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FO 371/114702

Postal and telecommunications in the Gulf, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to postal and telecommunications in the Gulf, including the proposition of amalgamating postal and telecommunications in Kuwait, streamlining telecommunications between Salalah and Muscat, and merging the telephone and telegraph systems in Qatar.
FO 371/140229

Oil industry in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1535, 1959

This file concerns the oil industry in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 1016/510

Kuwait sea-bed oil concession, 1956

This file relates to the oil rights of Kuwait's seabed.
FO 1016/503

Border dispute between Muscat and Aden, 1956

This file relates to the establishment of a military post in Aden near the frontier with Dhofar and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 1016/658

Boundary limitations of Dhofar, 1958

This file concerns the location of the boundary between Dhofar and the rest of Oman and how this impacts on the oil concessions granted to Cities Service Oil Company Limited and to Petroleum Development (Oman) Limited (PDO).
FO 1016/567

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 1016/555

Administration of Muscat, 1957

This file relates to the internal situation in Muscat and Oman regarding development and administration. It contains correspondence concerning: F C L Chauncy’s enquiries to the government of Zanzibar for possible suggestions on people to fill various posts in Muscat, from agricultural officers to tutors A report on agriculture in Muscat and Oman by the Director of Agriculture in Bahrain Aubrey Van Ollenbach.
FO 1016/432

Muscat and Oman: oil exploration, 1955

This file relates to the oil exploration activities of Petroleum Development (Oman) Limited (PDO) and Cities Service Oil Company in Muscat and Oman.
FO 1016/300

Mr Wendell Phillips: oil interests, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meetings of Dr Wendell Phillips with F C L Chauncy and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur; the condition of Sheikh Marhun's swollen and infected hand Meeting of the US Consul General at Dhahran Max Bishop with the Sultan in Muscat Conversation between the US Consul in Aden and the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Raymond A Hare about a purported oil concession obtained by Phillips from the Sultan; a letter from Douglas D Crary of the University of Michigan to Ambassador R W Bailey on Phillips's peddling of a concession to Sincla
FO 371/132848

Oil concessions and boundaries in Muscat and Oman, 1958

This file relates to oil concessions and boundaries in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/104401

Oil concessions in Fujairah and Muscat. Code EA file 15311, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Desire of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) to enter into agreement with Fujairah on the same lines as the old Ajman agreement (1) Fujairah's keenness to attract an oil company, and the proposal to approach Shell (2) Oil exploration at Dhofar, including interest from the US and IPC (3-4) Oil exploration permits in Fujairah, including: the request of Mr Bird of IPC that he be allowed to pay for a permit in rupees rather than sterling; and Petroleum Concessions Limited's offer of 40,000 rupees over three years (5-6) Agreement for oil ex
FO 371/163060

Oil, 1962

This file relates to oil concessions in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Interest of Cities Service Oil Company and Continental Oil Company in Trucial Coast concessions, especially in Sharjah (1, 4) Need for political agreements between HMG and the companies negotiating concessions with the Rulers of the Trucial States.