Saudi Arabian frontier negotiations with the Persian Gulf States; involvement of the oil companies in the negotiations; appointment of survey parties; question of Buraimi oasis. Code ES file 1081 (papers 1 to 24)

This file contains correspondence on:

• Saudi Arabian boundary negotiations, including a note prepared by C J Pelly on 13 December 1950 (1)
• Frontier Commissioner's comments on the arrangements discussed in Jeddah (2)
• Mr Scott Fox's visit to Bahrain for the purpose of providing an opportunity for discussing arrangements for a commission (3)
• Yusef Yasin's suggestion for settling the terms of reference of the commission with Mr Trott (4)
• Yusef Yasin's statement that he has sound proof of Saudi Arabian claims in relation to the frontier negotiations (6)
• State Department's views on the oil companies' influences on negotiations (7)
• Woods-Ballard's failure to obtain the names of Sheikhs who recognise Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Nuaimi as Tamimah of the Na'im (8)
• Information obtained from the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan during Michell's recent visit to Abu Dhabi (9)
• G W Furlonge's proposed interview with Sheikh Hafiz (10)
• Confirmation from Bahrain that a seismic survey is to start in February (11)
• Index of papers outlining the Foreign Office policy regarding oil surveying in the Abu Dhabi area (12)
• Summary of this year's oil survey programmes in the Abu Dhabi area (13)
• Memorandum on the setting up of the Qatar/Trucial States-Saudi Frontier Fact Finding Commission by Pelly and Scott Fox (14)
• Comments on Yusef Yasin's statement of Saudi territorial claims (15)
• Suggestion for a survey to be deferred until Furlonge visits Riyadh (16)
• Further view on seismic surveys in the Abu Dhabi area (17)
• Hay's comments on Pelly and Scott Fox's memo regarding the setting up of a Fact Finding Commission (18)
• Saudi Arabia's general agreement to the proposal for the Fact Finding Commission (19)
• Further comments on the Saudi acceptance of proposals for the Fact Finding Commission (20)
• Frontier negotiations, to include Foreign Office Research Department (FORD) notes on Ibn Saud's statement that letters exchanged between HMG and his predecessors made clear his rights (21)
• Letter from Pelly to Hay on maps for the frontier commission (22)
• State Department's information on the American Arabian Oil Company's (ARAMCO) attitude to the frontier commission (23)