Foreign policy

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Formal recognition by the Indonesian Government of Kuwait and a request from the Pakistan Government to establish a Consulate General in Kuwait. The reason for Indonesian recognition is said to be that the majority of Arab States had done so (1-2)
• Summary of an interview with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in Akhbar Ul-Kuwait, in which he denied reports that he was to lead a delegation to Iraq and called for Arab unity (3)
• Record of a conversation with Sheikh Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah, in which he spoke about Kuwaiti relations with Iraq and Egypt and about Gulf political affairs more generally (4)
• Denial of reports that Syria is planning to open a consulate in Kuwait and the activities of a Tunisian man claiming to be the Tunisian Charge d'Affaires (5)
• Conversation with the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Amman, particularly regarding the future of British relations with Kuwait (6)
• Summary of a statement made by the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, providing an outline of Kuwaiti foreign policy (7)
• List of countries having diplomatic and consular relations with Kuwait, as of 31 July 1963, with later amendments (8)