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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.

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 371/179768

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).

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

Status of forces, 1967-1968

UK defence forces in Persian Gulf, 1965