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Date(s)
- 1977 Jan 25 - 1996 Dec 12 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Semi-official correspondence, meeting minutes and interview transcripts relating to Arab-Israeli relations, and includes Mayhew's correspondence with Arab leaders in the Middle East and Arab organizations in Europe, travel itineraries and typescript meeting minutes with Arab military and political leaders in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt. Papers also relate to Mayhew's chairmanship of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) and include letters of greeting and support from the Palestine Liberation Organization; draft of typescript letter by Mayhew intended for US President (James Earl) 'Jimmy' Carter, Jr, criticizing US policy in the Middle East, 1978; letter from Mayhew to UK Home Secretary Rt William Steven Ian Whitelaw regarding UK government measures to initiate telephone tapping and Mayhew's allegations that former Prime Minister Rt Hon (James) Harold Wilson had his telephone due to his alleged pro-Arab sympathies, 1980; typescript transcript of interview with Mayhew by the Arabic daily newspaper Al Hayat, in which Mayhew details British involvement in Israel since World War Two and discusses recent allegations that he is anti-Semitic, Apr 1990. Correspondents include His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan, 1952-1999; Mohammed Anwar el-Sadat, President of Egypt, 1970-1981; Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1979-1982; Rt Hon Douglas (Richard) Hurd, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-1983. 1 file.