Arab-Israeli 'Six Day' War: Middle East crisis

This file relates to the aftermath of the 1967 Arab-Israeli 'Six Day' War. It contains:

• A report on the events of the southern part of the Gulf resulting from the conflict, including trouble in Doha, Dubai and Bahrain and the resignation of two Trucial Oman Scouts
• A chronology of the Arab-Israel War, May-June 1967.

This file also contains correspondence concerning:

• Self-criticism of Egyptian failures in Al Ahram
• Kuwaiti opposition to the internationalisation of Jerusalem or its annexation to Israel
• Libya's policy to resume oil exports to friendly countries, liquidate foreign bases and withdraw foreign troops
• The situation in Abu Dhabi, including reference to Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited and Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Limited and consideration of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's position on the Arab stage
• The debate at the UN General Assembly
• Arab criticism of Russia
• The denial of reports that the UK plans to sell aircraft to Israel
• Extracts from a speech by Foreign Secretary George Brown in the House of Commons debate
• A message of thanks from the Foreign Office to UK diplomatic posts for their handling of a difficult situation
• The views of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, who remained neutral
• Middle East talking points, including quotations from President Gamal Abdul Nasser and extracts from Arab newspapers and radio broadcasts
• The Baghdad Conference of Arab ministers of finance and oil and the Arab League Summit in Khartoum, Sudan
• HMG's policy regarding the return of refugees to Israel
• HMG's assessment of the Middle East situation sent to diplomatic posts on 25 August 1967
• An address by President Habib Bourgiba to the recently elected bureau of the Union Generale des Etudiants Tunisie [General Union of Tunisian Students]
• A conversation between Ambassador M C G Man and King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on communism, Israel's occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank and King Hussein Bin Talal's position in Jordan
• A statement by Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshko asserting a willingness to establish peace, but a determination to uphold its interests
• Israel's rejection of the proposals for solving the Arab-Israeli problem put forward by President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia
• Efforts to establish a settlement between Israel and the Arab States
• President Nasser's position in the Arab world
• A speech by Lord President of the Council Richard Crossman
• A draft UK resolution tabled in the UN Security Council.

This file also contains correspondence relating to the possible implications for the other Gulf States as a result of the collapse of the South Arabian Federation and the ousting of the Sultans and other Rulers by nationalist forces.