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1985 Oct 1 - 1986 May 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1851
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East) (Part 14)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret - Cab One
Page count: 335
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86 Feb 17 Mo Major Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 54 to FCO (1400Z) ("Arab/Israel: the Peace Process") [analysis of latest Israeli thinking] [released Jul 2016]
86 Feb 20 Th Major Middle East: UKE Amman telegram 93 to FCO (0825Z) ("Arab/Israel: King Hussein's Speech") [report on speech about breakdown in Jordan/PLO negotiations] [released Jul 2016]
86 Feb 23 Su Major Middle East: UKE Amman telegram 95 to FCO (0830Z) ("Call on King Hussein: Arab-Israel") [Ambassador Coles, King Hussein: record of conversation: breakdown in Jordan/PLO negotiations; alternative representation for Palestinians; Syria's reaction; Egypt; EC country proposals] [released Jul 2016]
86 Feb 24 Mo Major Middle East: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Discussion on Arab/Israel by Foreign Ministers of the Twelve on 25 February") [options for response to breakdown in PLO/Jordan talks] [released Jul 2016]
86 Feb 25 Tu Major Middle East: British Consulate General Jerusalem telegram 48 to FCO (1330Z) ("Reactions to King Hussein's Speech") ["Far from undermining support for Arafat, the speech seems to be solidifying it"] [released Jul 2016]
86 Mar 5 We Major Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 71 to FCO (1300Z) ("Arab/Israel: After the Assassination of Masri") [analysis of Israeli government's reaction] [released Jul 2016]
86 Mar 9 Su Major Middle East: UKE Amman telegram 123 to FCO (1145Z) ("Arab/Israel: Call on Jordanian Prime Minister") [Ambassador Coles, Zaid Rifai: record of conversation: Jordan's relationship with PLO/Arafat] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 7 Mo Major Middle East: Shultz letter to MT (Regional Development Fund for the Middle East) [proposal, following Peres visit to Washington, aiming for "an improved climate for peace"] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 8 Tu Major Middle East: UKDEL IMF telegram to FCO ("US Proposal for a Development Fund for the Middle East") [record of conversations: Lawson, James Baker; Tickell, McPherson] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 16 We Major Middle East: Prime Minister Peres letter to MT (Middle East Economic Development Program and the peace process) [detailed proposal] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 22 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1024 to FCO (0032Z) ("UN Presence on the West Bank") ["State Department have strong reservations about Rifai's proposal"; details] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 24 Th Major Middle East: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Regional Development Fund for the Middle East) [draft Howe reply to Shultz pouring cold water on Peres proposal] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 26 Sa Major Middle East: Secretary General of the League of Arab States letter to MT (Regional Development Fund for the Middle East, ongoing conflicts in the region, and the peace process) [dismisses Peres' proposal for Fund; outlines concerns; expresses hope that forthcoming G7 summit will lead to peace initiative] [released Jul 2016]
86 Apr 29 Tu Major Middle East: Howe minute to MT ("Arab/Israel: Strategy for the Rest of 1986") [cover minute/paper outlining proposals & request for meeting to discuss with MT in advance of her trip to Far East] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 2 Fr Major Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 153 to FCO (1330Z) ("Rabin's Views on the Peace Process") [Squire, Urwick, Rabin: record of conversation] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 4 Su Major Middle East: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Shultz) ["Secretary of State's Bilateral with Mr Shultz: Middle East": Peres' regional development proposal] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 6 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Tokyo telegram 531 to FCO (1215Z) ("Arab/Israel: Peres' Marshall Plan") [record of conversations: Howe, Shultz, 4 May; Foreign Ministers lunch, 6 May] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 7 We Major Middle East: MT letter to Prime Minister Peres (Middle East regional development fund and the peace process) [MT plays down idea of the Fund, looks forward to discussing the peace process during her imminent visit to Israel] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 13 Tu Major Middle East: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 185 to FCO (0800Z) ("Arab/Israel: Next Steps") ["the need to harness European concern... to constructive purposes... a possible interim EC initiative during the British Presidency to develop a separate economic identity for Gaza"; details] [released Jul 2016]
86 May 15 Th Major Middle East: MT letter to Secretary General of the Arab League (the peace process, economic development, and tackling terrorism in the Middle East) [thoughts following recent meeting with UN Secretary General and anti-terrorism measures agreed at Tokyo Economic Summit] [released Jul 2016]