Seabed frontier between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The Bahrain-Saudi Arabia seabed frontier. It includes an enquiry made on whether the Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa should be encouraged to make a personal approach to King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, to reach an agreement for the sharing of any oil resources in the Fasht Bu Saafa area or any settlement more favourable to Bahrain; a political background, together with a proposal that the Americans should urge the Saudis to make a direct approach to Bahrain (1-2)
• The Bahrain-Saudi boundary, which includes King Saud's talk with Sheikh Abdulla Khalifa (3)
• The Bahrain-Saudi seabed, which includes an account of a meeting between King Saud and Sheikh Abdulla; a suggestion of direct negotiations; a brief for Sheikh Abdulla (4).