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FCO 8/721

Annual reviews for 1966 and 1967, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: The annual 'Review of Events in Qatar in 1966' submitted by the Political Agent in Doha R H M Boyle to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford in Bahrain, December 1966.
FCO 8/1185

Budget, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to the Saudi Arabian budget for 1968-70, and the eighth annual report of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency for the Hijra financial year, corresponding to September 1967-68.
FCO 8/684

Population census, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to a letter from D E S Blatherwick to A Ibbott about the publication of the census for Kuwait.

FCO 8/681

Oil, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Letter from J A N Graham to A E D Chamier about a Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) plan for the maintenance of essential services in the Company area in the event of a strike British Intelligence Survey on Kuwait and Kuwait Neutral Zone oil storage and distribution, including an appendix on product storage at Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery (as at December 1964) Daily average production figures for KOC for the first six months of 1966, and the first six months of 1967 released by St James's Advertising and Publishing Company Limited Letter from Ambass
FCO 8/991

Annual Court report for 1968, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains: An annual court report from 1968, discussing the structure and progress towards the retrocession of jurisdiction in Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and the Trucial States An analysis of the criminal cases calendar from 1968

FCO 8/82

Redeployment of forces and force levels, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Parliamentary question from Colin Jackson MP to the Secretary of Defence Denis Healey on the purpose of the planned increase in British forces stationed in the Gulf, March 1967 Proposals of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf R S Crawford for fixing establishment ceilings as a basis for control over the number of British servicemen deployed to the Gulf; a chart detailing the establishment figures for the Gulf approved by Ministry of Defence; a letter from Crawford to M S Weir describing the figures as surprising and disappointing

FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military

FCO 8/570

Annual reviews for 1966 and 1967, 1967-1968

This file contains the Annual Reports and Calendar of Events for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman for 1966 and 1967 by Consul-General D C Carden and related correspondence.

FCO 8/99

Annual reports of courts 1966 and 1967, 1967-1968

This file contains the Annual Reports for 1966 and 1967 made under the provisions of the Persian Gulf Orders in Council. It also contains correspondence relating to: Presumption that the present absence of a Judge of the Chief Court removes the obligation to produce the usual annual report; and an agreement that Judge William John Palmer should submit the report in his capacity of Registrar of the Chief Court

FO 1016/447

Annual report of Bahrain government September 1953 to December 1954, 1955

This file contains the annual report by C A Gault on the Bahrain Government from September 1953 to December 1954.

FO 1016/443

Annual review of Bahrain affairs, 1955

This file contains:The annual administration report for the Political Agency in Bahrain for 1954A summary of events in Bahrain for 1955The annual review of Bahrain affairs for 1955.
FO 371/185214

Legal jurisdiction in Persian Gulf states, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Progress in return of jurisdiction to the Gulf Rulers (1) Proposal to abolish capital punishment in HMG's jurisdiction (2, 5, 9) Comments on Sir John Whyatt's draft model decree on the subject of human rights and the issue of whether Gulf Rulers would enact such a decree (3) Annual Report for 1965 by Judge Whyatt (6) Discussion of jurisdiction in cases concerning British forces personnel in Bahrain, draft copies of the Bahrain Order, 1966 and the retrocession of HMG's jurisdiction (7) Suggestion that the Fugitive Offenders Act