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.

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.

Includes related correspondence with "Billy" McLean.

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.