Flags of convenience and registration of shipping

This file contains correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• Approach to the Inter-Governmental Marine Consultative Organisation by the Bahrain Government on the question of recognition of Bahrain's flag for international shipping purposes
• Question of Bahrain and Ras Al Khaimah establishing a flags of convenience registry to enable foreign shipping firms to avoid taxation and HMG’s opposition
• Foreign Office Legal Advisor P J Allott’s opinion regarding the political and legal ramifications of recognising Bahrain’s flag
• Question of recognising Ras Al Khaimah’s flag for shipping

This file also contains the Kuwait Maritime Regulation, 1959.