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FCO 8/743

Queen's regulations, 1967-1968

This file is about legal affairs and Queen's Regulations in Qatar, from May 1967 to October 1968. It contains correspondence relating to: Qatar Pharmacists Regulation, 1964 [the subject of Queen's Regulation No. 3 of 1964]; the Qatar Law Regulating the Entry and Residence of Foreigners in Qatar, 1963 and the Law amending it [Queen's Regulation No. 3 of 1963 and Regulation No. 4 of 1964 respectively], paralleled by Regulation No. 1 of 1965, published in the Persian Gulf Gazette 46, 1965; the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani's amendment of the Law [Regulation No.
FCO 8/657

UK military assistance and termination of military agreement, 1967-1968

This file relates to the defence of Kuwait, and the termination of the Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1961.
FO 1016/720

Status of UK forces, 1961

This file relates to the juridical status of UK forces in Kuwait, who were stationed there as a result of Iraq’s threat to Kuwait’s independence.
FO 371/179767

Military relations between UK and Persian Gulf sheikhdoms, 1965

This file relates to British military re-organisation in the Gulf.
FO 371/149053

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS).
FO 371/126983

Police forces in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Muscat and Oman: Trucial Oman Scouts, 1957

This file concerns the police forces in the Gulf. It contains correspondence relating to: Plans for the expansion of the Dubai Police Force.
FO 371/120626

Trucial Oman Levies and Scouts, 1956

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Levies (TOL). It contains correspondence concerning: Legal contravention in the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel E F Johnson as Commandant (1) Recommendation by Steel Engineering Company that TOL purchase its 9mm sub-machine gun. It includes an article on the weapon in The Illustrated London News (3) Approval for the expansion of the TOL for 1956-57 (4, 8, 11) Foreign Office portion of the TOL's budget (5) Search for employment by former member of the TOL, Major W Little.
FO 371/109878

Control of arms exports to the Persian Gulf, 1954

This file contains: Copy of a note from Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (17 May 1954) acknowledging a British note of 11 May relating to export of arms to the Gulf, which they have had brought to the attention of the competent authorities (3) Correspondence relating to reports that that the State Department have received unverified information that arms have been unloaded in Gwadur [Gwadar]. The State Department have also lost trace of the shipments of pistols and ammunition believed to be destined for Kuwait from Italy.