1979 Nov 9 - 1983 Dec 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
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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Showing items 21 - 40 of 75
| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 81 Dec 2 We | Major | 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 Jul 16 Th | Major | 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 May 6 We | Major | 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 May 5 Tu | Major | 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] |
| 80 Dec 30 Tu | Major | 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] |
| 80 Dec 29 Mo | Major | 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 4 Th | Major | 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 Oct 7 Tu | Major | 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 Oct 6 Mo | Major | 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 Sep 24 We | Major | 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 Sep 5 Fr | Major | Saudi Arabia: Pym PS letter to Gilmour PS ("Saudi Arabia") [proposed Pym visit] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Aug 29 Fr | Major | 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 Aug 28 Th | Major | 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 26 Tu | Major | 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 19 Tu | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("PLO observer status at IBRD: Saudi attitudes") [International Bank for Reconstruction & Development: "frozen loan... anger at what they see as an abuse of IBRD procedures for political ends"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Aug 12 Tu | Major | Saudi Arabia: FCO telegram to UKE Luxembourg ("IMF/IBRD and the PLO") [International Bank for Reconstruction & Development: vote on resolution to prevent PLO becoming observers: "a change of position would dismay the Americans"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jul 28 Mo | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Mr Hurd's visit") ["text of Mr Hurd's statement to the Saudi press": 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary: "I came here personally to underline... [our] regret at the understandable offence caused"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jul 28 Mo | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Visit of Mr Hurd") [Hurd, Prince Saud al Faisal: record of discussion; diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jul 10 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: FCO telegram to UKE Jedda ("Anglo-Saudi relations") [Lord Carrington message to be conveyed to Prince Saud suggesting a visit to heal the diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jun 24 Tu | Major | Saudi Arabia: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Prime Minister Sharaf, John Moberly) [extract regarding UK diplomatic rift with Saudis over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |