Arrangements for C-in-C MELF tour of Persian Gulf States; advice against visiting Saudi Arabia; agreement to his visiting Buraimi Oasis. Code EA file 1202

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Request by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) for Mr Baird to visit London to report the military situation and an agreement for his visit, suggesting he visits London before going to Aden on the 9 January (1-2)
• Confirmation that Baird left for Aden on 5 January (3)
• Request for the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces to visit the Gulf in November and to have an audience with Ibn Saud (4)
• Proposed programme for the Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Land Forces visit to the Gulf in November (5)
• Visit of Field Marshall Sir John Harding and CIGS to Australia, due to arrive in Bahrain on 11 October (6)
• CIGS's visit to Australia and New Zealand with the itinerary enclosed (7)
• Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces tours the Gulf and a request from General Keightley to carry out the same programme as that proposed for General Nicholson (8-9)
• Suggestion that the visit to Saudi be postponed until an agreement is reached on Buraimi (10)