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FCO 8/3815

Ministerial visits from the UK to the Persian Gulf: general, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file relates to ministerial visits to the Gulf.
FCO 8/859

Harbour development and water survey, 1967

This file concerns development in the Trucial States.
FCO 8/685

Closure of US mission hospital, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: British Intelligence Survey on health in Kuwait, including details of the number of doctors, nurses, assistant nurses, dressers, radiographers, health inspectors, hospitals, clinics and diseases, with an appendix on 'Diseases of Military Importance [1965]', dated April 1967 Letter from Ambassador G G Arthur to M S Weir enclosing a historical note by R G Smedley on the American Mission Hospital, established in 1913 and closed on 31 March 1967 Enquiry from Arthur to the Foreign Office on the object of Sir Eric Pridie's visit to Kuwait

FCO 8/684

Population census, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to a letter from D E S Blatherwick to A Ibbott about the publication of the census for Kuwait.

FCO 8/683

Overseas visits by ruler, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Plans of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah to travel directly from the Arab League Summit Conference in Khartoum to Paris for a 10-day medical checkup Medical checkup of Sheikh Sabah at the American Hospital of Paris, courtesy call on General Charles de Gaulle and departure on his personal Hawker Siddeley Trident for Beirut Return of Sheikh Sabah to Kuwait without visiting Amman and Baghdad as earlier planned Visit by the Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Dr Manouchehr Eqbal to Kuwait and a report
FCO 8/76

Membership of FAO, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Selection of the Director of Agriculture, Michel Farah to represent Qatar at the Conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, November 1967 Selection of the Director of Information Sheikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Director of Agriculture Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and a secretary to represent Bahrain at the Fourteenth Conference of the FAO taking place in Rome, November 1967 Letter from the Director-General of the FAO A H Boerma to Director of the Bahrain Finance Department on the admission of tha
FCO 8/72

UN aid Persian Gulf, 1968

This file relates to UN Development Programme (UNDP) aid to the Gulf.
FO 1016/569

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman. It contains correspondence concerning: Situation reports, updates, and telegrams on military matters in Oman.
FO 371/163037

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible contribution of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), the future of HMG control over the scheme and development of the Trucial States (61) Press release on the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and consultant engineering firms Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners, covering all aspects of development; and the operation of Halcrow and Scott Wilson as Abu Dhabi Consultants (62, 78)

FO 371/120608

Development programme of Trucial States, 1956

This file relates to the Trucial States Development Scheme and the Buraimi rehabilitation project.
FO 371/114756

Dangerous drugs regulations in Persian Gulf and Trucial States: trafficking in drugs and narcotics, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed dangerous drugs regulation in Kuwait (11) Proposed visit of an anti-narcotics expert to Kuwait and Bahrain (12) Suspected drug trafficking by three Qatari brothers who have frequently visited or have visas throughout the region, including Karachi, Bombay, Cairo, Kenya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Aden. One of the brothers is a customs officer (13-15) Legislating for powers of search in advance of the draft dangerous drugs regulations.
FO 371/156772

Political relations: Other Arab countries, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestions for how the Sultan of Muscat and Oman could build up his international standing and in particular the possibility of him establishing contacts with moderate Arab Governments through personal visits (1) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman's stopover in Sudan during his journey to the UK and the possibility of a renewal of contacts between the Sultan and the Sudanese Government (2) Prospects of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman building closer relations with Sudan and Lebanon (3) Possibility of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman v