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FO 371/140223

Relations between rulers of Trucial States and Petroleum Development Trucial Coast Company. Code BA file 1531 (papers 1 to 11), 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to: Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi's desire that Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) (PDTC) should give up its oil concession in any undisputed Sharjah territory. It also contains a memo describing and two maps illustrating Sharjah's boundaries (1, 3) Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's relationship with PDTC, given the uncertainty as to whether they can or cannot find oil.
FO 371/149009

Financial situation in Trucial States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed visit of Mr W Duff of the Kuwait Finance Department to meet the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum who is looking for someone to manage his finances (1) Visit of Mr Stockwell of British Petroleum Company Limited to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Buraimi and their discussions regarding the progress of oil prospecting.
FO 371/168922

Iranian claims to Persian Gulf islands, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Iranian claims to the islands of Sirri, Bu Musa [Abu Musa] and Tunb. There are signs that Iran is planning to revive these claims, as the islands could contain oil. The Iranian Prime Minister has spoken of pursuing this claim through the expansion of Iranian influence on the islands.
FO 371/174729

Oil: Fujairah, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Vancouver Iron Engineering Limited's interest in forming a consortium to negotiate an oil concession with Fujairah (1) Approach by Victor De Teranto to the Ruler of Fujairah, offering to bring an American company to purchase an oil concession (2) Peter Hoguet's claim that H L Hunt Company of Texas want to pursue an oil concession in Fujairah (3) Provisional agreement between Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi and Hunt International Petroleum Company (4) Ministry of Defence having no objection to the omission of defence provisions fr
FO 371/148863

Boundaries on sea bed in Persian Gulf, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Query by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi about the ownership of the seabed around Tunb Island (1) Delayed note from Britain to Iran suggesting the Iraqis be invited to negotiations about seabed boundaries and the deterioration of the Shatt Al Arab dispute between Iran and Iraq (2) Seabed boundary between Iran and Kuwait and the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone boundary (3) Conversation with Head of the Iranian Legal Department of Foreign Affairs M Vahid about proposed negotiations regarding the se
FO 371/132784

UK policy towards Trucial States, 1958

This file contains: Text of a Cairo Radio allegation of a British plot to assassinate Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah (1) Record of the meeting between the Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Sharjah and the Foreign Office on 23 July 1958. They discussed topics including: the general situation in the Middle East; the oil concession with Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited; Sheikh Saqr's desire for the unification of the Trucial States; and the Air Ministry's desire for a longer runway at Sharjah airport and an extension of the Air Agreement beyond 1961.
FO 371/120604

Internal frontiers between Trucial States, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Action taken to announce certain internal frontiers.
FO 371/162795

Iranian claims to Gulf islands, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to Iranian claims (published in a magazine by the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait) to Bahrain and the islands of Tunb Al Kubra, Tunb Al Sughra and Abu Musa, and the Iranian Oil Company's intention to erect installations there. These islands are also claimed by Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah (1-2).

FO 371/185561

Oil, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to : Mecom Oil Company's concessions in the Trucial States (1, 6) Report on a dispute over Mecom's visit to Sharjah (5) Visit of Mr Burke of the Union Oil Company of California to London on his way to the Gulf (7) Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's objection to the drilling operations of Dubai Marine Areas (8, 9) Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's views regarding the Abu Dhabi-Dubai seabed boundary (10) Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi’s refusal to allow the Union Oil Company an extension of dri
FO 1016/15

Seabed concessions, 1949 Aug 13-Nov 8

This file relates to seabed concessions in the Trucial States.