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FO 371/149053

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).
FO 371/114884

Dispute over frontiers between Saudi Arabia and Aden Colony and Protectorate and other Persian Gulf States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Protest by Saudi Arabia at Aden authorities driving out an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) party (119) Deportation of Saudi guards from the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut and the possibility of Saudi reprisals (120-121, 126) Problem of maintaining and retrieving ARAMCO equipment left behind in the Aden Protectorate and the involvement of the US State Department (122-125, 127, 129-130, 132-133, 141) Foreign Office request that the US advise ARAMCO officially of the frontier line of Oman and the Aden Protectorate (128) Request for P
FO 371/98833

Negotiations between the UK and Saudi Arabia on frontier questions. Code ES file 1081 (papers 95 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Flight of an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) Dakota aircraft over the Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) camp site at Murban (95) History of the dispute, the Saudi and American attitude, possible future action and recommendations for solutions (97-98) RAF to regard the 1935 boundary with the 1937 adjustment as the boundary of undisputed Saudi territory (99) Buckmaster's report on his visit to the Liwa Oasis (96, 100, 112) Iraq Petroleum Company and the Saudi frontier dispute (101) Saudi frontier negotiations (102, 103, 114-122)

FO 1016/481

Local Defence Committee (Persian Gulf): minutes of meetings 2-23, 1956

This file relates to the Persian Gulf Local Defence Committee and covers: Trucial Oman Levies and Liwa Retention of troops in the Trucial States Air reconnaissance of the Abu Dhabi frontier Bahrain Internal Security Scheme and Brigadier Baird's visit to Kuwait Demonstrations in Bahrain on 2 March 1956 Reinforcements in the event of civil disturbance in the Gulf Civil disturbance in Manama Bahrain Internal Security Future policy with regard to British troops and HM Ships in the Gulf Role of the US Navy in the event of civil disturbances in the Gulf area Implications of