FO 371/126845
UK policy in Middle East, 1957
This file contains correspondence relating to:
Possible expenditure for 1957/58 in Eastern Department countries (1)
Discussions about British policy in the Middle East, including: the possibility of an emergency loan for Iraq; limits on expenditure despite the end of the Jordan subsidy; the reasons for Britain's presence in the Gulf; Anglo-Iranian relations; the impact of Suez on British policy in Bahrain; Iranian-Kuwaiti passport dispute; disputes over islands in the Gulf; Afghanistan; the Baghdad Pact; Oil; and overflying Iran (2)
Notes on Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the