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FCO 8/2017

Communications in Oman: BBC radio receiving and transmitting station in Masirah, Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1974 Jan 08

This file concerns radio communications in Oman.
FCO 8/84

Status of forces, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from A M Field to M S Weir on the status of British forces stationed in the Gulf; the comments of the Political Agent in Bahrain A D Parsons and the recommendation of the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Defence to prepare a draft Status of Forces Agreement; and the Treasury Solicitor's draft agreement Proposal for an informal concession covering the small number of blacklisted vehicles belonging to HM armed forces and civilians to be imported from Aden into Bahrain, and discussion of the Government of Bahrain's boycott of goods de
FO 1016/550

Internal political situation: Bahrain, 1957

This file relates to the internal political situation in Bahrain. It contains correspondence concerning: The transfer of the detainees arrested from the Council of National Union, Abdul Rahman Al Bakir, Abdul Aziz Al Shemlan and Abdulla Al Aliwat to St Helena.
FO 371/156768

Internal political situation, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani's views on handing over Omani prisoners to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum; the suggestion that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur should request the transfer; and the legal position on the situation (161, 165-166, 168, 170, 174, 176-177 ) Support by Saudi Arabia for Omani rebels and the US State Department's representations to the Saudi Government (162) Meetings with Abdul Rahim on 20-21 July 1961; and his proposed arrest (163, 167) Propaganda by Omani

FO 371/149052

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It covers correspondence on: Proposed conditions of service for Trucial States commissioned officers in the TOS.
FO 371/148999

Financial situation in Kuwait, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Suggestion that Kuwait Government investments outside the sterling area should be carried out by the Kuwaiti Investment Board, rather than the Finance Department (95) Suggestion that there should be a Kuwaiti member on the Kuwaiti Investment Board and that the Board's meetings should take place alternately in Kuwait and London (96, 98) Suggestion of van Zeeland that Kuwait should have four reserves: a main state reserve, a currency board reserve, a development reserve and a current budgetary reserve (97) Proposal for the Departmen
FO 371/114734

Special Police Officers regulations for Persian Gulf and Trucial States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: CVs of nine officers made redundant by the closure of the Special Branch responsible for security intelligence matters for British troops in Egypt: Arthur William Standen; Archibald Francis Thomson; Wilfred Humphrey; Philip Artfield; James Neddon; George Edmond Craig; William Terrence Turner; John Watson Wilson; and John Joseph Walsh (1) Enquiry by Douglas Gee, presently with the Birmingham City Police Force, regarding vacancies in the Qatar Police Force (2) Drafts of the Special Police Officers regulations for Bahrain, Kuwait and the Tr