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FCO 8/1274

Medal for Trucial Oman Scouts, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file relates to a medal for the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It contains correspondence concerning:Proposals for an award to be called the Good Service in the Arabian Gulf Medal, including a drawing, to be awarded to Arabs of any rank who have served eight years in the TOS or the Abu Dhabi Defence Force. It includes discussion of: the need for the medal to boost morale; the need for possible approval from the Rulers; whether it should be awarded solely to Arabs; and the agreed rules for a Trucial Oman Scouts Loyalty Medal.
FO 464/50

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-1964; volume 1, chapters 1-6, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Jan 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-64'.
FO 464/47

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953, 1953 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953'.
DEFE 24/538

Middle East: Trucial Oman Scouts; arrangements leading to formation of Union Defence Force, 1970-1971

This file contains the Defence Secretariat papers concerning security arrangements for the Trucial States as the British military withdrawal from the Gulf approaches and the UAE is born.
FCO 8/1540

Control of entry into Trucial States, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns immigration and residency matters.
FCO 8/2364

United Arab Emirates: Union Defence Force (UDF), 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the Union Defence Force (UDF) of the UAE.
DEFE 6/34

Reports 1-45. (Described at item level), 1956 Jan 2 - July 20

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee Joint Planning Staff papers from 2 January 1956 to 17 February 1956.
FCO 8/1562

Formation of United Arab Emirates, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part 'L' in a sequence relating to the Union of Arab Emirates and an agreement in principle to establish the United Arab Emirate (UAE) reached by six Rulers.
FCO 8/1261

Police budgets, 1968 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns budgetary matters for the internal security forces in the Trucial States. It includes budget estimates for the Special Branch of the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS), Dubai Special Branch, Northern Trucial States Special Branch, Sharjah Police and Ras Al Khaimah Police for the years 1968-69 and 1969-70; detailing expenditure on personnel, quarters, vehicles and payments and rewards for intelligence.

FCO 8/1272

Immigration control, 1968 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns clandestine immigration, particularly from Yemen and South Yemen, to the Trucial States; and debates around policy and legislation to counter this.
FCO 8/1609

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. It contains correspondence and memoranda from November-December 1971 concerning a settlement for Abu Musa between the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, allowing for the Iranian occupation of the islands.
FCO 8/1259

Retrocession of jurisdiction, 1968 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains: Abu Dhabi Law of Penalties, 1967 Abu Dhabi Law of Criminal Procedure Trucial States Transfer of Jurisdiction Regulation, 1969 This file also contains correspondence relating to: Transfer of jurisdiction over certain classes of foreigners to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Retrocession of jurisdiction in Abu Dhabi and the question of exemptions for the Trucial Oman Scouts, servants of HMG and British forces Jurisdiction over South Yemenis Retrocession of jurisdiction over traffic offences in Sharjah Retrocession of jurisdiction under the air navigati