Abu Dhabi-Iran median line

This file concerns the Abu Dhabi-Iran median line. It contains arrangements for meetings, correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• The Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi’s interest in the negotiations between Abu Dhabi and Iran over a median line
• The question of whether HMG should encourage the UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to enter into negotiations with Iran on the basis of equidistance between the two shores
• HMG’s concern that the Trucial States Rulers will lose their last significant bargaining card for securing a reasonable median line further down the Gulf if Abu Dhabi concludes an agreement with Iran based on equidistance from the opposite coast
• Iran’s intention to seize Abu Musa and the Tunb Islands after Britain’s withdrawal from the Gulf
• The question of whether the Iranian twelve mile claim round Sirri Island is likely to affect a possible median line between Abu Dhabi and Iran
• Abu Dhabi’s reluctance to use Das Island as a bargaining counter in negotiations with Iran
• Background information on: the Abu Dhabi-Iran boundary dispute; the Abu Dhabi-Dubai boundary dispute; and the seabed proclamations issued by the Trucial States in 1949
• Sheikh Zayed’s willingness to begin negotiations with Iran
• The Abu Dhabi Minister of Petroleum and Industry Dr Nadim Pachachi’s visit to Tehran
• The ratification of the median line agreement between Abu Dhabi and Iran
• Saudi Arabia’s attitude towards the Abu Dhabi-Iranian median line agreement.