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FO 371/104318

Pakistan's claim to Gwadur: efforts to arrange for Pakistan to lease it from the sultan of Muscat and Oman. Code EA file 1082, 1953

This file concerns Pakistan's desire to acquire Gwadur [Gwadar]. It includes correspondence relating to: Discussions with O Baig, the Permanent Secretary to the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations. There is a possibility that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, having recently completed a treaty of friendship with India, may grant possession of Gwadar to India (1-3) Report on a conversation with Akhter Hussein, acting Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
FO 371/132790

Negotiations between Pakistan and Muscat on oil rights at Gwadur, 1958

This file relates to negotiations between Pakistan and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman on oil rights and boundaries in connection with Gwadur [Gwadar].
FO 371/132793

Negotiations between Pakistan and Muscat on oil rights at Gwadur, 1958

This file relates to the transfer of Gwadur [Gwadar] from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to Pakistan. It contains correspondence concerning: Memorandum of agreement [enclosed] and associated conditions (59-62, 64) Situation which will probably arise over the financial aspects of the transfer (63) Draft White Paper [enclosed] on the retrocession of Gwadar, which Pakistan wants to publish on 1 September 1958.
FO 371/132791

Negotiations between Pakistan and Muscat on oil rights at Gwadur, 1958

This file relates to the situation in Gwadur [Gwadar]. It contains correspondence on: Incident in which the Pakistan Navy were ordered to carry out an operation in support of troops who were to take up position on the isthmus at Gwadar. The orders were countermanded at the last moment (24) Dispute over the position of the border between Gwadar and Pakistan and reports of border incidents.
FO 371/132792

Negotiations between Pakistan and Muscat on oil rights at Gwadur, 1958

This file concerns negotiations over the transfer of Gwadur [Gwadar] from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to Pakistan.
FO 371/114643

Negotiations between Sultan of Muscat and Pakistan for lease or sale of Gwadur [Gwadar], 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows' suggestion to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur that Gwadur [Gwadar] might be leased to Pakistan for five years and then sold (24) Prime Minister of Pakistan's eagerness for settlement over Gwadar for two reasons. Firstly, to combat the problem of smuggling.
FO 371/174559

Oman-Pakistan relations, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Amendments suggested by Pakistan to the 1958 Gwadur [Gwadar] Agreement for the retrocession of Gwadar to Pakistan (1) Aide memoire from Pakistan and a record of a meeting between the High Commissioner and Director General Agha Shahi where they discussed the proposed amendments to the Gwadar Agreement and the issue of dual nationals and Pakistani citizens in the Sultan's Armed Forces (2) Britain's position as an intermediary between Pakistan and Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur and British interests vis à vis the Oman question and the security pro
FO 371/98390

Pakistan's desire to acquire Gwadar from the Sultan of Muscat; possible role of HMG as intermediary. Code EA file 1085, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Pakistan's desire to acquire Gwadur [Gwadar] (1) Treasury letter on the efforts made to buy Gwadar from Muscat and a proposal for the UK to act as an intermediary; a proposal to lease Gwadar to the UK; Pakistan's claims to Gwadar; a letter from the UK High Commission, Karachi, relating to Pakistan's proposal to buy Gwadar; Major F C L Chauncy's report on his approach to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur; the unsuccessful efforts to persuade Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur to sell Gwadar; discussions on HMG acting as intermediary in th