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AVIA 2/2800

This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. Those headings, and details of this file, are as follows: AERODROMES: General (Code 4/2): Persian Gulf aerodromes: air agreements with Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN (Code: 11/1): Persian Gulf aerodromes; Air agreements with Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. ROUTES AND SERVICES: Foreign (Code 27/2): Persian Gulf aerodromes; air agreements with Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, 1934-1937

This file concerns the civil air agreements made between the UK and Bahrain, Kuwait and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/4922

External political affairs of Bahrain, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file concerns the external affairs of Bahrain.
FCO 8/2501

External relations of Iran, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns Iran's foreign relations.
AVIA 2/1903

ROUTES AND SERVICES: Foreign (Code 27/2): Arabian coast air route: requests for facilities from K.L.M. and Air France, 1932-1940

This file concerns requests from KLM and Air France for permission to operate land planes along the Arabian Coast of the Gulf.
FCO 8/1368

The claim of Iran to Bahrain, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns the claim of Iran to the Island of Bahrain during the period March 1970.
FCO 8/2399

Visit of Peter Shore, Secretary of State for Trade, to Persian Gulf, 2-9 April 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns the UK Secretary of State for Trade Peter Shore’s visit to the Gulf in April 1975. The purpose of his visit was to strengthen the trade and economic links between Britain and the Gulf States.
FCO 8/2161

Visit of Lord Balniel, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to Gulf states, January 1974., 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord Balniel [Robert Alexander Lindsay's] tour of the Gulf States to strengthen Britain's ties with the region and promote British trade and investment.
FCO 8/741

Oil production, 1967-1968

This file is about the production of oil to be used as fuel and for the generation of power in Qatar.
FCO 8/739

Defence sales, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Transportation of 25,000 rounds of 7.62 calibre ammunition from Gdynia, Poland to Doha Order for military supplies placed from Qatar and the involvement of Ghassan Farha Negotiations between Westland Helicopters Limited, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani and Mohammad Mahdi Cochrane over the sale of Whirlwind helicopters Sale by Tennant Trading Limited of 20,000 rounds of 9 mm ball ammunition to Qatar Enquiry from Qatar for the purchase of 200 cartridges of 25 pounder blank ammunition Purchase of a consignment of hunting rifles and

FCO 8/525

Iraq, 1967-1968

This file concerns relations between Bahrain and Iraq.
FCO 8/63

Saudi Arabia/Bahrain continental shelf de-limitation agreement, 1967-1968

This file relates to the Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Continental Shelf Delimitation Agreement, 1958. It contains: Correspondence between Francis Vallat and lawyer Eli Lauterpacht of Cambridge University regarding the confidentiality of associated maps Correspondence between T F Brenchley and Abbas Aram of the Iranian Embassy regarding the sovereignty of certain islands, Views of West Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands on the principle of lines of equidistance, with observations by Professor Sir Humphrey Waldock of Oxford University

FCO 8/566

Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Causeway, 1968

This file relates to a proposed Bahrain-Saudi Arabia causeway, which would link Bahrain to the Arabian Peninsula.