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FO 371/126962

Anti-British propaganda in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to reports that English Language broadcasts edited by American Arabian Oil Company (ARAMCO) and put out by the American Air Force base at Dahran [Dhahran] exhibit anti-British bias, particularly since the Suez Crisis (2-3).

FO 371/126923

Importance of states in Persian Gulf to future of Middle East, 1957

This file contains Michael Wright's letter to Selwyn Lloyd discussing Sir R Stevens's despatch about the position of the Gulf in the future of the Middle East, including Britain's position, the Baghdad Pact and the interests of Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia (1).

FO 371/126910

Political relations between States in Persian Gulf and US, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: US policy in the Middle East.
FO 371/126845

UK policy in Middle East, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible expenditure for 1957/58 in Eastern Department countries (1) Discussions about British policy in the Middle East, including: the possibility of an emergency loan for Iraq; limits on expenditure despite the end of the Jordan subsidy; the reasons for Britain's presence in the Gulf; Anglo-Iranian relations; the impact of Suez on British policy in Bahrain; Iranian-Kuwaiti passport dispute; disputes over islands in the Gulf; Afghanistan; the Baghdad Pact; Oil; and overflying Iran (2) Notes on Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the&nbsp
FO 371/120647

Oil concessions in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Reports that Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) are thinking of approaching the Sultan of Muscat about turning their concession into one of the normal 50-50 type of arrangements (1) Proximity of Cities Service's future plans to the Darbat Ali or Habarut border (2) Route that the IPC will use for supply of their operations at Fahud and in the interior of Oman generally. Various possible routes are given and any objections to them.
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.
FO 371/109900

Oil concessions in Dhofar, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Exploratory visit to Dhofar via Aden by a team from Cities Service Oil Company (associated with Phillips Petroleum) (1) Wendell Phillips (from Cities Service Oil Company) being denied permission to export two antique bronze statues from Beihan (2) Contract between Huntings Aerosurveys Limited and Dhofar Cities Service Petroleum Company to survey 25,000 square miles near Salalah (3) Dhofar Cities Service Petroleum Corporation's intention to drill for oil in the autumn.
FO 371/156773

Political relations: US, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Use of the word 'dependencies' in the title of the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Affairs between the US and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the need to make clear US support for the Sultan's sovereignty over the whole territory, particularly in light of enquiries made by Saudi Arabia about the US position on this (1-2, 4-5) Conversation held between Ghalib Bin Ali Bin Hilal Al Hina'i and a member of the US Consulate-General in Dhahran (3) Efforts to encourage the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to be more active both

FO 371/148858

Situation in countries of Arabia, 1960

This file contains: A summary of events concerning the Arabian Department during July 1960. The summary covers Muscat and Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the Trucial States (1) A report of a conversation between Roger Stevens and J Terry Duce, who was making a tour of the American universities in the Middle East. They also discussed various aspects of the oil industry in the Middle East (Duce was previously Executive Vice President of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO)) (2).

FO 371/132800

Arbitration Tribunal on Buraimi, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to a request from the Government of Saudi Arabia, transmitted through the High Commissioner for Pakistan, for Britain to pay its share of the remuneration due to Dr Mahmoud Hasan, one of the judges on the Buraimi Arbitration Tribunal (1).

FO 371/126937

Demarcation of the frontiers between Muscat and Saudi Arabia and between Muscat and Aden, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Saudi Arabia-Muscat borders, which includes a report given in April that a monument was blown up in Kasfa by a party of Saudis (1) Confirmation that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur is unable to leave Muscat before December to discuss Habarut (2)

FO 371/126934

Seabed frontier between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Bahrain-Saudi Arabia seabed frontier.