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FCO 14/967

Air Service Agreements between the United Kingdom and Qatar, 1 January 1972 - 31 December 1972

This file contains correspondence relating to air services agreements between the United Kingdom (UK) and Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. It includes a report prepared by the British Embassy in Beirut about an ambassy representative's visit to Qatar, and a draft text of the agreement between the UK Government and the Government of Qatar for air services between and beyond their respective territories.
BT 245/798

International Air Agreements: Qatar negotiations, 1949-1952

This file contains correspondence relating to negotiations for a civil aviation agreement between the United Kingdom and Qatar. It includes summaries of meetings and a translation of a draft agreement with annexes as well as a copy of the text of a treaty between the UK and Qatar from 1916.
BT 245/795

Qatar: general matters, 1954-1963

This file contains correspondence relating to other matters of the civil aviation agreements between the United Kingdom and Qatar, focusing on the creation of various national airlines in the Gulf States.
FCO 14/591

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meetings, and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FCO 14/590

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1968 Jan 01 to 1969 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meeting summaries, draft agreements and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FCO 8/1309

Interest of Iraq in Persian Gulf, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file relates to Iraqi activity in the Gulf.
FCO 8/2175

Civil aviation in Gulf area, including Concorde trials, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns civil aviation in the Gulf, in particular commercial matters.
FO 1016/266

Bahraini claims to Zubarah, 1953

This file relates to the re-opening of the Zubarah dispute between the Bahrain and Qatar after a Bahrain school excursion to the area, and the defacing of a wall by schoolboys, led to a complaint by the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani that this contradicted the 1950 settlement.
FO 1016/157

Civil aviation, 1950 July

This file relates to civil aviation in Qatar. It contains correspondence concerning: F Bosworth of the Gulf Aviation Company’s request for permission from the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani to operate flights from Doha to Bahrain and Sharjah; and the granting of permission with HMG’s caveat that it doesn’t accept responsibility for the conditions at the airfield in Doha Comments on the need for a civil aviation agreement for Qatar

FO 1016/70

Qatar: air agreement, 1950 Dec 6-1951 Dec 27

This file relates to aviation in Qatar.
FO 1016/60

Qatar air agreement, 1949 Apr 9-1950 Sept 6

This file relates to the negotiation of a civil air agreement for Qatar. It contains correspondence concerning: W R Hay’s worries communicated to B A B Burrows about the lack of an air agreement for Qatar Guidance suggested on the approach A J Wilton should take from his report on the possibility of the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani bringing in advisors from Syria and the influence of the Darwish family over him.
FO 371/105683

Ministry of Civil Aviation Mission to the Persian Gulf; consideration of siting of Kuwait airfield and general problems of Bahrain and Sharjah. Code GA file 105, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Designation of aerodromes in British territories overseas under the Chicago Convention, involving Kuwait and Bahrain (1-2) Restrictions on the use of the Muscat airfield by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Saeed Bin Taimur (3) Proposal by Airwork to operate a freight service to Jebel Ali, a potentially disputed area (4, 6, 12) Arrangements for a Ministry of Civil Aviation mission to the Gulf during April-May 1953 to study conditions and discuss related issues, including: an overview of upcoming Air Ministry plans in the Gulf; briefs on t