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FO 371/126967

Oil agreements between UK companies and Qatar and Kuwait, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Request of the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani for certain assurances in relation to his agreements with oil companies (1) Exchange of letters between the General Manager of the Shell Company of Qatar and the Ruler of Qatar's Representative for Oil Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani, modifying certain articles of the concession agreement, along with a letter from the Political Agent in Qatar D C Carden explaining the background to the letters (2, 6) Draft transit agreement submitted to the Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla
FO 371/168863

Courts and trials, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussion of the labour, commercial register and companies laws in Qatar and agreement to the adoption of Kuwait-style QR regarding the labour law. The decree of the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani on the Commercial Registration Organization (16) Request for authority to brief B A Miller of Ballantyne and Miller for the Crown at the same fee he would have received for defence in the trial of Pervaiz Iqbal. Miller's reluctance to act as prosecuting counsel and possible terms of agreement.
FO 371/168783

Visit of foreign minister to UK, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Ruler of Kuwait Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah's appointment of the former Kuwaiti Ambassador to Washington DC Abdul Rahman Saleem Al Atiqi to replace Jasim Al Qatami as Under-Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enclosing the decree (1) Hope that the new Kuwaiti Ambassador to London Khalid Mohammad Ja'far [Jaffar] can reorganise and restructure the Kuwaiti Embassy in London (2) Kuwaiti Ambassador in Cairo Abdul Aziz Al Hussein's one-week visit to Kuwait (3) Courtesy call of the new Ambassador Khalid Mohammad Ja'far to
FO 371/168754

Kuwait investment in Arab countries, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possibility of cooperation between the UN Special Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. It includes extracts from a letter from Philomena Guillebaud of the UN Special Fund (1) Visit of an Algerian delegation to Kuwait and a subsequent announcement of a loan from the Kuwaiti Government to Algeria.
FO 371/168757

Banking and credit, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Saudi Arabian Riyadh Bank and the Kuwaiti Gulf Bank Company opening branches at Ras Al Khafji (1) Opening of the new National Bank of Kuwait. The new buildings and public interest aroused symbolise the change taking place in Kuwait's economic trend and outlook (2) English and Arabic texts of Law No 40 (amended) establishing Kuwait Credit Bank.
FO 371/109847

Frontier dispute between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: establishment of a neutral zone, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: MacPherson's wish to be consulted before the Saudis are approached on the Neutral Zone boundary question (1) Kuwait-Saudi discussions on the Neutral Zone.
FO 371/168741

Political relations: Iraq, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Official announcement that an Iraqi delegation will visit Kuwait at the invitation of the Kuwaiti Government (61) 1961 Anglo-Kuwaiti exchange of letters and the reason for a discrepancy between the date of a statement to the National Assembly shown in the agreed minutes and that previously assumed by the Foreign Office (62) Summary of events in political contacts between Kuwait and Iraq from the end of June 1963 to the signing of an agreed minute on 4 October (63) Line to be taken by the News Department and British posts abroad in conn
FO 371/168732

Political relations: France, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Diminished possibility for the establishment of a French consulate in Kuwait in the near future (1) Strong possibility that the French Government will soon establish diplomatic representation in Kuwait. Kuwait has requested to appoint an Ambassador to Paris (2)

FO 371/114730

Immigration control in Trucial States: powers of arrest without warrant for passport offences given to Trucial Oman levies, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Britain's intention to withdraw the waiver exempting Saudi Arabians from Trucial States passport regulations before Gulf Aviation starts its fortnightly service to Abu Dhabi (1-2) The background to the waiver, linked to the 1952 Buraimi Standstill Agreement, and a recommendation by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows for a replacement waiver that will only apply to persons from Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, Qatar and Yemen (3) Saudi complaints concerning the withdrawal of the waiver (4-5, 8) 'Trucial Oman Levies (A
FO 371/132546

Political relations between countries of Arabia and UK, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Article carried by Reuters [enclosed] stating that the Foreign Office is rethinking its Middle East policy, and claiming that officials think that the existing agreements between the UK and local rulers in the Gulf are out of date (16) Extract from BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, containing a summary of a Middle East News Association report, in which the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi stated that no Union of Arab Emirates could be realised unless it emanated from the Arab people, and that any efforts to link such a unio
FO 371/168744

Political relations: UK, 1963

This file contains: Summary of a conversation between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir Alec Doublas-Home, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, covering topics including the reduction of the size of the Arab League Security Force contingents stationed in Kuwait; Sheikh Sabah's discussions with the President of Egypyt Gamal Abdul Nasser; the situation in Yemen; and British relations with Saudi Arabia.
FO 371/168729

Foreign policy, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Formal recognition by the Indonesian Government of Kuwait and a request from the Pakistan Government to establish a Consulate General in Kuwait.