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FCO 8/5482

External political affairs of Kuwait, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s foreign relations.
FCO 8/2399

Visit of Peter Shore, Secretary of State for Trade, to Persian Gulf, 2-9 April 1975, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file concerns the UK Secretary of State for Trade Peter Shore’s visit to the Gulf in April 1975. The purpose of his visit was to strengthen the trade and economic links between Britain and the Gulf States.
FCO 8/2161

Visit of Lord Balniel, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to Gulf states, January 1974., 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord Balniel [Robert Alexander Lindsay's] tour of the Gulf States to strengthen Britain's ties with the region and promote British trade and investment.
FCO 8/2121

Visit of Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum, to UK, 28-30 November 1973, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file relates to a visit to London by the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani and the Algerian Minister of Industry and Energy M Belaid Abdesselam. This visit was part of a tour of Western capitals to explain the Arab viewpoint on the oil resolutions adopted in two meetings held by Arab oil ministers. The two resolutions involve the reduction of oil production and an embargo on the US and Netherlands as a result of support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
FCO 8/1971

Use of oil as political weapon by Persian Gulf states, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part B of a sequence that contains correspondence and press reports relating to the reduction of oil production by the Arab States and embargoes on the US and the Netherlands in response to support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
FCO 8/741

Oil production, 1967-1968

This file is about the production of oil to be used as fuel and for the generation of power in Qatar.
FCO 8/63

Saudi Arabia/Bahrain continental shelf de-limitation agreement, 1967-1968

This file relates to the Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Continental Shelf Delimitation Agreement, 1958. It contains: Correspondence between Francis Vallat and lawyer Eli Lauterpacht of Cambridge University regarding the confidentiality of associated maps Correspondence between T F Brenchley and Abbas Aram of the Iranian Embassy regarding the sovereignty of certain islands, Views of West Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands on the principle of lines of equidistance, with observations by Professor Sir Humphrey Waldock of Oxford University

FO 1016/839

Dubai: proposed deep water harbour and construction agreement, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Financial difficulties of the Overseas Dredging Company following their work in Qatar; and a possible meeting between Tilbury Contracting Group and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani to come to terms over the current dispute or refer the case to arbitration Proposal by Pomeroy Hawaiian Dredging Company to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to construct a harbour without the services of consulting engineers Possibility of obtaining rock from Wadi Hatta or Jebel Ali for the construction of Dubai Harbour in view of the dif
FO 371/156697

Operation of the Persian Gulf Light Service, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Enquiry from the Embassy of the Netherlands in the UK, regarding sharing in the costs of maintenance of lighthouses in the Red Sea (1) Payment received from the Netherlands covering their share in the maintenance costs of Red Sea lighthouses (2) Visit to the Foreign Office by a lawyer representing the Administration Générale des Phares de l'Empire Ottoman Maitre A. Biliotti, which formerly operated the Red Sea Lights and has a longstanding claim for compensation against HMG.