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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 371/109844

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

This file relates to the dispute over the shoal of Abu Sa'afah between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/148961

Buraimi dispute between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, 1960

This file relates to the Buraimi dispute. It includes correspondence concerning: Azzam Pasha's discussions with King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia regarding the Anglo-Saudi dispute (2) Report that Azzam Pasha is going to New York to resume talks on Buraimi (3) Arbitration Agreement of 1954 and the safe deposit of the Buraimi Arbitration Tribunal account at the Union Bank of Switzerland.
FO 371/156979

Delimitation of frontier between Qatar and Abu Dhabi, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Gault-Anderson Report on the boundaries between Qatar and Abu Dhabi (17) Miscellaneous papers from the Gault-Anderson Mission and the Island of Halul.
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 371/109903

The rights of oil companies, IPC and AIOC in concession areas in regions of frontier disputes, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Record of a meeting with Mr Stockwell of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), Mr Page of Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and Mr Kay of the Ministry of Fuel and Power.
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 371/109845

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.