Yemen
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Aden, 1958 - 1968
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/3-6
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
1958 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Aden and Yemen, 1965-04 - 1968-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/12
Scope and Contents
Includes: press cutting with an article by David Smiley on prospects for peace in the Yemen; memorandum by Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis, former High Commissioner of Aden, on the situation in the Gulf region; statement by [?] JA on the rumoured decision to close down the British base at Aden [Adan]; memorandum on the Yemen by Neil McLean.
Dates:
1965-04 - 1968-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Aden, Saudi Arabia and the Yemen, 1964-01 - 1967-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/7
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on subjects including JA's visit to Aden [Adan], Jan 1965, his visit to Saudi Arabia, Apr 1967, conflict between Egypt and the Yemen and the withdrawal of British troops from Aden [later part of Yemen], with correspondents including: Catherine Amery; Sir [Gerald] Kennedy Trevaskis, former High Commissioner of Aden, on subjects including the failure of talks on the future of South Arabia and events in Aden (11); the Sultan of Muscat [Oman]; [(Arthur) Anthony...
Dates:
1964-01 - 1967-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Arabia, with maps of northern coast of Arabia and of 'Rub' Al Khali by H. St. J. B. Philby' 1932, pasted on
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.154
Scope and Contents
1:2,000,000. Printed on paper.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Dictation tape, 1966 - 1968-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 11/13
Scope and Contents
Includes: dictated draft review of Dana Schmidt's book "Yemen: the Unknown War" (cassette 1 side 1); dictated letters relating to an article on air terminal design and a letter to JA's son Leo on Lady Catherine Amery being in a court case and on her health (cassette 1 side 1); dictated note on JA's part in Israeli-Jordanian negotiations on the Middle East peace process (cassette 1 side 2 and cassette 2 side 1); an account of the writing of JA's book "Sons of the Eagle" (cassette 1 side 2 and...
Dates:
1966 - 1968-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Access copy available.
File
Foreign affairs: South Arabia, 1969-05 - 1972-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on issuing British passports to former ministers and rulers of the Federation of South Arabia [later South Yemen, then part of Yemen], with correspondents including: Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, Foreign Secretary [earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] (7); 1st Lord Boyd of Merton [earlier Alan Lennox-Boyd]; Nigel Fisher; Duncan Sandys (2); [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary.
Also includes a draft letter from JA to Douglas-Home on policy in the...
Dates:
1969-05 - 1972-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed for Cabinet Office review.
File
General papers, 1958-11 - 1961-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/5/3
Scope and Contents
Includes: comments on papers by JA on Commonwealth trade and policy on East Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa, from Sir William Gorell Barnes and [William] Leslie Monson [Assistant Under-Secretaries of State, Colonial Office] and Sir John Martin [Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office]; note by JA on policy towards the Yemen; rough notes on East Africa; programmes etc from the Commonwealth Chiefs of Staff inter-service study, "Unison"; papers on JA's negotiations in...
Dates:
1958-11 - 1961-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Literary correspondence and related papers: Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, 1968-05 - 1970-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/6/6
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1968-05 - 1970-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Middle East, 1956-01 - 1958-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/137
Scope and Contents
Includes: note of JA's visit to King Zog of Albania, 1956 and on Zog's part in a plan to overthrow the Egyptian Government, and of a talk about the plan with John Selwyn Lloyd [Foreign Secretary]; notes by JA on propaganda policy in the Middle East and the general political situation there; draft memoranda on Soviet influence in the Middle East and maintaining British influence abroad, particularly in Cyprus, Aden [Adan] and Hong Kong; proposals for the re-establishment of British influence...
Dates:
1956-01 - 1958-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Middle East, Yemen and Ethiopia, 1961-09 - 1975-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/8
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence with [Archibald] David Stirling relating to the Yemen and Saudi Arabia; note between JA and [? Lord Boothby]; copy of a message from Sir Winston Churchill to General Cemal Gursel, President of Turkey, asking him to show mercy on recent death sentences; note from JA to [? Neil "Billy" McLean] about arranging a drop; extract from JA's diary for 1-3 July 1967 on having dinner with King Hussain of Jordan, King Hussain's account of attempts to unite Egyptian, Jordanian...
Dates:
1961-09 - 1975-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Report on visit to the Yemen and the Middle East by Neil McLean, 1963-03 - 1963-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Papers on general subjects, including: overseas visits; the Middle East, particularly events in Aden [Adan], Saudi Arabia and the Yemen; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; South Africa; Gibraltar.
Dates:
1963-03 - 1963-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Report on visit to the Yemen by Neil McLean, 1962-10 - 1963-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/2
Scope and Contents
Includes related correspondence with "Billy" McLean.
Dates:
1962-10 - 1963-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Reports on the Yemen by Neil McLean, 1967-12 - 1968-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/10
Scope and Contents
Reports on operations in the Sana area, including related correspondence with "Billy" McLean and a copy of a letter from Wilfred Thesiger on the lack of medical facilities, appealing for the Red Cross to move nearer the front.
Dates:
1967-12 - 1968-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Speeches and articles, 1967-08 - 1969-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/45
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Suez Canal [Egypt]; Joseph Chamberlain; tribute to Miles Lampson [1st Lord Killearn]; Soviet influence in South Africa; Ghana; the war in Yemen; the state of Britain's airports; JA's return to Parliament as MP for Brighton Pavilion [Sussex]; withdrawing forces from east of Suez; the Cultural Revolution in China; Israel's improved position and the results for Egypt after the Six Day War; the second volume of Randolph Churchill's biography of Sir Winston Churchill; Aden...
Dates:
1967-08 - 1969-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
File
Transcript of interview: David Tatham, 2017
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 161
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Martin Lamport, 2019
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 184
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2019
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Ronald Bailey, 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 12
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1996
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Sub-Series
Yemen, 1957 - 1965
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/871-872
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
1957 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.