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PREM19/1126
Saudi Arabia (Saudi/UK relations; internal situation) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 342
Any docs withheld? 7

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80 Aug 26 Tue Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO (Lord Carrington's visit) [summary of meetings; diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Aug 28 Thu Saudi Arabia: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Carrington) [report on his visit to Saudi Arabia; diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary; meeting with Robert Mugabe] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Aug 29 Fri Saudi Arabia: Lord Carrington minute to MT ("Anglo/Saudi relations and the Middle East") [diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary; Israel/US/Soviet Union] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Sep 5 Fri Saudi Arabia: Pym PS letter to Gilmour PS ("Saudi Arabia") [proposed Pym visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Sep 24 Wed Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo/Saudi relations") ["assessment of the post-reconciliation position... most responsible Saudis, although upset by the film ['Death of a Princess'], think it was a mistake to react so violently"] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Oct 6 Mon Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo/Saudi relations") [concerns regarding 'Observer' newspaper article about the murder of British diplomat Cyril Ousman by Prince Mishari bin Abdulaziz in 1951] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Oct 7 Tue Saudi Arabia: FCO telegram to UKE Jedda ("Anglo/Saudi relations") ['Observer' newspaper article about the murder of British diplomat Cyril Ousman by Prince Mishari bin Abdulaziz in 1951] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Dec 4 Thu Saudi Arabia: Keith Joseph PS letter to Lord Carrington PS ("Rolls-Royce and Airbus") ["would be helpful if Lord Carrington was to send a message of support to Prince Sultan"] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Dec 29 Mon Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Rolls Royce and Airbus") ["negotiations... are now coming to a head and your intervention may be required"] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Dec 30 Tue Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Rolls Royce and Airbus") [Sir James Craig record of conversation with Deputy Minister of Aviation: provisional agreement to award contract] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 May 5 Tue Saudi Arabia: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("British/Saudi relations: Goose Pimples") [satirical play: managing risk to UK/Saudi relations; postmortem of Prince Abdulaziz bin Faisal] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 May 6 Wed Saudi Arabia: MT letter to Prince Abdullah (SANGMED project) [National Guard medical services/hospitals modernisation contract; MT privately notes disappointment at lack of media coverage for her role in securing the contract] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Jul 16 Thu Saudi Arabia: Parkinson PS letter to No.10 (visit to Saudi Arabia) [report on trade mission following "successful" MT visit earlier in year] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 2 Wed Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("The Summit at Fez: Arab-Israel") ["disappointed... we need to find out what the Saudis intend to do next": proposals for MT message & Hurd visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 6 Sun Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("The Fez Summit and the Eight Point Plan") [Sir James Craig record of conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 7 Mon Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Fez Summit and the 8 point plan") [proposals for MT message of support and Hurd visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 23 Wed Saudi Arabia: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 (response to the Fez Summit outcomes) [proposals for MT message of support to Fahd- which she declines to send - and Hurd visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jun 1 Tue Saudi Arabia: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("Saudi Arabia: visit of Minister of the Interior") [letter highlights potential defence sales but visit subsequently cancelled] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jun 11 Fri Saudi Arabia: Rees letter to John Stanley (securing contracts in Saudi Arabia) [consultancy-to-contract process; analysis following Stanley visit which reported US firms Bechtel and Parsons "have secured betweeen them the four largest construction projects in the Kingdom"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 7 Thu Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Saudi Economy") [assessment; oil revenues] [declassified Aug 2013]