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DEFE 6/26

Joint Planning Staff: Memoranda, 1954 May 31-Dec 31

This file contains Joint Planning Staff memoranda from 31 May 1954 to 31 December 1954.
ADM 127/51

Reports on piracy and tribal warfare in the Gulf, 1843 Dec. - 1846 Mar

This file contains letters covering the period from December 1843 to March 1846. The letters mostly concern reports of and instructions regarding the movements of ships in the Gulf and requests for the transmission of letters, packets, money, and other provisions between Bassadore [Basidu], Bushire [Bushehr], Bassarah [Basra] and Baghdad.
CAB 163/73

Middle East: security threat to the Persian Gulf; intelligence reports, 1967 Oct 30 - 1968 May 29

This file concerns calculations of the security threat to the Gulf.
CAB 159/48

Meetings: 1-26, 1968 Jan 01 - 1968 Jun 30

This file contains the minutes of the meetings of the Joint Intelligence Committee held from 4 January to 13 June 1968. Topics discussed include: The intentions and capabilities of Saudi Arabia with regard to Buraimi An assessment of the threat posed by Iraq to Kuwait The Consulate General at Basra The Tunb and Abu Musa islands Soviet policy in the Middle East and North Africa A draft report on 'likely developments in the Persian Gulf and their probable effects for British interests'

FCO 8/2844

Royal Navy visits to Middle East, 1977 Jan 01 - 1977 Dec 31

This file concerns official visits by Royal Navy ships to ports in the Gulf and the Middle East.
FCO 8/687

Rail link from Kuwait to Basra, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal to link Kuwait to the Iraqi railway system at Umm Qasr; and perhaps to Saudi Arabia at Riyadh and Dhahran Enquiry about reports on the military implications of linking Kuwait to the Iraqi system Letter from A Ibbott to D A J West on commissioning an authoritative study of the implications

FO 1016/767

Dhofar rebels and arms smuggling, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file relates to rebel activity in Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
FO 1016/782

Arms smuggling to Dhofar rebels: Iraqi involvement, 1965 Jan 01 - 1965 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Confirmation that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's order to confiscate all arms in the possession of Omanis entering the country is applicable to Dhofaris; and notification of this to the Trucial Oman Scouts, some of whom return with arms bought from abroad The means of countering arms smuggling, primarily from Basra, including the monitoring and searching of boats Details of an Iraqi boat intercepted in Shatt Al Arab by Iranian authorities, which contained arms, ammunition, members of the Iraqi Army and intelligence serv
FO 371/109821

Frontier incidents between Kuwait and Iraq: appointment of Joint Frontier Commission to investigate; difficulty of demarcating the frontier, 1954

This file relates to an incident at Hababiya on 21 May, between Kuwaiti and Iraqi patrols, near a disputed frontier area.