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FCO 8/7165

Supply of Tornado aircraft from the UK to Saudi Arabia: Al-Yamamah arms deal, 1988 Jan 1 - 1988 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to the supply of Tornado aircraft from the UK to Saudi Arabia, Al Yamamah arms deal and the decision on Ron Stuart Paul's retirement or promotion.

FCO 8/6042

Visit by Richard Luce, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia, March 1985, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns the preparations for the visit of Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Richard Luce to Saudi Arabia in March 1985.

FCO 8/6039

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Middle Eastern and Near Eastern countries, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia's relations with the Middle East and regional affairs.

FCO 8/6038

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Middle Eastern and Near Eastern countries, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia's relations with the Middle East and regional affairs.

FCO 8/5747

Saudi Arabia: internal financial matters, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Saudi Arabia’s internal financial situation. It contains correspondence and memoranda relating to: The Senior Adviser to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Leonard Ingrams' decision to resign. It includes reference to the Bank of England’s efforts to help find a candidate to replace Ingrams; and the Saudi Minister of Finance Sheikh Muhammed Ali Abalkhail’s wish for Morgan, Grenfell and Company to suggest a successor Saudi Arabia’s banking system.

FCO 8/3038

External relations of Saudi Arabia, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns the external relations of Saudi Arabia, between January 1977 and January 1978.

FCO 8/787

Navy: UK aid, 1967-1968

This file concerns the development of the Royal Saudi Navy (RSN).

FCO 8/2578

Visits by ministers from Saudi Arabia to UK, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns ministerial visits from Saudi Arabia to the UK, from June 1975 to January 1976.

FCO 8/3042

Visit of David Owen, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia, 12-13 May 1977, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file relates to the visit of the Foreign Secretary David Owen to Saudi Arabia and Iran in May 1977 for the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) ministerial meeting.

FCO 8/2599

Assassination of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, 25 March 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns the assassination of King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia by his nephew Prince Faisal Bin Musaid Al Saud.

FCO 8/2402

Visit of Roy Mason, Secretary of State for Defence, to Oman and Saudi Arabia, 19-28 April 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file is part B of a series of files concerning the UK Secretary of State for Defence Roy Mason's visit to Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Seychelles and Oman in April 1975. This visit was the UK's first opportunity to see the senior members of the Saudi Government since King Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's accession.

FCO 93/3619

Visit by Francis Pym, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, April 1983, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file concerns the visit of UK Foreign Secretary Francis Pym to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

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