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FCO 8/5462

External political affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns the external political affairs of the UAE.
FCO 8/5482

External political affairs of Kuwait, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s foreign relations.
FCO 8/5444

External political affairs of Bahrain, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Bahrain’s external political affairs.
FCO 8/3481

Oil affairs in the Persian Gulf, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to oil affairs in the Gulf.
FCO 8/1971

Use of oil as political weapon by Persian Gulf states, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part B of a sequence that contains correspondence and press reports relating to the reduction of oil production by the Arab States and embargoes on the US and the Netherlands in response to support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
FCO 8/679

Arab-Israeli situation: possible attacks against Kuwait by Israel. Kuwait response, 1967

This file relates to Kuwait's response during the Six-Day War.
FO 371/185183

Persian Gulf median lines, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Anglo-Iranian median line talks to discuss the division of the continental shelf of the Gulf, including the issue of sovereignty over certain islands; the suggestion of coordinates for dividing lines; the main points (24-32, 41, 43, 45, 56) The consultations between experts from Kuwait and Sir Humphrey Waldock (33) The views of Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Ras Al Khaimah on the proposed median line (35, 37, 39) An extract from an article in Tehran Illustrated entitled 'Proposal for fixing the Sovereignty and continental shelf for 62 isles and

FO 371/126887

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1957

This file contains: Reports of information received from Jordan and Libya regarding the outcome of an Arab League Council Meeting discussion on Oman. It also contains instructions sent to UK Ambassadors in Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia for discussion of the Oman question with local officials, along with responses (361) Photostatic copies of the Arabic text of the Treaty of Sib [Seeb] and of an agreement, concluded just prior to the Treaty of Seeb, between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the leading Sheikhs of the Beni Jabir tribe.