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FCO 8/5503

Relations between Oman and the UK, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns Britain’s relations with Oman and the region.
FCO 8/4306

Major commercial projects in the Persian Gulf, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns major commercial projects in the Gulf, between January and December 1982.
FCO 8/5816

Bahrain: annual review for 1984, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file contains the annual review and calendar of events for Bahrain for 1984, sent by the British Ambassador F S E Trew to the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe. It also includes related correspondence discussing elements of the review, including oil, defence sales interests, trade, the economy, societal dissent, the causeway to Saudi Arabia, the Shia in Bahrain, drugs and the situation of the Ruling Family.

DEFE 5/43

Nos 647 - 730. (Described at item level), 1952 Nov 27-Dec 31

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 27 November 1952 to 31 December 1952, concerning global strategy.
DEFE 5/12

Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee: Memoranda, 1948 Aug 2 - Oct 11

This file contains the Defence Chiefs of Staff Committee memoranda from 2 August 1948 to 11 October 1948, concerning global strategy and potential war with the Soviet Union.
CAB 134/1086

Middle East Oil Committee: Meetings 1-16 (1955); Papers 1-32 (1955-1956); Meeting 1 (1956); Papers 1-3 (1956), 1955 Jan 6-1956 Jan 24

This file contains cabinet memoranda for the Middle East Oil Committee’s minutes of meetings from 6 January 1955 to 7 January 1956. This entire file concerns Gulf matters.
FCO 8/5820

Bahrain and the Iran-Iraq War, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to the views of Bahrain on the Iran-Iraq War.
FCO 8/5814

Gulf Heads of Mission Conference, Bahrain, January 1985, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file relates to the Gulf Heads of Mission Conference in Bahrain held on 11 January 1985, involving the British representatives at the Embassies in: Bahrain, Jeddah, Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Aden, Sana'a, Baghdad and Tehran. It contains records of meetings, and correspondence concerning: Meeting of the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (FCO) Richard Luce with Yusef Al Shirawi in Bahrain Suggestion of computerised facilities for Embassies in the Gulf, as part of the FCO’s drive for information technology advancements.
FCO 8/2332

Political situation in Saudi Arabia, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns internal political affairs in Saudi Arabia.
FCO 8/2163

Political relations between Gulf states and UK, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns Britain’s relations with the Gulf States and the wider Arab world in the context of the Yom Kippur War and the ensuing energy crisis, as well as broader questions of foreign policy-making regarding sensitive countries.
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 8/2156

Talks between France and UK on Gulf states, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file contains briefings and records of talks between Britain and France on the Middle East in London in June 1974 and Paris in October 1974.