Arms Smuggling in Persian Gulf

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Arms smuggling in the Gulf and the legality of the Royal Navy carrying out arrests of suspected crews (1)
• The agreement of Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for the Abu Dhabi Police to cooperate with the Trucial Oman Scouts in anti-arms smuggling operations (2)
• Arms smuggling from the United Arab Republic to the Aden Protectorate (3)
• A meeting with Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, in which the Ruler agreed to cooperate with the anti-smuggling operations of the Trucial Oman Scouts in the Howeilat [Huwaylat] area, but also called for the resolution of boundary disputes between himself and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (4)
• The question of whether HM ships have the right to carry out random searches of native vessels of the Gulf States or Muscat and Oman, something which is considered a useful deterrent to arms smugglers and the correct way of dealing with those accused of arms smuggling (5, 7)
• Accusations of arms smuggling from the United Arab Republic to the Aden Protectorate (6).