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FCO 8/1620

Withdrawal of British armed forces from Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is about the withdrawal of British military forces from the Gulf, January to August 1971.
FCO 8/958

United Kingdom policy, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to British policy in the Gulf ahead of withdrawal in 1971.
FCO 8/911

Illegal immigration into Trucial States, 1967-1968

This file concerns the flow of migrants from India, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman, Somalia, Ethiopia, Palestine and elsewhere arriving illegally by dhow on the Trucial Coast and efforts to restrict this.
FO 371/185478

Foreign policy, 1966

The file contains correspondence relating to: State visit of King Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to Iran.
FO 371/156762

Internal political situation, 1961

This file relates to the conflict between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur and the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i. It contains correspondence on: The possible resumption of negotiations and discussion of British tactics and policy. It also discusses the idea of Hashim Jawad mediating negotiations and transferring them to Baghdad (42, 47, 53, 57-58) The Irish authorities' request for a copy of the Treaty of Sib [Seeb]. The Foreign Office provide a substantially accurate version published in the New York Times.
FO 371/148930

Political Relations: UK, 1960

This file contains: Extract from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts providing the text of a Voice of the Arabs broadcast concerning British influence on the Gulf Sheikhdoms (1) Cutting from the New York Times: 'British Still Run The Persian Gulf' (2) Correspondence relating to the international relations of the Gulf States.
FO 371/126930

Claims made by Iran to sovereignty over Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Article [not enclosed] written by J B Kelly of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies entitled 'The Persian Claim to Bahrain', and published in International Affairs (1) Conversation with the Military Governor of Tehran General Bakhtiar, who raised the question of the Iranian claim to Bahrain (2) Report of a conversation between the Ambassador to Iran Roger Stevens and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regarding the Iranian claim to Bahrain (3) Summary of reports in the Iranian press about the Iranian claim to Bahrai