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FO 371/156695

Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper by the Chairman of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN) E J Pakes on 'Sea Communications within the Persian Gulf and between India and the Persian Gulf' (1) Request for information on traffic in explosives and dangers to shipping in the Gulf.
FO 371/162813

Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Recent bomb explosions in Dubai and the security concerns of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN) (3) Damage claims made following the explosion in and loss of the ship Dara in April 1961, and information about an explosion on Daressa and one of the suspects (7) Explosion in the BISN steamer Dwhova between Dubai and Muscat (8) Explosion on the Dwarka and the question of whether BISN should change the itinerary of their ships, so that no ship would call both at Dubai and Muscat on the same voyage and wheth
FO 371/156696

Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains: Press cutting of an article from the Financial Times on the rise in Gulf cargo rates (8) Correspondence regarding proposals made by British India Steam Navigation Company Limited for improving security precautions for ships at Gulf ports (10) Correspondence from British India Steam Navigation Company Limited regarding pre-embarkation searches, with the suggestion that this matter might be mentioned to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (12) Report from Gray Mackenzie & Company Limited, regarding new safety precautions they have introduced