Middle East: security threat to the Persian Gulf; intelligence reports

This file concerns calculations of the security threat to the Gulf. It contains correspondence on:

• The question of whether the Consulate General at Basra should be reopened
• An assessment of the security threat on Masirah Island, including an aerial photograph of British interests on the island
• The record of a meeting, held on 12 December 1967, of the Counter Subversion Committee of the Working Group on the Gulf
• Extracts from Joint Intelligence Committee meeting reports regarding the preparation of a report on Britain's involvement in the Gulf, and on the situation in Buraimi
• A paper on 'the threat to Bahrain', including a map of Bahrain showing the location of British bases and of oil and gas installations
• A paper on 'subversive activity in the Gulf', along with comments and proposed amendments
• The need for an assessment of the potential military value of the Tunb and Abu Musa Islands both to Iran and the Arab Gulf States
• The commissioning of papers on developments affecting British interests in the Far East and in the Gulf.