Negotiations between Sultan of Muscat and Pakistan concerning Gwadur oil rights

This file relates to negotiations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and Pakistan over the lease of Gwadur [Gwadar]. It contains correspondence on:

• Preparation of an aide memoire, with particular reference to the percentage of oil revenues that the Sultan would be entitled to (1)
• Summary of negotiations with Pakistan on the terms of the lease (2)
• Discussions with the Sultan on Pakistan's offer (3-5, 6-7)
• Update sent to the High Commissioner in Pakistan, on the progress made in discussions with the Sultan (6)
• Approach from Pakistan to the Sultan for a reply to their offer (8)
• Draft brief on Gwadar for the UK delegation to the Baghdad Pact council meeting in Karachi in June 1957 (9)
• Meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy. It also contains an agreed paper on 'Measures to ensure continued access to Middle East petroleum resources', prepared for the Anglo-American talks on the Middle East (10-12)
• Discussions with the Pakistan Minister for Foreign Affairs Feroz Khan Noon and Suhrawardy, and the need to ensure Pakistani support for the Sultan during the uprising in Oman, despite the Gwadar question being still unresolved (13)
• Press campaign in Pakistan regarding the claim to Gwadar, and the need to find a settlement soon (14-15)
• Need to place greater pressure on the Sultan to agree to a settlement with Pakistan (16)