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FO 1016/706

Land and sea boundaries, 1960

This file relates to Kuwait's land frontiers and seabed boundaries.
FO 1016/598

Persian Gulf: seabed oil concessions, 1957

This file relates to the seabed oil concessions in the Gulf.
FO 1016/596

Persian Gulf: seabed oil concessions, 1957

This file relates to the seabed oil concessions in the Gulf.
FO 1016/595

Persian Gulf: seabed oil concessions, 1957

This file relates to seabed oil concessions in the Gulf.
FO 371/157009

Political relations with UK, 1961

This file relates to Azzam Pasha's (Abdul Rahman Hasan Azzam) visit to London as an emissary of King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. It contains correspondence concerning the arrangements and records of meetings with British officials including Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home and the Lord Privy Seal. Herbert de Ribbing and Jan van Wijk are also present.
FO 371/148877

Oil in Persian Gulf, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Contract between the Arabian Oil Company Limited of Japan and the Seacat Offshore Drilling Company of the US to drill for oil in the Saudi Arabian-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone beginning next June.
FO 371/140362

Political relations between Saudi Arabia and UK. Code BS file 1051 (papers 6 to 18), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meeting between D M H Riches, Signor Prunas and Signor Riccardi, regarding an article [translation enclosed] in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Bilad about King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's interview with the Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld, and also a report that Kuwait is planning to participate in the next Arab League meeting (6) Note of protest from the Saudi Government to HMG about the setting up of a camp by British authorities in a disputed area, and the text of a reply from HMG, along with related correspondence.
FO 371/109847

Frontier dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: establishment of a neutral zone, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: MacPherson's wish to be consulted before the Saudis are approached on the Neutral Zone boundary question (1) Kuwait-Saudi discussions on the Neutral Zone.
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 371/126973

Ban on oil shipments to Israel, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Oil supplies to Israel, which includes confirmation that King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is to make a statement calling on all Gulf States not to allow their oil to be sent to Israel; a ban on the supply of Kuwait oil to Israel (1-2) Ban on Gulf oil shipments to Israel. It includes enquiries made on the line to take if oil companies request advice on assurances required; confirmation that the Kuwait Oil Company assurance was handed over on 22 April (3-4)