Proposed common currency for Persian Gulf states

FO 371/179765 1965
Description

This file relates to the proposed common currency for the Gulf states. It contains correspondence concerning:

  • Programme for the visit to London of representatives of the states participating in the currency agreement: Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain (75)
  • Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's ordinance relating to the currency agreement issued on 10 July and a decree about counterfeiting (76)
  • Decrees issued by the Qatar Government relating to: (a) approving the currency agreement; (b) the crime of counterfeiting; (c) provision for the issue of the currency (78)
  • Legislative aspects of the Gulf currency agreement (81)
  • Iran's objection to the title of the currency agreement and the name of the authority and the currency unit; and discussions concerning the change of title (82-83, 85, 87-88, 91, 94-95, 97-98, 100)
  • Draft amending agreement for the participating states to consider (86)
  • Instruction on action to be taken in connection with the illegal declaration of independence in Rhodesia (96)