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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 1016/510

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 1016/237

Fao date gardens owned by Ruler of Kuwait, 1953

This file relates to the ongoing legal dispute over the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's date garden at Fao [Al Faw], Iraq. It has previously been heard at the Court of Cassation, which effectively deprived the Al Sabah family of these lands and is awaiting a hearing at the Basra Court of Appeal.
FO 1016/365

Iraq-Kuwait Trade Agreement, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Draft agreement for the regulation of trade between Kuwait and Iraq, with HMG acting on behalf of the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah.
FO 371/109909

Request by Ruler of Kuwait for revision of basis of calculation of Kuwait Oil Company's revenue payments to him, 1954

This file concerns a request from the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Saleem Al Sabah for a change in the basis of oil revenue payments.