Visits of Ministers and Members of Parliament between UK and Saudi Arabia

This file concerns official visits to and from Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence relating to:

• Invitations to Members of Parliament to visit Saudi Arabia
• Visits by: Christopher Mayhew MP, with an interview in Al Medina on the Arab-Israeli conflict; Reginald Maudling MP to pursue economic cooperation; and Colin Jackson MP
• A possible visit to the UK by Hisham Nazir, head of the Saudi Central Planning Organisation
• The possibility of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Peter Walker or the Prime Minister Edward Heath visiting Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern States, and parliamentary questions on this
• A possible invitation to the Saudi Minister of Agriculture Sheikh Hasan Mishari to visit the National College of Engineering
• Arrangements for the visit to the UK by the Saudi Minister of Petroleum Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani to discuss oil issues and development projects as part of a seminar with representatives of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC); with biographical notes on Sheikh Yamani and background notes on Saudi Arabia
• Arrangements for the visit of Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Al Saud to the UK, and a tour focusing on social welfare
• A special session of the UN General Assembly in May 1974 and 'Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order'; and a meeting of the Energy Coordinating Group in Brussels
• A report on oil company profits for the year 1973
• A possible visit to Saudi Arabia and Iran by the Defence Secretary Roy Mason following a change of government in Britain