Political relations between Persian Gulf States and UK

This file relates to the political and treaty relations between the UK and the Gulf States. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Procedures for extending courtesies to Gulf Rulers in posts in different countries and the subsequent highlighting of difficulties by the British Embassy in Tehran (1)
• The Jordanian attitude to the UK position in the Gulf and its reflection in the wider Arab world (2)
• Draft paper on the UK’s formal relations and list of historical treaties with the Gulf States, particularly:Qatar, Bahrain, the Trucial States and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (3)
• Memorandum by Major W O Little on defence policy in the Arabian Peninsula (4)
• Talk between D A Greenhill and the US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot about increased tension in the Arab world and HMG’s cut in aid to Jordan (5)
• Request from the Foreign Office for copies of letters about the transfer of jurisdiction in Qatar in 1957; and copies of correspondence between C A Gault and the then Acting Ruler of Qatar Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani (6, 8, 13)
• Request from the Political Agency in Dubai that certain documents be printed in relation to uncertainty to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s frontier claims; and various copies of papers (7, 9)
• Lecture given by Dr Mahmud Ali Daud at the Belgrade Institute for International Politics and Economics on ‘the protectorates in the territory of the Arabian Peninsula’ (10)
• Copies of letters from 1953 between the former Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (11)
• Summary of recent events in the Gulf from the Arabian Department up to 3 September 1962 (14)