Commercial relations between UK and Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms

This file contains:

• Redraft of a paper by A T Lamb, First Secretary (Commercial) in Bahrain A T Lamb entitled: 'Problems of commercial representation in the Southern Gulf States of Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial States, and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman', along with correspondence regarding its contents and suitability for publication (1)
• Another copy of Lamb's paper, with responses (2)
• Correspondence regarding the need for British businesses to communicate directly with the Commercial Officers in the different Sheikhdoms and in Muscat, rather than through the Political Residency in Bahrain (3)
• General Departmental Policy Notice from the Export Credits Guarantee Department, detailing the policy and action to be adopted in respect of applications for credit insurance, for Muscat and Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the Trucial States (4)
• Request from Charles Kendall & Partners Limited to be considered for appointment as representatives in the UK of any independent principalities on the Trucial Coast. Also included is a memorandum on Charles Kendall & Partners Limited along with responses to their request (5)