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General Arab related publications including on rural development and agriculture, economic research and Arab-British Chamber of Commerce publications, 1959-1984.

International information including conventions and standards, financial statistics, working papers on international migration and employment and the International Monetary Fund, 1977-1990.

Supporting papers relating to the Menas Ltd study of the Saudi Arabia-Yemen boundary dispute, mainly copies of original documents from the India Office, 1991-1992.

International statistical indexes on the economies and natural resources of various countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean mainly derived from Economist International Economic Appraisal Service forecasts, including Sulphur trends (1974-1975) and The militarization of Africa (1986).

Notes for various Menas publications on the Middle East, International Court of Justice arbitration proceedings and other studies, including correspondence relating to research on the Khemco and Phillips oil cases, with background articles, court transcripts, cost analyses and other supporting material, 1985-1986; on Malta and Libya, 1986; copies of articles by the academics John Anthony Allan, Edward Sheehan and Samir Khalaf on Libya, Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East, 1979-1980; typescript reports on oil and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 1970-1988.

Material used by Menas publications on the economy, armed forces and currency of Morocco, notably statistics on tax and income and a copy of a paper by Edward McKinney of the USAF entitled ‘Arms for Morocco: President Carter, Arms Restraint and Foreign Policy’ (Naval Postgraduate School, 1984).

Various typescript and printed bibliographies, including on uranium in North Africa, the World Employment Programme, 1980, International Court of Justice bibliography, 1979-1980, Afghanistan, [1980]. With copies of library card index cards on Africa.

Case reports of the Libya/Tunisia boundary dispute with expert opinions, 1986.

Copies of international treaties used in Menas research, including French relating to Morocco, 1761-1778, and international maritime legislation in the Mediterranean, 1974-1985.

Copies of manuscripts relating to the water resources of Israel and Jordan, used in writing a Menas report in 1983, notably including US National Archives memoranda, minutes, technical reports, statistics, briefing papers derived from the Eric Johnson mission to the Middle East, 1949-1959; papers on Jordan’s western boundary and water rights from Public Record Office Colonial Office and Foreign Office files, in particular FO406, 1921-1949.

Copies of manuscripts relating to the territorial integrity of Malta, mainly derived from the Public Record Office, Kew, and the archives of the Knights of St John in Malta, including copies of documents on Malta from the Archives of the Knights of St John and Archivo di stato Venezia, 1728-1776 (Italian); Copies of documents from the Public Record Office, Kew, including minutes, memoranda, War Cabinet minutes and other papers on Malta, [1900-1950], notably British Foreign Office memoranda and correspondence on Italian North Africa, 1913; Menas Ltd publication of press cuttings from the Times of Malta entitled Searches in the files of the Times of Malta, edited by William Whittaker and George Joffé, 1982.

Copies of documents relating to Libyan border disputes for a Menas study on the subject, including Public Record Office, Kew, Foreign Office papers, notably, FO146 and FO371 on French plans for the future of Libya, the frontiers of former Italian colonies, with maps, and US Department of State documents on Libya and the United Arab Republic, 1883-1978; a copy of British military administration of occupied territories in Africa during the years 1941-1947 (HMSO, London, 1948) by Francis James Rennell Rodd, 2 Baron Rennell of Rodd.

Copies of papers used in Menas research on the Saudi Arabia-Yemen territorial dispute, mainly comprising reports on surveys of archives including the Public Record Office, India Office and the Ottoman Archives, Istanbul, [1890-1940]; copies of The Geographical Journal relevant to the Arabian peninsula, 1914-1938.

Copies of documents relating to Iraq-Kuwait and Iraq-Iran border relationship, all from British public archives, mainly the Public Record Office, Kew, including Foreign Office FO371 papers, 1909-1956.

Correspondence between George Joffé and newspaper publishers concerning submissions by Joffé, 1978-1987; correspondence with consultants in the oil industry and experts employed to provide advice and guidance on accounting standards in determining the outcome of international legal and arbitration proceedings, carried out under the auspices of Menas Ltd, a consultancy company, 1984-1986.

Manuscript and typescript newspaper articles by Joffé and draft seminar papers for talks delivered to the African History seminar at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, all on Morocco and its neighbours, with typescript notes on balance of payments, trade, public finances and the role or privatisation, 1976-1989.

Economist Intelligence Unit: International Economic Appraisal Service Forecast Reports, comprising booklets of economic trends in Algeria, 1986-1987, Egypt, 1986-1988, Morocco, 1985-1987, Saudi Arabia, 1987, Thailand, 1988, Tunisia, 1986-1987, Turkey, 1987-1988, World Perspectives, 1988.

Economist Intelligence Unit publications, Risk Assessments, a series of analyses of economic indicators and statistics published quarterly with annual supplements describing a number of countries, some of which are bundled together in the same volume, 1985-1989

Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Risk Forecasting Service, comprising mainly economic statistics and trends on Algeria, 1988-1989, Chile, 1988, Egypt, 1988-1989, Indonesia, 1988-1989, Saudi Arabia, 1989, Taiwan, 1988, Thailand, 1988, Turkey, 1988, World Perspectives, 1988.