7 jun 1968 año - Foreign Office report on Gulf

Descripción:

Agreed on by the Cabinet Defense and Overseas Public Committee

Britain would 'encourage an indigenous balance of power which does not require our military presence' between Iran and Saudi Arabia

BR saw Shah's ambitions for Iranian Primacy in the Gulf as dangerous to BoP as Shah laid claim to Br Protected States: Bahrain, Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah