Mapping of boundaries of Trucial States. Code BA file 1087 (papers 19 to end)
FO 371/140135 1959Description
This file contains correspondence relating to:
- Copies of letters sent to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur, the Ruler of Ajman Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The letters for the latter three in Arabic as well as English. They refer to the recent frontier agreements they have signed, which HMG regards the agreements as valid and binding (19)
- Correspondence regarding the granting of an extension for the loan of army equipment to J F Walker (20)
- Notes submitted by Walker regarding the accuracy of his last series of maps of Muscat and the Trucial States (21)
- Notes regarding Walker's travel plans for his visit to Bahrain (22)
- Correspondence regarding papers and maps sent to the Foreign Office, which need to be returned to Walker (23)