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ADM 53/17287

ARGONAUT, 3 September 1903 - 16 February 1904

This file is a ship's log for HMS Argonaut. It contains the physcial specifications of the ship, its condition, directions for the Captain and a detailed log of its travels from Thursday 3 September 1903 to Tuesday 16 February 1904.
FCO 14/591

Visit of the Ruler of Dubai and aviation law in the Persian Gulf, 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, including but not limited to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait. It contains reports, meetings, and summaries of visits of British officials to the Gulf and the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military

FO 371/163012

Political relations: UK, 1962

This file relates to Anglo-Saudi relations.
FO 371/126991

Visits of historians and writers from UK resulting in publications on Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains: 'A Report on public relations presented to the Bahrain Government by William Buchan, consultant in public relations, 13 December 1956' (1) Request for permission for Senior Research Officer of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of Oxford J B Kelly who is writing a history of British policy in the Gulf, to examine the records of the old Gulf Residency at Bushire [Bushehr], which are now held in Bahrain.
FO 371/168688

Internal political situation, 1963

This file contains: A report of a storm that has caused heavy damage in Muscat (21) A report of a discussion with the Ruler of Kuwait regarding the possibility of HMG receiving an Emissary from the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i (22) Correspondence regarding press reports in Jedda [Jeddah] of incidents in Oman, and whether to approach the Saudi Arabian Government about this and about the Omani rebel question in general (23, 38) A letter from the Consul General in Muscat J F S Phillips reporting four recent incidents in Salala [Salalah].
PREM 11/698

Persian Gulf; Trucial sheikdoms; frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia, 1952-1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the frontier dispute with Saudi Arabia and covers: Saudi operations at Buraimi Operations on the Trucial Coast Saudi Arabia Annual Review for 1952 Exchange of letters relating to breaches of the Standstill Agreement and defence measures taken Impending military operations Conversations between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Ruler of Kuwait Letter from J F Dulles expressing concern over the British position Possible consequences of a breach of relations by Saudi Arabia Proposal for the withdrawal of Turki fr