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FCO 8/5500

Review of the Oman Civil Service, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns a review of the structure and organisation of the Omani Civil Service carried out by a team of British experts at the request of Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed.
FCO 8/610

National assembly, 1967-1968

This file relates to the affairs of the Kuwait National Assembly.
FCO 8/1724

Independence for Qatar, 1971 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31

This file relates to the independence of Qatar.
FCO 8/2003

Oil affairs in Kuwait, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file concerns Kuwait’s entry into an oil participation agreement between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi with British Petroleum and Gulf Oil Corporation.
FO 371/156672

Political relations between Persian Gulf states and UK, 1961

This file relates to British policy in the Gulf. It contains correspondence concerning: A parliamentary question by Woodrow Wyatt MP asking if the Lord Privy Seal proposes to visit the Gulf States to discuss the modernisation of treaty relationships (1, 4) Points arising from a meeting of Political Agents regarding Britain's future policy in the Gulf.
FO 371/185540

Economy, 1966

This file relates to development in Abu Dhabi.
FO 371/132546

Political relations between countries of Arabia and UK, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Article carried by Reuters [enclosed] stating that the Foreign Office is rethinking its Middle East policy, and claiming that officials think that the existing agreements between the UK and local rulers in the Gulf are out of date (16) Extract from BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, containing a summary of a Middle East News Association report, in which the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi stated that no Union of Arab Emirates could be realised unless it emanated from the Arab people, and that any efforts to link such a unio
FO 371/109916

Disagreements between Trucial Coast rulers and British contractors, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed legal action against M Buckmaster by R A J Lippett and Abdul Rahman Khalifa, both for defamation of character.