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FCO 8/687

Rail link from Kuwait to Basra, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal to link Kuwait to the Iraqi railway system at Umm Qasr; and perhaps to Saudi Arabia at Riyadh and Dhahran Enquiry about reports on the military implications of linking Kuwait to the Iraqi system Letter from A Ibbott to D A J West on commissioning an authoritative study of the implications

FO 371/109820

Political relations between Kuwait and Persia: proposal to open consulate in Kuwait, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation with the Persian [Iranian] Foreign Minister about the establishment of diplomatic relations with Kuwait, the possibility of establishing a Persian Consular Officer in Kuwait and the allegations that Sheikh Jabir Al Ahmad Al Sabah and Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah's visit to Iran was an attempt to stop an oil settlement (1) C J Pelly’s belief that Sheikh Jabir had probably not been briefed on the smuggling into Iran of foreign goods imported into Kuwait or on the protection of the Iranian merchants established there.

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