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FCO 8/744

Judiciary, 1967-1968

This file is on legal affairs in Qatar and the retrocession of jurisdiction, June 1967 to October 1968. It contains correspondence relating to: Phased retrocession of jurisdiction beginning with matters relating to traffic in Qatar and the ambiguous status of Pakistanis in Qatar as Muslim citizens of the Commonwealth Qatar Traffic Regulation, 1954 [Queen's Regulation No. 4 of 1954] subsequently amended by Queen's Regulation No. 5 of 1954 and Queen's Regulation No.
FCO 8/1598

Claims of Iran to disputed islands in Persian Gulf, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file is part of a sequence of files relating to Iran's claim to the Tunb Islands, disputed with Ras Al Khaimah, and to Abu Musa, disputed with Sharjah, in the Strait of Hormuz.
FCO 8/940

Bahrain's problems with Iran, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file relates to the dispute between Bahrain and Iran in January 1969, discussed between HM Embassies in Tehran and Jedda [Jeddah], the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, various Political Agencies in the Gulf and the UK’s Mission to the UN.
FCO 8/958

United Kingdom policy, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to British policy in the Gulf ahead of withdrawal in 1971.
FCO 8/56

Discussions with Iran on Median Line and disputed islands of Tunbs and Abu Musa, 1968

This file relates to tensions and discussions with Iran over a Median Line in the Gulf and disputed islands, including the Tunb Islands, Abu Musa and Sirri.
FCO 8/936

Pakistani interest, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to Pakistan’s interest in the Gulf States. It contains correspondence concerning: Pakistan’s representation in the Gulf Visit of the Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart to Pakistan and India from 25 November to 10 December 1968.
FCO 8/933

Indian interest, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file relates to the interest of Pakistan and India in the Gulf States. It contains: Briefs and talking points for the Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart’s visit to Pakistan and India from 25 November to 10 December 1968.
FCO 8/678

British Eagle airways trooping flights through Kuwait, 1967

This file contains correspondence relating to: Minute on the restoration of trooping flights from Akrotiri to Bombay and the Far East, following the closure of the route due to the clash between India and Pakistan in September 1965. The flights had previously been re-routed from Akrotiri to Kuwait to Ceylon during winter, and from Akrotiri to Abadan to Ceylon during summer, but the direct route is now open to Eagle Airways

FCO 8/675

Navy, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from the Ambassador on the type of patrol boat recommended for the Kuwait Navy Conversation between the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf Commodore T E Fanshawe and Kuwaiti Chief of the General Staff General Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah and a proposal by J A N Graham and Fanshawe to plan a Hovercraft demonstration Meeting between Ambassador G G Arthur and Kuwait Minister of Defence Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdulla Al Sabah about the training and technical capabilities of the Kuwait Coast Guard 'Summary of Various Discussions w
FCO 8/911

Illegal immigration into Trucial States, 1967-1968

This file concerns the flow of migrants from India, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman, Somalia, Ethiopia, Palestine and elsewhere arriving illegally by dhow on the Trucial Coast and efforts to restrict this.
FCO 8/520

Iranian claim to Bahrain, 1968

This file relates to the treatment of Iranians in Bahrain. It contains correspondence on: The policy of employing Bahrainians, where possible, in medical posts and the consequent dismissal of Iranians, Pakistanis and Omanis with the reinstatement of two Omanis through the intervention of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Complaints of renewed deportation of Iranians and the protest of the Iranian Chargé d'Affaires Nassereddin Mirfakhrai.

FCO 8/519

Iranian claim to Bahrain, 1967-1968

This file relates to Iranians in Bahrain and to relations with Iran.