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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.
FCO 8/557

Bahrain airport, 1967

This file concerns Bahrain International Airport at Muharraq.
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.
AVIA 2/1902

ROUTES AND SERVICES: Foreign (Code 27/2): Arabian coast route- Bahrain landing ground, 1932-1936

This file concerns the development of air and naval facilities in Bahrain.
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).
FCO 8/1977

Oil affairs in Bahrain, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file contains detailed descriptions of most editions of Al Adwhaa' from 8 February to 19 July 1973, written on the headed paper of Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.
FCO 8/1827

Oil affairs in Bahrain, 1972 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31

This file concerns oil concessions around the maritime boundary between Bahrain and Qatar. It contains correspondence relating to: Translations of Al Adhwaa' Weekly Nos.
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.