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 41 - 60 of 75
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 82 Jun 11 Fr | Major | 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] |
| 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 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 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] |
| 80 May 22 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Saudi relations") [Ambassador Urwick record of conversation with King Hussein: controversy over ITV drama-documentary 'Death of a Princess'] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jun 20 Fr | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Saudi/FRG and UK/Saudi relations") ["Schmidt's talk with Khalid"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Jun 2 Mo | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Saudi relations") [Prince Fahd letter of 'rebuke' for UK screening of 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 May 27 Tu | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Saudi relations") [Saudi press reaction to Lord Carrington speech addressing diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 May 29 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Saudi trade") [British-Saudi Arabian Parliamentary Friendship Group statement following diplomatic rift over 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [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 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 May 14 We | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo/Saudi relations") [fallout from the screening internationally of 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary: UK; Netherlands; US & France] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 May 8 Th | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Anglo/Saudi relations") [fallout from the screening of 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 81 Dec 7 Mo | Major | 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] |
| 80 Jan 23 We | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("King Hussein's visit to Saudi Arabia") [report; "It has never been easy... to have confidence in King Hussein's judgement of the situation in Saudi Arabia"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Apr 30 We | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Message for Prince Fahd") [accusation of UK media bias, exemplified by recent 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary; UK/Saudi relations] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Apr 30 We | Major | Saudi Arabia: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO ("Message for Prince Fahd") [proposed strategy for repairing the damage to UK/Saudi relations due to 'Death of a Princess' drama-documentary] [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 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 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] |