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FO 371/104268

Recommendations on HMG policy contained in a report by Sir Roger Makins on the Persian Gulf, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to recommendations on HMG policy contained in a report by Sir Roger Makins on the Gulf regarding oil revenues benefits to the Royal Family in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait. There are also proposals on different fields, such as administration, economic, and financial in the Gulf.
FCO 8/805

Aircraft apprentice training, 1967-1968

This file concerns requests from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) for training from the RAF.
FCO 8/2016

UK aid to Masirah, Oman, for economic development, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns British development aid to Oman and the proposed construction of a police station and hospital on the island of Masirah.
FCO 8/2225

UK aid to Oman for economic development, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file relates to development aid to Oman from the UK.
FCO 8/1648

Technical assistance to Bahrain from UK, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file relates to the UK's technical assistance programme in Bahrain, to promote economic and social development, as Britain prepares to withdraw from the Gulf. Primarily it relates to the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two Governments, eventually signed on 15 August 1971.
FCO 8/670

Visit by UK service personnel, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit by the new Brigadier General (Staff) in Aden C Dunbar to Kuwait, February 1967 Letter from G N Jackson to H R Hubert about the latter's proposed visit to Kuwait and arrangements for meeting the Chief of the General Staff Major-General Mubarak Abdulla Al Jabir Al Sabah and Kuwaiti Minister of Defence Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdulla Al Sabah Letter from J A N Graham to the Deputy Political Resident H G Balfour-Paul about discussion of the position of service visitors at the last meeting of the Military Coordination Committee Plans for a vi
FO 1016/372

Kuwait Oil Company: relations with Kuwait State, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arrangements for the Kuwait Oil Company Limited’s (KOC) representation in Kuwait, including the illness and potential replacement of the Chief Local Representative of KOC Colonel Dickson; and propaganda against the oil industry Criticism of Dickson, including that he is ‘more sympathetic to the oriental than to the western point of view’ and the suggestion that his employment be terminated Potential for widening KOC’s contacts with the Kuwaiti Government Relationship of the Iraq Petroleum Company with the local economy in their areas o
FO 371/168881

Commercial relations: US, 1963

This file contains a copy of the report of the Special US Economic Mission to Saudi Arabia, 13-30 June 1962 and related correspondence (1).

FO 371/174703

Recruitment of expatriate staff for ruler of Abu Dhabi, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to the recruitment of staff for the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. These include a director of education, an accountant, a director of health services, police officers, a civil aviation advisor and other appointments (12).