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FO 1016/706

Land and sea boundaries, 1960

This file relates to Kuwait's land frontiers and seabed boundaries.
FO 1016/480

Repercussions of Israeli attack on Egypt, 1956

The file relates to the Israeli attack on Egypt.
FO 371/109899

Operations of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and officials from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Bapco) regarding the production of oil from a well in the Bahrain seabed area.
FO 371/109845

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Records of conversations with Colonel Galloway of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) on the latest Saudi Arabian proposals on the demarcation of the Bahrain seabed, which he considered was coming close to a satisfactory agreement (17) Bahrain-Saudi seabed.
FO 371/114641

Claims by Persia to Bahrain and Gulf islands of Abu Musa and Tamb: dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over sovereignty over islands in the Neutral Zone, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the British Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows and the Saudi Arabian Government on: the Buraimi arbitration agreement; the sovereignty of islands claimed by Kuwait and the Saudis; the issue of a proclamation regarding the seabed of the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone and the determination of the frontiers of that zone (24) Persian [Iranian] claim to the islands of Bahrain and Abu Musa (25-26) Admiralty's views on the territorial dispute between Iran and Bahrain and its requirement to install temporary radio ai
FO 371/114596

Political relations between Egypt and the Trucial States: unauthorised visit by Colonel Saadat and Egyptian diplomats to Persian Gulf Islamic Conference at Mecca, Gulf rulers discouraged from attending, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Unexpected visit of Anwar Sadat to Doha to inform the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani of the Islamic Conference to be held in Mecca after the pilgrimage (1) Islamic Congress Charter [enclosed] and Britain's desire to discourage Gulf Rulers from sending representatives because of its thinly veiled political aims (2, 4, 8) Rumours that King Saud may present a Convair aircraft to the Ruler of Qatar (3) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's indignation that the Egyptian First Secretary Ali Khashaba 
FO 371/126935

Dispute between Bahrain and Qatar concerning sovereignty over Zubarah, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Developments in the Bahrain-Qatar dispute about Zubarah since B A B Burrows' 1954 despatch and the proposed action by Britain (1) King Saud's offer to mediate.