FO 371/168858
Ports, 1963
This file contains correspondence relating to:
General strike in Qatar preventing the unloading of lighters at Doha and the Umm Said [Mesaieed] Port (1)
Question of control of Mesaieed port and the request for clarification of HMG's legal rights (2)
Discussion of protests from Qatar of additional freight charges per ton on cargo bound for Mesaieed, with mention of a boycott of British ships (3)
Letter concerning the progress of the Doha port scheme transferring the primary port of Qatar to Doha instead of Mesaieed, particularly the suggestion of transferring jurisdiction of all mat
