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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.
POWE 33/1744

Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited: division of sea-bed between Bahrain and Qatar, 1947-1954

This file relates to the division of the seabed between Bahrain and Qatar and the question of the concessions and operations of both the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ).
FO 371/109844

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file relates to the dispute over the shoal of Abu Sa'afah between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/120594

Boundary of Gwadur and sea bed frontier between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows' views on the Gwadur [Gwadar] boundary question and discussions between the Pakistani Prime Minister and High Commissioner in Pakistan (1) 1862 despatch [enclosed] which defined the coastal limits of Gwadar at that time (2) Bahrain seabed frontier with Saudi Arabia. The Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa asked for HMG assistance. King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud says he will be happy to settle this only after a Buraimi solution (3-4)