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FCO 8/5739

UK defence sales to Saudi Arabia, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns UK defence sales to Saudi Arabia. It contains correspondence on:The question of achieving satisfactory status and jurisdictional arrangements for a British army training team in Saudi ArabiaA letter from the Saudi Minister of Defence and Aviation Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to the UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine regarding the setting up of a committee to consider proposals for offset from companies bidding for the Peace Shield project.
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.
FCO 8/36

US, 1967-1968

This file relates to US relations with HMG and the Gulf States.
FO 1016/465

Bahrain: internal political situation, 1956

This file relates to the internal political situation in Bahrain.
FO 371/185200

UK defence forces in Persian Gulf and arms control, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: An order for arms by the Bahrain Police Department without an application for an import license (1) A request by the British Embassy in Washington, DC for agencies in the Gulf to supply copies of No Objection Certificates together with specimens of the issuing officers' signatures (2) The question of the Rulers of Bahrain and Qatar taking over control of the import of arms.
FO 371/114668

Control of arms and ammunition supplies in the Trucial States, 1955

This file contains: 1955 Trucial states firearms and ammunition regulation, including drafts, amendments and related correspondence. It is designed to prevent arms reaching the Saudi detachment in the Buraimi Oasis illegally and includes an amendment to exempt imports and exports for the purposes of HMG (1, 3-6) Correspondence relating to the discovery of a Belgian rifle in a Dubai rifle broker's house under suspicious circumstances. Scotland Yard and 'friends' make enquiries to trace its origins.