Quarantine arrangements in Persian Gulf and Trucial States

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Quarantine arrangements in the Gulf. It includes a request for advice on the legal position of HMG, the local Government and the State Medical Officer, if a shipping company takes legal action because its ship is detained under quarantine. An international claim could be made to recover damages for loss by detention (1-2)
• Statement in reply to a query from Bahrain that it is a major principle of modern health control that ships should not be delayed while measures are being taken (2)
• Quarantine measures in Qatar enclosing a proposal that the Government of Qatar should take over quarantine work carried out by the oil company (3)