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FO 371/110663

Air Navigation Agreement between Bahrain and UK, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the Air Navigation Agreement between Bahrain and UK: refund of fuel tax.

FO 371/110125

Shipping agreement between government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the shipping agreement between Government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis.

FO 371/110124

Shipping agreement between government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the shipping agreement between Government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis.

FO 371/110123

Shipping agreement between government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the shipping agreement between Government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis.

FO 371/110122

Shipping agreement between government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to the shipping agreement between Government of Saudi Arabia and Mr Aristotle Onassis.

FO 371/104410

Dubai concessions to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to concessions by the Ruler of Dubai to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.

FO 371/104406

Oil prices in the Gulf and requests for details on oil concessions, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to oil prices in the Gulf and requests from some Commonwealth Governments for details of oil concessions.

FO 371/104405

Malta's oil potentialities, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to the request from Malta for examination of the island's oil potentialities and for information about the exact terms of the oil concession agreements elsewhere.

FO 371/104403

Shell Company of Qatar Ltd funding and oil exploration in Qatar , 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to the Treasury Agreement to raising of one million pounds of capital in shares by the Shell Company of Qatar Ltd, the agreement between Shell Company and HMG concerning oil exploration in Qatar, and deed of transfer of land.

FO 371/104395

Agreements involving the Ruler of Kuwait, D'Arcy Kuwait Oil Company and the oil company, 1953

This file contains the text of the Political Agreement of 1952 between the Ruler of Kuwait and the D'Arcy Kuwait Oil Company. It includes agreements between HMG, the Ruler and the oil company and an annual report ftom Kuwait Oil Company to the Ruler of Kuwait

FO 371/98360

HMG preferential right to oil concessions in Muscat under the Treaty , 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to HMG's preferential right to oil concessions in Muscat under the Treaty, including a summary of correspondence between HMG and Muscat starting in 1902.

FCO 164/24

Trucial States: Abu Dhabi sea-bed concession, 1 January 1952 - 31 March 1952

This file contains a copy of the English and Arabic version of the Abu Dhabi Seabed Arbitration Award, awarded after the arbitration hearing in Paris between the Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and its dependencies.

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