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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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80 Apr 24 Th Major Saudi Arabia: Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Death of a Princess") [advice regarding Eldon Griffiths MP suggestion that there were legislative grounds for Government to have inserted a statement into broadcast of ATV drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 Dec 17 Mo Major Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince Fahd letter to MT (UK/Saudi relations) [visits] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 May 27 Tu Major Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince Fahd message to MT ("Anglo-Saudi relations") [reply to MT letter expressing regret at the transmission of ITV drama-documentary 'Death of a Princess': "the issue is not confined to the subject of this film alone"] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Mar 20 Th Major Saudi Arabia: FCO briefing for MT (Saudi Arabia) [MT dinner with Speaker, "when she will meet with Shaikh Yamani": points to make; essential facts; biography; guest list] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 May 16 Fr Major Saudi Arabia: FCO letter to No.10 ("Saudi Arabia") ["recent showing here of the television film "Death of a Princess" has had a very damaging effect... [including] banishment... of our Ambassador, James Craig... [his] enclosed Despatch... [has] some perceptive insights"] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 May 8 Th Major Saudi Arabia: FCO letter to No.10 (Muslim reactions internationally to ATV drama-documentary 'Death of a Princess') [proposed standard reply] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 May 1 Th Major Saudi Arabia: FCO record of conversation (Lord Carrington, Arab League ambassadors) [UK/Saudi relations following screening of 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary; concerns about wider bias against Arab states in UK media; current tensions in Middle East] [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 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 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 Apr 9 We Major Saudi Arabia: Gilmour minute to MT ("Anglo-Saudi relations") ['Death of a Princess' documentary-drama: potential repercussions] [declassified Aug 2013]
80 Apr 23 We Major Saudi Arabia: Ingham minute to MT ("Saudi Arabia situation") ['Death of a Princess' ATV drama-documentary: supposed legislative basis for Government to have inserted a statement into broadcast] [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]
83 Nov 21 Mo Major 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 Dec 6 Tu Major Saudi Arabia: King Fahd letter to MT (Minister for Trade and Industry visit to Saudi Arabia) [welcomes 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]
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]
81 Dec 23 We Major 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]
79 Nov 21 We Major Saudi Arabia: MT letter to Crown Prince Fahd (UK/Saudi relations) ["we share many vital interests"; proposed Ministerial visits] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 11 Sa Major 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]