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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.
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.
FO 1016/214

Agreement with Cable and Wireless Ltd to provide international telephone service, 1952

This file relates to the negotiations between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah in order to provide a telephone service in Kuwait.
FO 371/168687

Internal political situation, 1963

This file relates to the internal political situation of Oman.
FO 371/163012

Political relations: UK, 1962

This file relates to Anglo-Saudi relations.
FO 371/168754

Kuwait investment in Arab countries, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possibility of cooperation between the UN Special Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. It includes extracts from a letter from Philomena Guillebaud of the UN Special Fund (1) Visit of an Algerian delegation to Kuwait and a subsequent announcement of a loan from the Kuwaiti Government to Algeria.
FO 371/148999

Financial situation in Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestion that Kuwait Government investments outside the sterling area should be carried out by the Kuwaiti Investment Board, rather than the Finance Department (95) Suggestion that there should be a Kuwaiti member on the Kuwaiti Investment Board and that the Board's meetings should take place alternately in Kuwait and London (96, 98) Suggestion of van Zeeland that Kuwait should have four reserves: a main state reserve, a currency board reserve, a development reserve and a current budgetary reserve (97) Proposal for the Departmen
FO 371/127004

Visits abroad by Ruler of Kuwait and members of his family, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Fahad Al Salem's world tour and Britain's relations with Kuwait's Ruling Family (1) Sheikh Badir Mohammad Al Sabah's purchase of a pistol from Cogswell & Harrison Limited in London (2) Sheikh Fahad's visit to Baghdad.
FO 371/126911

Political relations between States in Persian Gulf and Jordan, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Egyptian propaganda spread by Jordan nationals in the Gulf and a request that the Jordan Government be approached to prevent people who might be expected to make anti-Hussein propaganda from leaving the country (1) Jordanian extremists in the Gulf and the need for a good conduct certificate before visas are granted (2) Jordan's intention to establish a consulate-general in Kuwait and question whether it is agreeable to HMG. Reasons given as to why Britain oppose this proposal.
FO 371/149177

Precedence and ceremonial for rulers of Persian Gulf States and their families, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Protocols for meeting important figures in the Gulf and visitors from Britain and other countries (1) Enquiry from the College of Arms Trust to the Foreign Office, as to whether it would be appropriate for them to approach the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah as part of a public appeal for funds (2) Table of precedence for Bahrain, with persons ranked according to the number of guns in their respective salutes.
PREM 11/698

Persian Gulf; Trucial sheikdoms; frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia, 1952-1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia and covers: Saudi operations at Buraimi Operations on the Trucial Coast Saudi Arabia Annual Review for 1952 Exchange of letters relating to breaches of the Standstill Agreement and defence measures taken Impending military operations Conversations between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Ruler of Kuwait Letter from J F Dulles expressing concern over the British position Possible consequences of a breach of relations by Saudi Arabia Proposal for the withdrawal of Turki fr