 30, 36)
• The interview given by King Faisal to Mustafa Sabbagh of the daily Al Alam (17)
• A report on a possible visit by King Faisal to the Republic of Turkey published by Al Ahram (18)
• The interview given by King Faisal to Independent Television News (ITN) in Jeddah (28)
• A meeting between Sir J G Ward and Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Helaissi (29)
• The general conference of Saudi diplomatic envoys to Arab, Asian and African countries. It includes a list of delegates (31)
• A report by W P Cranston on the purpose of Omar Saqqaf's visits to Jordan and Iran (32) A conversation between Margaret McKay and King Faisal on Buraimi and South Arabia (33)
• The resentment in Saudi Ruling circles of Lebanese support for the policies of UAR. It includes: the remarks of King Faisal to a party of Lebanese dignitaries visiting Saudi Arabia (34)
• A conversation between Man and Saqqaf on the UAR-Syrian joint defence agreement (38)
• The interview given by King Faisal to Ahmad Jarallah, Chief Editor of the Kuwaiti weekly Al Siyasa (39)