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FO 464/17

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1962-1968, 1962 Jan 01 - 1968 Dec 31

This file contains Orders in Council relating to Arabia and the Gulf from 1962-1967. In particular it relates to: Muscat, Qatar, Aden, the Trucial States and Bahrain. These orders cover topics including: Amendments of orders, transfers of jurisdiction, airports, aviation, pharmaceutical regulations, customs duties, finance, commerce, ports, traffic, currency, immigration, doctors, alcohol, drugs, pesticides, the Trucial Oman Scouts, labour, police, patents, leasing of land, prisons, criminal procedure, explosives and contract law.

FCO 8/84

Status of forces, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from A M Field to M S Weir on the status of British forces stationed in the Gulf; the comments of the Political Agent in Bahrain A D Parsons and the recommendation of the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Defence to prepare a draft Status of Forces Agreement; and the Treasury Solicitor's draft agreement Proposal for an informal concession covering the small number of blacklisted vehicles belonging to HM armed forces and civilians to be imported from Aden into Bahrain, and discussion of the Government of Bahrain's boycott of goods de
FO 371/168938

Queen's Regulations for port of Das Island, 1963

This file contains: Draft Queen's regulation for the port of Das Island, along with notes and comments.
FO 371/114756

Dangerous drugs regulations in Persian Gulf and Trucial States: trafficking in drugs and narcotics, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed dangerous drugs regulation in Kuwait (11) Proposed visit of an anti-narcotics expert to Kuwait and Bahrain (12) Suspected drug trafficking by three Qatari brothers who have frequently visited or have visas throughout the region, including Karachi, Bombay, Cairo, Kenya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Aden. One of the brothers is a customs officer (13-15) Legislating for powers of search in advance of the draft dangerous drugs regulations.
FO 371/179768

UK defence forces in Persian Gulf, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to:The supply of ammunition from Germany to the Federation of South Arabia and the approval of export licences (2)The unofficial black market distribution and re-selling of arms ordered by the Crown Agents for the Federation. Destinations may include: arms dealers; tribes; Indonesia; and Somalia. It also includes a newspaper cutting from The Observer: 'Sheikhs cash in on guns' by Kenneth Mackenzie (4-7).