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1:2,000,000. Printed on paper.

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Copies of letters from JA to Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman, mainly on the international political situation and the situation in Britain and on meetings of the CERCLE European-American Conservative organisation, also including an agreement with Coastal Petroleum, for which JA was acting as a consultant in Oman.

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Includes: minutes from Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton]; papers by Henry Drummond-Wolff on the rule of reciprocity and world trade; minute from Lieutenant-Colonel David Smiley [Chief of Staff of the Muscat Armed Forces] on his success in the Jebel Akhkar, asking if the Sultan could be persuaded to return to Muscat [Masqat]; memorandum by Smiley on the political and military situation in Oman.

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Notes, letters and reports by Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis [former High Commissioner for Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia, later part of Yemen] on the situation in the Gulf and its neighbours (Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates, UAE], Dubai [UAE], Sharja [Sharjah, UEA], Bahrein [Bahrain], Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Muscat and Oman [later Oman] and North and South Yemen [later Yemen]) in the event of Britain's withdrawal from the area, and threats to British interests.

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Minutes on subjects including: Oman, commenting on a despatch about Sultan Said; Egyptian and Israeli claims to Sinai; the situation in Jordan; avoiding a major conflict in the Middle East.

Scope and Contents Copies of minutes by JA, mainly to Harold Watkinson, Minister of Defence, but also to the Prime Minister [(Maurice) Harold Macmillan, later 1st Lord Stockton] and Edward Heath [Lord Privy Seal], on subjects including: space flight; the RAF base on Addu Atoll, in the Maldives; long term requirements of the RAF; JA's impressions of the American and Canadian Air Forces; Malaysia; future defence requirements; defence of Kuwait; the airborne deterrent after 1970; RAF forces in Muscat [Masqat] and...

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The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

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Includes: schedules and menus
Also includes: signed top copy of speech by Australian Prime Minister (Bob) Hawke, at a Parliamentary luncheon in honour of MT, Canberra, Australia, 3 August 1988 (presented to MT)

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Includes: press cuttings relating to the visit, and attached note for MT from Bernard Ingham (her Chief Press Secretary), August 1988
Also includes letter to MT from Admiral Sir William Staveley (First Sea Lord) relating to her visit to "HMS Manchester", Armilla Patrol, in the Gulf, 10 August 1988

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These maps were compiled by the War Office. Printed on linen-backed paper.

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1:3,000,000. Published in the Geographical Journal, September 1931. Printed on paper.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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Subjects include: the new Government of [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; visit to forces in Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, the Persian Gulf, Aden [Adan], British Somaliland [later Somalia] and Kenya, Sept-Oct 1957; visit to Cyprus and Muscat [Masqat] and Oman, Dec 1957-Jan 1958; visits to Belize and the West Indies, May 1959.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: China; the CEDI congress (European Centre of Documentation and Information); a forum on world aviation; Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] and South Africa; Jordan; Romania; Poland, for the Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference; Oman; Israel; Iran. Correspondents include: Eldon Griffiths; [Dudley] Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, Director of the Foreign Affairs Research Institute; [David] Evan Luard, Parliamentary...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: conference of the Association of Political Risk Analysts, 1983; Pakistan, 1983; CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] meeting, 1983; Jordan, 1983; Romania, 1983; Israel, 1982; CERCLE meeting, 1982; Egypt, 1981; Anglo-Polish Round Table Conference, 1981; South Africa and Namibia, 1981; CERCLE meeting, 1981; Oman, 1980; South Africa, 1980; Romania, 1980; Hungary, 1980; Pakistan, 1980; France, 1980; Jordan, 1980;...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on visits to places and events including: CERCLE [European-American Conservative organisation] meetings, 1984-85; Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador, 1984; Jordan and Iraq, 1984; a Parliamentary delegation to the Falklands, 1984; Sudan, 1984; Israel, 1984; South Africa, c 1984-85; Jordan, 1985; Oman, 1985; Saudi Arabia, 1986; South Africa, 1986; Global Action Conference, Indonesia, 1986; United Arab Emirates, 1986; South Africa, 1987; Oman, 1987; Angola, 1988;...

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Papers and correspondence from JA's work as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary at the War Office, particularly on his official visit to Muscat [Masqat] and Oman and JA's negotiations with the Sultan of Muscat on various civil and military reforms, securing long-term facilities for the RAF, settling disputes and improving relations with Saudi Arabia. Also includes general War Office papers and papers on an earlier visit to the Near East and Middle East.