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FO 464/64

Arabia: account of the facts concerning the frontier between Abu Dhabi, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Saudi Arabia in South Eastern Arabia, including the Oases of Liwa and Buraimi, part 1, 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains Part I of ‘An Account of the Facts Concerning the Frontier between Abu Dhabi, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and Saudi Arabia in South-Eastern Arabia, including the Oases of Liwa and Buraimi’.

FO 464/33

Arabia: arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia; memorial submitted by the UK Government, volume 2, annexes, 1955 Jul 01 - 1955 Jul 31

This file contains the 'Arbitration concerning Buraimi and the common frontier between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia: Memorial submitted by the government of the UK, Volume II, Annexes'.

FO 1016/312

Report on Eastern areas of Al-Hasa Province by George Rentz of ARAMCO Ltd: two criticisms by E F Henderson, 1954

This file contains a two-part commentary by E F Henderson on the report on 'The Eastern Provinces of Al Hasa' by George Rentz. The commentary is divided into two sections: Part I) The Rentz Report in Relation to M S Buckmater's Findings (fols. 2-13); and Part II) Rentz criticised from Other Sources (fols. 14-20).

FO 1016/248

Trucial Oman Levies: command, organisation, administration and policy, 1953

This file contains: Trucial Oman Levies (TOL) monthly reports (numbers 13-19) for December 1952 to June 1953 Report by the General Headquarters (GHQ) part of the joint GHQ Middle East Land Forces (MELF) / HQ Middle East Air Forces (MEAF) Team which visited the TOL, Iraq and Bahrain between 6-18 August 1953, including a map of the Trucial Oman Coast illustrating wireless nets, TOL posts, tribal posts and camel routes Minutes of a meeting involving the MELF and the MEAF to discuss the handover of the TOL from the RAF to the army This file also contains correspondence rel

FO 371/149053

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).

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 1016/776

Abu Dhabi/Muscat and Oman/Saudi Arabia boundaries at Buraimi Oasis, 1964 Jan 01 - 1964 Dec 31

This file relates to the boundaries of Buraimi.

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