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FO 371/104268

Recommendations on HMG policy contained in a report by Sir Roger Makins on the Persian Gulf, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to recommendations on HMG policy contained in a report by Sir Roger Makins on the Gulf regarding oil revenues benefits to the Royal Family in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait. There are also proposals on different fields, such as administration, economic, and financial in the Gulf.
CAB 134/1086

Middle East Oil Committee: Meetings 1-16 (1955); Papers 1-32 (1955-1956); Meeting 1 (1956); Papers 1-3 (1956), 1955 Jan 6-1956 Jan 24

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee’s minutes of meetings from 6 January 1955 to 7 January 1956. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.
POWE 33/1744

Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited: division of sea-bed between Bahrain and Qatar, 1947-1954

This file relates to the division of the seabed between Bahrain and Qatar and the question of the concessions and operations of both the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ).
FO 1016/442

Bahrain movement for representational government, 1955

This file relates to the political movement in Bahrain for representative Government.
FO 1016/587

seabed dispute between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, 1957

This file contains:Plans for talks between the Ruler of Saudi Arabia and the representative of the Ruler of Bahrain, with the aim that they agree to share interests in the Fasht Bu Sa’afa [Abu Sa'afah] area between ARAMCO and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, with any oil found being equally divided‘A Historical Summary of the Negotiations Regarding the Bahrain-Saudi Seabed Boundary’.
FO 1016/114

Territorial claims to Faosi Islands, 1949 Dec 30-1950 Aug 10

This file relates to disputed claims to the islands of Farsi and Arabi between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/109844

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file relates to the dispute over the shoal of Abu Sa'afah between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/109845

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Records of conversations with Colonel Galloway of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) on the latest Saudi Arabian proposals on the demarcation of the Bahrain seabed, which he considered was coming close to a satisfactory agreement (17) Bahrain-Saudi seabed.
FO 371/126931

Claims made by Iran to sovereignty over Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Report from Agence France-Presse that the Shah of Iran is planning to appoint the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa as his imperial representative (19) Failure of the BBC to give publicity to a Foreign Office statement in response to the renewed Iranian claim to Bahrain (20) Proposed statement to be made by the Foreign Secretary in reply to the proclamation by Iran of the administrative annexation of Bahrain, along with comments and suggested amendments (22) Brief regarding the Iranian claim to Bahrain, prepared for t