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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Selections from this file
Showing items 61 - 75 of 75
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Dec 29 We | Major | 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 Dec 30 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit") [advice on probable Saudi reaction to proposal] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Major | Saudi Arabia: No.10 minute to MT ("Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz") [Christmas gifts: advice] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 18 Fr | Minor | 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 Apr 11 Mo | Major | 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 May 6 Fr | Major | 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 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] |
| 83 Oct 18 Tu | Major | 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 Oct 20 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: No.10 letter to Ronald Smith (Helen Smith) [circumstances of death] [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 1 Th | Major | 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 Dec 6 Tu | Major | 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 Tu | Major | Saudi Arabia: King Fahd letter to MT (Minister for Trade and Industry visit to Saudi Arabia) [welcomes visit] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Dec 22 Th | Major | 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 23 Fr | Major | 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] |