Saudi Arabian frontier dispute with Trucial Sheikdoms of Oman coast

This file relates to the Saudi Arabian frontier dispute with the Trucial Sheikhdoms of the Oman Coast and covers correspondence on:

• Offer of arbitration on the dispute and its costs
• Proposal to assist the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur in establishing an armed force in Huqf in relation to oil interests, and the distribution of costs amongst the interested parties for maintaining the army
• Press cuttings on the Buraimi Oasis
• Proposed conditions for arbitration
• British troops in Sharjah
• Arbitration Agreement between HMG (acting on behalf of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sultan Saeed bin Taimur) and the Government of Saudi Arabia
• Fees to be paid to the members of the Arbitration Tribunal and the funds available for their travel costs
• Expedition of oil companies to Muscat
• Proposed loan to the Sultan of Muscat to purchase equipment
• Exchange of letters on supporting the potential threat of the Imam to tribal leaders supporting the Sultan
• Buraimi arbitration meeting at Geneva