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FO 371/114879

Dispute over frontiers between Saudi Arabia and Aden Colony and Protectorate and other Persian Gulf States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Colonial Office views on the question to be put to the Governor of Aden T Hickinbotham (1) US State Department asking ARAMCO not to enter the Mugshin area (2-3) Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's visit to Shisar [Shishr] and Mugshin (4) Possibility that Saudi Arabia is using the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) to further its claims against Muscat and Aden (5) A Saudi aide memoire which complains of trespassing by oil companies in areas disputed with Muscat and Aden (6) Reports that Turki Bin Ataishan has collected 1
FO 371/98833

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 95 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Flight of an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) Dakota aircraft over the Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) camp site at Murban (95) History of the dispute, the Saudi and American attitude, possible future action and recommendations for solutions (97-98) RAF to regard the 1935 boundary with the 1937 adjustment as the boundary of undisputed Saudi territory (99) Buckmaster's report on his visit to the Liwa Oasis (96, 100, 112) Iraq Petroleum Company and the Saudi frontier dispute (101) Saudi frontier negotiations (102, 103, 114-122)

FO 371/82691

ARAMCO's activities in Saudi Arabia. Code ES file 1532 (papers 1 to 23), 1950

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Arabian American Oil Company's (ARAMCO) desire to sell oil for sterling and pay royalties in sterling (1) ARAMCO’s oil production figures for 1949 (2) Extracts from ARAMCO's report to the Saudi Arabian Government for 1948 (3) Revised royalty agreement between the Saudi Arabian Government and ARAMCO (4) Oil construction work, including a copy of a letter from the Jeddah Commercial Secretariat to the Kuwait Agency respecting a rumoured contract from American Tapline and ARAMCO to the British firm Wimpey (5) The American use