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FO 371/110173

Middle East Oil, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Reports that a French delegation visited Washington to discuss Middle East oil affairs (1) Information on the Royal Dutch Shell Group relevant to discussions on Persia [Iran] (2) Summary of discussions between the US State Department and the French in December to coordinate views on Middle East oil (4) Iraq Petroleum Company's confidential 'Black Book' of conventions and agreements (5) Details of actions taken on Sir Francis Hopwood's memorandum on Middle East oil of April 1953 (6) Delay in preparing the brief for the next round of
FO 371/126922

Visits by MPs from UK to states in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit of the three MPs D Marshall, W G Glenvil Hall and Roderic Bowen to Kuwait as guests of the Kuwait Oil Company (1) Commander D Marshall's planned visit to Kuwait (2) Planned visit of A P L Barber MP to oil countries, including the Gulf, under the sponsorship of the Iraq Petroleum Company (3) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman's refusal to meet visiting MPs (4) Reports of the meetings between the three MPs J Peyton, W Ross and J T Price, B A B Burrows and the Ruler of Qatar about the situation in the Middle East.
FO 371/120647

Oil concessions in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Reports that Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) are thinking of approaching the Sultan of Muscat about turning their concession into one of the normal 50-50 type of arrangements (1) Proximity of Cities Service's future plans to the Darbat Ali or Habarut border (2) Route that the IPC will use for supply of their operations at Fahud and in the interior of Oman generally. Various possible routes are given and any objections to them.