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FO 371/109899

Operations of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation between the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and officials from the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (Bapco) regarding the production of oil from a well in the Bahrain seabed area.
FO 371/168680

Negotiation of new petroleum concession between Bahrain and Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), 1963

This file relates to the Bahrain Petroleum Oil Company Limited (BAPCO). It contains: BAPCO monthly oil reports for December 1962 to December 1963 (1-2) Two letters from BAPCO to the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa about new pricing agreements (3) Letter from BAPCO to the Ruler relinquishing the company's rights in the Hawar Islands area.
FO 371/163057

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file contains: Correspondence relating to an article in the Karachi Morning News about the continued threat of bomb attacks on Gulf passenger liners (47) Cuttings from the Kuwait Times reporting on the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (48) Correspondence relating to the balance due to the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company John Lewis as a result of the earnings forfeited while he was attending the Dara inquiry in London (49) Copies of the report of the Court following the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (50, 55) Request that

FO 371/127016

Labour Ordinances and labour affairs in Bahrain, 1957

This file concerns the creation of a labour law for Bahrain.
FO 371/126979

Penal code and transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain, 1957

This file contains: Bahrain (Amendment) Order, 1956 (1) Correspondence relating to a point raised by Legal Advisor in the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf Mawdsley about criminal justice administration in Bahrain (2-3) Correspondence relating to the processes to be followed to bring about the transfer of jurisdiction in Bahrain.
FO 371/156700

Oil prospecting in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains: Summaries, data, statistics and related correspondence concerning oil companies operating in the Persian Gulf, including: Abu Dhabi Marine Areas; ARAMCO; Aminoil; Arabian Oil Company; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Dubai Marine Areas; Getty Oil Company; Kuwait Oil Company; Petroleum Development (Oman); Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast); Qatar Petroleum Company; and Shell.
FO 371/104257

Tour of Middle East countries by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accompanied by Mutual Security Agency Director Harold Stassen and officials; comments on Dulles' speech on his return and on US policy generally in the Middle East. Code E file 1034, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: Extract from the State Department Bulletin on 10 March of a statement made by J F Dulles in New York about his trip to the Middle East and South Asia (1) Proposed visit of Dr Garland E Hopkins, Vice President of the American Friends of the Middle East (AFME) to Afghanistan and the Middle and Far East (2) Arab hopes becoming fixed on the chances that the new US Administration will make some dramatic policy change away from the support of Israel and in favour of the Arab cause (3) Details of the preliminary itinerary of Dulles's visit to
FO 371/109845

Conflicting claims to the sea-bed, shoals and islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Records of conversations with Colonel Galloway of Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) on the latest Saudi Arabian proposals on the demarcation of the Bahrain seabed, which he considered was coming close to a satisfactory agreement (17) Bahrain-Saudi seabed.
FO 371/104320

Conflicting claim to islands and sea-bed areas in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Persia. Code EA file 1083 (papers 19 to 40), 1953

The file contains correspondence relating to: Persian [Iranian] sloop that left the river on 7 April.
FO 371/126931

Claims made by Iran to sovereignty over Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Report from Agence France-Presse that the Shah of Iran is planning to appoint the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa as his imperial representative (19) Failure of the BBC to give publicity to a Foreign Office statement in response to the renewed Iranian claim to Bahrain (20) Proposed statement to be made by the Foreign Secretary in reply to the proclamation by Iran of the administrative annexation of Bahrain, along with comments and suggested amendments (22) Brief regarding the Iranian claim to Bahrain, prepared for t
FO 371/99716

Negotiation for revision of the UK-Bahrain Air Agreement; offer of US surplus glide-path equipment for use at Bahrain or Sharjah. Code GA file 60 (papers 27 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal to hold a meeting at Ariel House to discuss the draft of the revised agreement with Bahrain (27) Discussion on the proposed appointment of Mr Champniss as Aerodrome Commandant at Bahrain (28) Draft of the revised Bahrain Civil Air Agreement with the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (29) Revised Civil Air Agreement statement on the working arrangement between Cable & Wireless Ltd. and International Aeradio Ltd.
FO 371/109945

Employees of Bahrain Petroleum Company: large increase in rates of pay and salaries ordered by King Saud, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Screening of Indians and Pakistanis seeking employment with the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (1) BAPCO's proposal to increase wages and improve working conditions in response to the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) doing the same (2-4) Strike by taxi drivers, bus drivers and haulage contractor drivers in Bahrain regarding third party insurance (5)