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FCO 8/6118

Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to the Islamic Conference Organisation.
FCO 8/3514

External relations of the United Arab Emirates, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to the external affairs of the UAE, particularly the visits of leaders and foreign officials to the UAE and the foreign trips of UAE officials.
FCO 8/6035

Relations between Saudi Arabia and the UK, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia-UK relations and regional affairs.
FCO 8/4608

Iran: multilateral political relations, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns Iran's foreign relations.
FCO 8/3709

Relations between Iraq and other Arab states, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file concerns Iraq’s foreign relations with the Arab world, particularly its improving relations with Jordan.
FCO 8/4283

French policy in Arabia and the Persian Gulf, and talks between the UK and France on the Middle East, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns France’s relations with the Middle East at the time of the Iran-Iraq War and Lebanon War.
FCO 8/4282

Relations between Arab states and Israel, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns reactions in the Gulf States to war in Lebanon which broke out in June 1982, and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict.
FCO 8/614

Internal political situation following Middle East crisis, 1967-1968

This file relates to the internal political situation in Kuwait following the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
FCO 8/1202

Islamic diplomacy, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file relates to the aftermath of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Rabat, called by King Hasan II Bin Mohammad Al Alawi of Morocco, in response to the fire at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
FO 371/104258

Tour of Middle East countries by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accompanied by Mutual Security Agency Director Harold Stassen and officials; comments on Dulles' speech on his return and on US policy generally in the Middle East. Code E file 1034, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's visit to Jerusalem, including messages and pamphlets demanding justice for Palestinian refugees (30) Discussions of American policy in the Middle East, particularly in: Jordan; Israel; Saudi Arabia; Lebanon; Syria; and Iraq (31, 38-45, 48, 52) Question of passing information about Dulles's tour to Commander Ian Steel of the Imperial Defence College (32) Articles from the Soviet press (33) Dulles's broadcast speech about his tour, and comments (34, 37) Discussion of American policy in Turke
FO 371/126998

School teachers for Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Search for additional schoolteachers in Arab capitals for Kuwait and the Trucial Coast. It provides figures of present teaching staff employed in Kuwait and discusses the itinerary of the selection board (1) BBC and press reports that Egyptian, Syrian and Soviet embassies have been implicated in election riots in Lebanon.
FO 371/109925

Training of law students from Persian Gulf in the UK, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Exploring the possibility of educating law students from the Gulf in Jordan if they do not have sufficient English to study in UK. Amman is deemed suitable because Jordanian law is based on Palestine mandate and is very much like the system Britain plans to adopt in the Gulf; there are no law schools in Jordan, there was a law school in Jerusalem under the mandate, but this has been dispersed (1-2) British Council assessment of Bahrain scholar Hussein Mohammad Al Baharna's ability to be admitted to read for the English Bar.