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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 1016/124

Appointment of Special Police officers, 1950 Jan 3-Nov 5

This file contains correspondence relating to the appointment and/or cancellation of appointment of the following investigation officers and special police officers within the premises of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited and within a peripheral three mile radius: William Mills Thompson Howard J Kavanaugh J H Pratt Edward Thomas Elliot Gordon Edward Stuart Price William Parsons Thomas Robertson William Edge Charles Aubrey Frederick Hawkins T Bishara, Abdul Ghani Mohammad Saddique Lal Khan A L Pinto Naif Abboud C A Burrows Charles Joseph Parton J T Bradley D
FO 371/109908

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

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Mr Southwell of the Kuwait Oil Company Limited (KOC) regarding talks about increases to oil prices between the Governments of Iraq and Saudi Arabia and their respective oil companies (1, 8) Hopes of the KOC to drill a well 15 miles from the not-yet-demarcated border of Kuwait and Iraq, allegations that the Basra Oil Company (BOC) are digging 11 miles from the frontier, and the potential effect of both on the prospect of reaching an agreement (2) Conversation wi
FO 371/109914

Agreement between Saudi Arabian Government and A S Onassis to form tanker company with preferential rights to carry Saudi oil; suggestion for similar privilege company to carry Kuwaiti oil, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle S Onassis to the Kuwaiti Abdulla Ali Riza to form a company and obtain concessions from the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah and Ali Riza's subsequent proposal to potentially form a 'Kuwait tanker company' with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (AIOC) using British tankers (1) Idea of leasing or selling a few tanks to AIOC to prevent a 'harmful' scheme being devised (2) Ali Riza's suggestion that his company might carry 20% of Kuwait oil (3) Discussion of problems ar
FO 371/148911

Internal Political Situation: Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible changes in the reshuffle of positions in the Kuwait Government (15) Increase in membership of the Supreme Council.