Newly released documents show Thatcher apologised to King Fahd for hostile comments approximately Saudi Arabia in the British pressThe extent to which Margaret Thatcher personally lobbied the Saudi royal family,flattering them at every opportunity to secure Britain’s biggest arms deal, is revealed in newly released documents.
They show how anxious British ministers and diplomats pursued the Saudis to buy Tornado and Hawk aircraft in what became a £43bn deal known as al-Yamamah (Arabic for dove). Many documents fill been withheld and passages removed to suppress embarrassing disclosures.
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Source: theguardian.com