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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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83 Dec 23 Fri Saudi Arabia: MT message to King Fahd ("Rolls Royce - Saudi") [engines for Boeing 747 aircraft: MT requests RR bid be given due consideration; notes also "I am deeply concerned about the grave situation in the Middle East"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 22 Thu Saudi Arabia: Tebbit minute to MT ("Rolls-Royce: Saudi Arabia") ["writing to seek your urgent intervention... for an engine contract"; MT requests redraft of proposed message to Fahd] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 6 Tue Saudi Arabia: Tebbit minute to MT ("Visit to Saudi Arabia") [report: highlights Saudi emphasis on their determination to make transition from public to private sector, and to find overseas markets for downstream petrochemicals; identifies new opportunities] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 6 Tue Saudi Arabia: King Fahd letter to MT (Minister for Trade and Industry visit to Saudi Arabia) [welcomes visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 1 Thu Saudi Arabia: MT letter to King Fahd (Minister for Trade and Industry visit to Saudi Arabia) [MT greetings & message of goodwill] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 21 Mon Saudi Arabia: King Fahd letter to MT (BBC External Services news broadcast) [acknowledgement of MT letter expressing "regret at the incorrect information"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 20 Thu Saudi Arabia: No.10 letter to Ronald Smith (Helen Smith) [circumstances of death] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 18 Tue Saudi Arabia: MT letter to King Fahd (visit of Prince Turki al Faisal) [thanks for visit; concern regarding inaccurate BBC news report; Lebanon] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 11 Sat Saudi Arabia: MT letter to Helmut Schmidt (discussions with King Fahd on the Middle East and the Horn of Africa) [Lebanon; Somalia] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 6 Fri Saudi Arabia: Pym PS letter to No.10 (Secretary of State's visit, March 1983) [Sir James Craig despatch: "the problem of our relations with the PLO"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 11 Mon Saudi Arabia: UKE Abu Dhabi telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit to Saudi Arabia") [summary of talks: Israel/US; Iran/Iraq; defence sales; oil market] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 18 Fri Saudi Arabia: No.10 minute to MT (Secretary of State's Visit to Saudi Arabia) ["invitation... a good result from the visit of the Arab League Delegation"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Feb 11 Fri Saudi Arabia: No.10 minute to MT ("Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz") [Christmas gifts: advice] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 30 Thu Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit") [advice on probable Saudi reaction to proposal] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 29 Wed Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Visit of Secretary of State") ["Saudis have declined... so long as the problem of receiving the PLO is not resolved"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 7 Thu Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Saudi Economy") [assessment; oil revenues] [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 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]
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]
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]