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FCO 8/739

Defence sales, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Transportation of 25,000 rounds of 7.62 calibre ammunition from Gdynia, Poland to Doha Order for military supplies placed from Qatar and the involvement of Ghassan Farha Negotiations between Westland Helicopters Limited, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani and Mohammad Mahdi Cochrane over the sale of Whirlwind helicopters Sale by Tennant Trading Limited of 20,000 rounds of 9 mm ball ammunition to Qatar Enquiry from Qatar for the purchase of 200 cartridges of 25 pounder blank ammunition Purchase of a consignment of hunting rifles and

FO 371/168857

Supply of arms, 1963

This file relates to the supply of arms and ammunition to Qatar and British concern about over-militarisation.
FO 371/126983

Police forces in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Muscat and Oman: Trucial Oman Scouts, 1957

This file concerns the police forces in the Gulf. It contains correspondence relating to: Plans for the expansion of the Dubai Police Force.
FO 371/109875

Control of Arms and ammunition in Qatar, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: G M Hancock persuading the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani for the need for arms control and registration. He has produced a draft on the lines of the Bahrain Arms Ordinance (1) Arms control in Qatar and Lebanon. It explains the Lebanese law regarding the manufacture, import and export of arms and ammunition, which means that, in theory, no arms can be exported from Lebanon to Qatar except to the Qatar Government or a firm approved by them; but in fact the Lebanese appear unable to control illegal arms traffic.