This page is an expanding collection of declassified documents on UK foreign policy. It includes original government files from the National Archives in London and articles by Mark that analyse these declassified files. It also includes a selection of articles (media and academic) revealing new government files. The aim is to build a comprehensive list of the most important declassified British documents and articles.
GENERAL BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY
- Mark Curtis, Britain’s Principal Global Economic Goals
- Foreign Office, British policy towards the United Nations, 1970
- Foreign Office, British policy towards Israel, the Arab states and the US, 1970
- Foreign Office, British Foreign Policy, 1968
- Foreign Office, The British interest in oil, 1967
- Cabinet Office, Main objectives of the UK’s Overseas Policy, 1960
- Cabinet Office, Unilateral nuclear disarmament, 1960
- Cabinet Office, British overseas obligations, 1958
- Foreign Office, What are our essential interests overseas?, 1957
BRITISH GUIANA / GUYANA
Mark Curtis, The intervention in British Guiana, 1953
CHAGOS ISLANDS / DIEGO GARCIA
Mark Curtis, The depopulation of the Chagos Islands, 1965-73
CHILE
Mark Curtis, The Pinochet coup in Chile, 1973
CUBA
Joint Intelligence Committee, Cuban developments and their impact on the Caribbean, 1961
EGYPT
Mark Curtis, Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood: Collaboration during the 1940s and 1950s
INDONESIA
- Mark Curtis, The covert war in Indonesia, 1957-59
- Mark Curtis, The slaughters in Indonesia, 1965
IRAN
Mark Curtis, The coup in Iran, 1953
IRAQ
- Mark Curtis, The massacres in Iraq, 1963
- Mark Curtis, Iraq’s attack on the Kurds, 1963-65
ISRAEL
- Foreign Office, British policy towards Israel, the Arab states and the US, 1970
- Foreign Office, British policy towards the Arab/Israel dispute, 1970
- Joint Intelligence Committee, Israel and the bomb, 1961
KENYA
Mark Curtis, The Mau Mau war in Kenya, 1952-1960
MALAYA / MALAYSIA
Mark Curtis, The war in Malaya, 1948-60
MIDDLE EAST
- Foreign Office, UK support to Gulf rulers, 1969
- Joint Intelligence Committee, The rulers of the Arabian Peninsula, 1958
NIGERIA
Mark Curtis, Nigeria’s war over Biafra, 1967-70
OMAN
- Mark Curtis, The war in Oman, 1957-59
- Foreign Office, Britain’s coup in Oman, 1970
SAUDI ARABIA
- Foreign Office, ‘Leggy blonde’ for Saudi official, 1973
- Foreign Office, Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1969/1971
UGANDA
- Mark Curtis, The rise of Idi Amin in Uganda, 1971-72
- Foreign Office, British support for Idi Amin, 1971
UNITED STATES
- Foreign Office, British policy towards Israel, the Arab states and the US, 1970
- Foreign Office, British policy towards the United States, 1968
VIETNAM
Mark Curtis, The US war in Vietnam, 1961-73
YEMEN
Mark Curtis, The covert war in Yemen, 1962-70