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1981 Apr 15 - 1981 Nov 9
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/535
Middle East (Prime Minister's visits to Kuwait and Bahrain, September 1981: meetings with Rulers and Ministers)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 151
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81 Apr 15 Wed Middle East: John Browne MP letter to MT ("Bahrain - Methanol Plant - Davy McKee - US $350 Million") [Browne asks MT to act as advocate for project in Bahrain] [declassified 2011]
81 May 20 Wed Middle East: Department of Trade letter to No.10 ("Bahrain Methanol Plant") [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 31 Fri Middle East: DHSS letter to No.10 (fees charged by British medicine to Arab patients) [comments by Dr Vaughan prior to MT's trip to Kuwait] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 20 Sun Middle East: UKE Kuwait to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit [to Kuwait]") [briefing and advice for MT's visit] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 21 Mon Middle East: Sir Austin Pearce, Chairman of British Aerospace, letter to MT (requests help with arms sales to Middle Eastern and other nations) [Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan, Australia] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 21 Mon Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Bahrain and Kuwait") [briefing] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 26 Sat Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sheik Khalifa of Bahrain) [first meeting: Bahrain, world affairs, Arab-Israeli conflict, US sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, Iran-Iraq war, Afghanistan, Gulf co-operation] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 26 Sat Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sheik Khalifa of Bahrain) [second meeting: Gulf Council, Arab-Israeli conflict, US sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, blitarial issues, future commercial opportunites, UK navy visits to Bahrain] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 26 Sat Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Crown Prince Hamad of Bahrain) [defence co-operation, Arab-Israeli conflict] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 27 Sun Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Amir of Kuwait) [Gulf Co-Operation, Arab-Israeli conflict, Amir's visit to the Balkans] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 27 Sun Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait) [first meeting: Gulf Co-Operation, Iran-Iraq war, Palestine, Arab-Israeli conflict, Soviet-Gulf relations, bilateral issues] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 27 Sun Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait) [second meeting: Gulf Co-Operation Council, UK/Kuwait Defence Co-operation] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 28 Mon Middle East: UKE Kuwait to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Bahrain/Kuwait") ["Even making allowances for the tradition of Arab hospitality the Prime Minister has been formidably well received"] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 29 Tue Middle East: MT letter to Prime Minister Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait (thanks for hospitality during MT's visit to Kuwait) [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 29 Tue Middle East: MT letter to Sheikh Khalifa of Bahrain (thanks for hospitality during MT's visit to Bahrain) [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 1 Thu Middle East: FCO to UKDEL Melbourne ("HMG's Relations with PLO") [MT's remarks about PLO at press conference in Kuwait criticised by pro-PLO media] [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 21 Wed Middle East: Prime Minister Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait letter to MT (thanks for visiting Kuwait) [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 26 Mon Middle East: Sheikh Khalifa of Bahrain letter to MT (thanks for visiting Bahrain) [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 26 Sat Religion: Kevin Williams of St Christopher's Anglican Church, Bahrain, letter to MT (need to restore knowledge of God throughout UK) [asks MT to influence BBC Dimbleby Lectures if possible] [declassified 2011]