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FO 94/3091

Kuwait. Ratification: Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression on Unlawful Acts against the safety of Civil Aviation. Montreal, 23 September 1971, 9 March 1988

This file contains English and Arabic copies of the Instrument of Ratification by Kuwait to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation.
FCO 8/657

UK military assistance and termination of military agreement, 1967-1968

This file relates to the defence of Kuwait, and the termination of the Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1961.
FCO 8/677

UK commitment to 1970/1971, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence concerning: Minutes of the 62nd meeting of the Planning Committee on defence expenditure studies for the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), relating to Cyprus, the Gulf, Sharjah and Kuwait Paper on 'The Kuwait Commitment in the Period to 1970-71' to be circulated at the meeting Telegram from Ambassador G N Jackson to M S Weir on the Kuwait commitment Letter from Jackson to T F Brenchley on HMG's commitment to the defence of Kuwait, including views of the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, Prime Minister Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah and Minist
FO 371/163037

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible contribution of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), the future of HMG control over the scheme and development of the Trucial States (61) Press release on the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and consultant engineering firms Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners, covering all aspects of development; and the operation of Halcrow and Scott Wilson as Abu Dhabi Consultants (62, 78)

FO 371/185199

Military relations between UK and Persian Gulf sheikdoms, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to:The liability for compensation of any damage to the property of British servicemen in Kuwait (65)The ratification of agreements on water supply and the airport with the Ruler of Sharjah, and the suitability of the site for the headquarters of the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) (66)The manpower ceilings for British forces in the Gulf after redeployment from Aden, including a summary of press reports from Al Balad and Al Jumhuriyah in Baghdad (67)The redeployment of a second F/GA squadron and HMG's commitments to Kuwait (68)The agreement on increased land
FO 371/168777

Oil, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Kuwaiti Oil Affairs Department's monthly statements of oil production, refining and export for August-November 1963 (41) Decision of the Government of Kuwait to carry out a full survey of its oil reserves (42) Conversation between R S Crawford and Managing Director of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) D E C Steel on KOC negotiations with the Government of Kuwait (43) Request for information about a projected oil deal between India and Kuwait; the Indian Government's proposal to conclude a long-term contract with the Kuwait National Petroleu
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 371/168757

Banking and credit, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Saudi Arabian Riyadh Bank and the Kuwaiti Gulf Bank Company opening branches at Ras Al Khafji (1) Opening of the new National Bank of Kuwait. The new buildings and public interest aroused symbolise the change taking place in Kuwait's economic trend and outlook (2) English and Arabic texts of Law No 40 (amended) establishing Kuwait Credit Bank.