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FO 371/104398

Liaison meetings with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) representatives at the FO, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to records of periodical liaison meetings with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) representatives at the Foreign Office

FCO 164/73

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain, volume 2. With map, August 1970

This file is volume 2 of 2 and contains correspondence relating the mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain concerning their sea boundaries. It includes agreements, maps and Arabic documents.

FCO 164/72

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Qaiwain, volume 1. With map, August 1970

This file is volume 1 of 2 and contains correspondence relating to the mediation between Ajman, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain concerning their sea boundaries.

FCO 164/71

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): Sharjah; territorial sea and continental shelf rights. With map, August 1970

This file contains correspondence relating to Sharjah's territorial sea and continental shelf rights, specifically regarding Abu Musa Island.

FCO 164/69

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): oil concessions relating to Umm Al Qaiwain, 01 May 1969 - 30 November 1969

This file contains correspondence relating to Abu Dhabi oil concessions. It also includes the Abu Dhabi tax decree of 1965 and several documents in Arabic.

FCO 8/1763

Abu Dhabi-Iran median line, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns the Abu Dhabi-Iran median line.

FCO 8/3515

Ministerial visits from the United Arab Emirates to UK, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file relates to the foreign visits of various UAE Rulers and Ministers to the UK, and the discussions of various topics with HMG’s ministers.

FO 371/168945

Oil, 1963

This file concerns oil affairs in the Gulf. It contains correspondence on: Acquisition by Dubai Petroleum Company Limited (DPC) of a half share in the Dubai offshore concession (82) Negotiations of Frank M Tye with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi for the offshore concession area.

FO 371/140229

Oil industry in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1535, 1959

This file concerns the oil industry in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

FCO 8/4479

United Arab Emirates: oil matters, 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns oil affairs in the UAE.

FCO 8/1774

Dubai-Iran median line, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns the Iran-Dubai median line. It contains correspondence on: The visits of the Ruler of Dubai's advisor on petroleum affairs Mahdi Al Tajir to Tehran to negotiate the median line and the two options proposed for drawing the line The plans of the French oil company ERAP to drill at a point close to the putative median line Iran's seeming reluctance to complete an agreement on the median line.

FCO 8/1773

Boundaries between Oman and Trucial States, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns the boundaries between Oman and the Trucial States.

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