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PREM19/529
Middle East (Arms sales and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 209
Any docs withheld? 2

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79 Nov 6 Tu Major Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Military Assistance to Jordan") [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 16 Tu Major Defence: Whitmore minute to MT (defence sales to Qatar) [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 10 We Major Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Sales to UAE") [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 20 Sa Major Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Zaid of Qatar (USSR influence in the Gulf and Afghanistan, defence sales) [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 22 Mo Major Defence: FCO to UKE Dubai ("Hawk Aircraft") [MT concerned that UK may "lose the Hawk contract which is vital to the future prospects not only of the aircraft but possible of BAE itself"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 22 Mo Major Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Zaid of Qatar (Hurd's visit to the UAE) [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 22 Mo Major Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Gilmour-Biffen-Strathcona-Armstrong-Cooper) ["Defence Sales to UAE"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 23 Tu Major Defence: UKE Dubai to FCO ("Hawk Aircraft") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 23 Tu Major Defence: FCO to UKE Dubai ("Hawk Aircraft") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 31 We Major Defence: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Hawk Sales") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 6 Tu Major Defence: UKE Abu Dhabi to FCO ("Hawk Sales") [arms sales to the UAE: outcome of Hurd's visit] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 8 Th Major Defence: Hurd minute to Carrington ("Visit to the UAE: 5-7 January") [arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 19 Mo Major Defence: MT letter to Sheikh Khalifa of Qatar (USSR influence in the Middle East, arms sales) [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 22 Th Major Defence: UKE Doha to FCO ("Message to the Amir") [USSR influence in the Middle East, arms sales to Qatar] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 23 Fr Major Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Tornado") [arms sales to Jordan] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 28 We Major Iran-Iraq War: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Arms Supplies to Iran and Iraq") [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 4 We Major Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Sale of Hawk Aircraft to the UAE") [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 7 Sa Major Defence: Sheikh Khalifa of Qatar letter to MT (USSR influence in the Middle East, defence sales) [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 11 We Major Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Tornado - Export Sales (OD(81) 8)") [arms sales] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 11 We Major Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Oil Minister Dr. Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates) [Iran-Iraq War, oil and energy, UK arms sales to the UAE] [declassified 2011]