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CAB 134/2342

Official Committee on the Middle East: Papers: 29-58, 1958 May-Dec

This file contains memoranda for the Official Committee on the Middle East’s minutes of meetings from 21 May 1958 to 19 December 1958.
CAB 134/2340

Official Committee on the Middle East: Papers 37-75, 1957 May-Dec

This file contains memoranda for the Official Committee on the Middle East (OME) from 29 May 1957 to 30 December 1957.
CAB 134/1086

Middle East Oil Committee: Meetings 1-16 (1955); Papers 1-32 (1955-1956); Meeting 1 (1956); Papers 1-3 (1956), 1955 Jan 6-1956 Jan 24

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee’s minutes of meetings from 6 January 1955 to 7 January 1956. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.
CO 727/5

Despatches., 1923

This bound volume of Colonial Office correspondence with the Resident in the Persian at Bushehr and the Foreign Office relates to 'Arabia'.
FO 1016/706

Land and sea boundaries, 1960

This file relates to Kuwait's land frontiers and seabed boundaries.
FO 1016/510

Kuwait sea-bed oil concession, 1956

This file relates to the oil rights of Kuwait's seabed.
FO 1016/720

Status of UK forces, 1961

This file relates to the juridical status of UK forces in Kuwait, who were stationed there as a result of Iraq’s threat to Kuwait’s independence.
FO 1016/716

Redefinition of Anglo-Kuwaiti relations, 1961

This file relates to the negotiations for the redefinition of relations between HMG and Kuwait.
FO 1016/138

Unauthorised use of Kuwait airfield, 1951 Apr 7-Apr 21

This file relates to a dispute between HMG and the Lebanese Government and Middle East Airlines Limited (MEAL) concerning landing rights in Kuwait.
FO 1016/321

Fao date gardens: claim against Ruler of Kuwait, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to:A claim by Qasim Abdul Baqi Al Zuhair on behalf of the heirs of Ali Pasha Al Zuhair against the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Saleem Al Sabah concerning the yield from the latter's date gardens in the tract of land known as Bashiyyah and located in Faddaqiyyah. It includes letters from Al Zuhair to C J Pelly and Sheikh Abdulla, dispatched from BasraThe postponement of the case until July 1954, reported in the Basra Monthly Summary.

FO 1016/516

Fresh water supplies from Iraq and Umm Qasr Agreement, 1956

This file relates to the Shatt Al Arab water scheme, for the supply of water to Kuwait from Iraq.
FO 1016/431

Kuwait Oil Co: relations with ruler and local people, 1955

This file relates to the relations of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited (KOC) with the people of Kuwait.