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FCO 8/1956

Visits by UK Ministers to Persian Gulf, 1973 Jan 01 - 1974 Jan 11

This file contains correspondence relating to proposed commercial and political visits by British ministers.

FCO 8/1597

Claims of Iran to disputed islands in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part of a sequence of files relating to Iran's claim to the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, and to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, in the Strait of Hormuz.

FCO 8/677

UK commitment to 1970/1971, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence concerning: Minutes of the 62nd meeting of the Planning Committee on defence expenditure studies for the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), relating to Cyprus, the Gulf, Sharjah and Kuwait Paper on 'The Kuwait Commitment in the Period to 1970-71' to be circulated at the meeting Telegram from Ambassador G N Jackson to M S Weir on the Kuwait commitment Letter from Jackson to T F Brenchley on HMG's commitment to the defence of Kuwait, including views of the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, Prime Minister Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah and Minist

FO 1016/910

Territorial issues relating to the Persian Gulf Islands (Abu Musa and the Tunbs), 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns the disputed Abu Musa and Tunb Islands (which are held by Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah respectively but claimed by Iran) and attempts to reach a settlement on this dispute before the imminent British military withdrawal from the Gulf.

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