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FCO 8/95

Propaganda from Cairo Radio, 1967-1968

This file relates to broadcasts transmitted from Cairo and elsewhere.
FO 1016/566

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 371/157031

Claims by Iran to Tunb Island in Persian Gulf, 1961

This relates to a potential Iranian incursion on Tunb Island. It contains correspondence relating to: The landing of an Iranian helicopter 18 May 1961, and a memorandum on the status of Tunb, also including the islands of Sirri and Bu Musa [Abu Musa].
FO 371/132546

Political relations between countries of Arabia and UK, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Article carried by Reuters [enclosed] stating that the Foreign Office is rethinking its Middle East policy, and claiming that officials think that the existing agreements between the UK and local rulers in the Gulf are out of date (16) Extract from BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, containing a summary of a Middle East News Association report, in which the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi stated that no Union of Arab Emirates could be realised unless it emanated from the Arab people, and that any efforts to link such a unio
FO 371/114640

Claims by Persia to Bahrain and Gulf islands of Abu Musa and Tamb: dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over sovereignty over islands in the Neutral Zone, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Jordanian opposition and the reaction of the Arab League to Persia's [Iran] claim to the islands of Bahrain, Tamb [Greater Tunb], Little Tamb [Lesser Tunb] and Abu Musa (1-3) Egyptian opposition to Iran's claim (4) Cairo meeting of Arab Prime Ministers to tackle Iraq's affiliation with the Baghdad Pact.
FO 371/132535

Internal political situation in Trucial States, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: D F Hawley's opinion in favour of a Trucial States Federation to ensure they survive. Hawley proposes carefully sounding the Rulers out and encouraging Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Sharjah to go ahead with the development of his ideas.