Frontier dispute between Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The 1952 Trucial Oman Levies (TOL) mutiny and subsequent murder of Commander H O D Thwaites, Dawud Sidqi and A L C Duncan. It includes: a discussion of the situation leading up to the murders; the trial of the accused men under military law; and accounts of the events leading up to the incident (1074, 1070, 1102, 1097)
• Saudi Arabian Government's acceptance of arbitration over the area under dispute, subject to terms (1075)
• Further evidence of the authenticity of the Saudi Government's frontier claim in 1935 (1077)
• Presentation of a note-verbale to the Saudi Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding a letter written by Turki Bin Abdulla Al Ataishan (1078)
• Message from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding further allegations of British activity in the Buraimi area (1080)
• Views of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Jeddah, G C Pelham, on the Saudi attitude to the frontier dispute and the appropriate course of action (1081)
• Attack on a TOL post by twelve men approaching from Hamasa (1082)
• Report that Mr Thoms and his family met the Imam in Arab dress (1083)
• Arbitration agreement, including: comments by the Saudi Government on the draft agreement; dispatch of the Saudi draft and the arrival of the Saudi Ambassador Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and his legal advisors in London; the potential for focus to turn to the status of Oman (1084, 1092, 1100)
• Saudi protest against the drilling of wells in a disputed area (1085, 1093)
• Assessment of the political and military significance of British posts; the possibility of making concessions by removing some (1086, 1098)
• Interview in the Mecca newspaper Al Bilad as-Saudiyah with Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, including a statement about British aggression in Buraimi and 'interesting' views on the Arab League (1087)
• Suggestion that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur appoints the brother of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan as his Wali for the Buraimi area (1088)
• Note informing the Sultan of HMG's views on arbitration and the flying of a flag at Hamasa (1089)
• Two stories about the construction of a road from Saudi Arabia to Buraimi (1090)
• Suggestion that the Sultan send further money to Abdulla Salem as a present (1091)
• Apprehension of two men carrying a letter from Turki to a Sheikh of Wadi Jizza (1094)
• Further measures for the blockade of Hamasa (1095)
• Effects of mutual withdrawal from the disputed area on oil companies (1103)
• Departure of Mr Rentz, Mr Young and Mr Ahmed to London (1101)
• Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows's suggestion of action to be taken by the Sultan, unless the Saudi Government accepts the proposal for mutual withdrawal (1096)