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FCO 8/1374

Relations between Bahrain and United Kingdom, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file concerns the relations between Bahrain and the UK.
FCO 8/1760

Visit of Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia to UK, September, October 1971, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file relates to the visit to the UK of the Saudi Arabian Minister of the Interior and Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
FCO 8/728

Saudi Arabia, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: A letter from the Political Agent in Doha R H M Boyle to H G Balfour-Paul at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf about the relations between the states of Qatar and Abu Dhabi and a possible visit by the King of Saudi Arabia Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to the Gulf An invitation by the Qatari Minister of Education Sheikh Jasim Bin Hamad Al Thani to the Saudi Minister of Education Sheikh Hasan Bin Abdulla Al Sheikh, the latter's visit in March 1967, and offer of unlimited scholarships for Qatari students to study at Saudi universiti
FCO 8/138

Visits to Persian Gulf by members of Houses of Parliament, 1968

This file relates to visits to the Gulf by MPs after Britain's announcement on 16 January 1968 that it intends to withdraw from the Gulf by the end of 1971 and after the February agreement between Qatar, Bahrain, and the Trucial States to establish a nine-state Union of Arab Emirates. In particular it contains correspondence concerning a visit by Labour Party MPs Colin Jackson, David Owen and Parliamentary Private Secretary Ernest Davies.
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 371/149051

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of the transfer of jurisdiction over the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) to Abu Dhabi (42-43) Arrangements for Faisal Sultan and Mohammad Saleh to begin a course at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot (44) Enquiry about Mulazim Thoma of the TOS and his entitlement to leave in Lebanon (45) Proposal for Colonel H J Bartholomew to be appointed as the new Commandant of the TOS, in succession to Colonel S L A Carter (46) Summary of meetings with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, at which an outstanding TOS murder case was
FO 371/148863

Boundaries on sea bed in Persian Gulf, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Query by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi about the ownership of the seabed around Tunb Island (1) Delayed note from Britain to Iran suggesting the Iraqis be invited to negotiations about seabed boundaries and the deterioration of the Shatt Al Arab dispute between Iran and Iraq (2) Seabed boundary between Iran and Kuwait and the Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone boundary (3) Conversation with Head of the Iranian Legal Department of Foreign Affairs M Vahid about proposed negotiations regarding the se
FO 371/132784

UK policy towards Trucial States, 1958

This file contains: Text of a Cairo Radio allegation of a British plot to assassinate Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah (1) Record of the meeting between the Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi of Sharjah and the Foreign Office on 23 July 1958. They discussed topics including: the general situation in the Middle East; the oil concession with Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited; Sheikh Saqr's desire for the unification of the Trucial States; and the Air Ministry's desire for a longer runway at Sharjah airport and an extension of the Air Agreement beyond 1961.
FO 371/109904

Repercussions of the Persian Oil Agreement on oil producing sheikhdoms of Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Probable repercussions of the Persian oil agreement on the oil producing Sheikhdoms of Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar (2) D A Logan's apology to B A B Burrows for prematurely speaking to Sheikh Abdulla Al Salem Al Sabah about the Persian oil agreement (5) Proposed conversation with Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani or his representative Abdulla Darwish about the Persian oil settlement (6)

FO 371/168955

Visit to UK of Ruler of Dubai, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's planned visit to London on his way to the US, when he is expected to ask for Dubai to have its own Political Agent, distinct from the other Trucial States (1-2) Abu Dhabi Political Agent J E H Boustead's impressions of a visit to Khartoum (3)

FO 371/185570

Visit by King Faisal to Dubai, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to confirmation that King Faisal is going to visit Dubai some time after Ramadan as part of a tour of the Gulf starting at Kuwait (14).