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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 8/541

Bahrain-Lod AFTN circuit, 1967-1968

This file relates to aeronautical communications in the Bahrain Flight Information Region (FIR) and contact with Israeli aircraft.
FCO 8/683

Overseas visits by ruler, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Plans of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah to travel directly from the Arab League Summit Conference in Khartoum to Paris for a 10-day medical checkup Medical checkup of Sheikh Sabah at the American Hospital of Paris, courtesy call on General Charles de Gaulle and departure on his personal Hawker Siddeley Trident for Beirut Return of Sheikh Sabah to Kuwait without visiting Amman and Baghdad as earlier planned Visit by the Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Dr Manouchehr Eqbal to Kuwait and a report
FCO 8/565

Israeli aircraft and Bahrain flight information, 1967-1968

This file relates to civil aviation in Bahrain.
FCO 8/563

Bahrain airport, 1968

This file relates to civil aviation in Bahrain.
FO 1016/444

Persian claims to Bahrain, 1955

This file contains a report on the claim of Iran to Bahrain. It includes a discussion of the note from the Iranian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, distributed to various missions in the country, concerning the need to seek Iranian permission before landing aircraft in Bahrain as it considers the state to be an internal part of Iran. It also includes mention of HMG’s refusal of this note; the publicity concerning it in Jordan and Tehran; and the mention of the note at a meeting of the Arab League.