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FO 371/148979

Economic development in Trucial States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Payment for the air photography and mapping of Abu Dhabi carried out by Hunting Surveys (86, 79) Budgetary provision for the Trucial States Development Scheme (85) Plans for the construction of a jetty and for a water survey to be carried out in Abu Dhabi (84) Difficulties in assembling equipment purchased for the Agricultural Trials Station in Ras Al Khaimah (83) Approach from the engineering firm Condev regarding opportunities for development projects in Abu Dhabi and a suggestion that both Condev and Cementation might be invited t
FO 371/168865

Royal family, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Final payments to be made in settlement of the Crown House case (1) Press clippings providing information about the visit of the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani to Saudi Arabia (2) Record of a conversation between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Dr Kamel regarding the finances of the Ruling Family of Qatar (3) Note about Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammad Bin Ali Al Thani, who is travelling to Lebanon (4) Travel plans of the former Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali who may visit the UK for medical treatment (5) Tr
FO 371/185383

Oil, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Granting of an offshore oil concession by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to the German company Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft and the question of how this effects the concession with Petroleum Development (Oman), which includes territorial waters (1) Potential security threats to the oil industry in Muscat and Oman, particularly in regard to the new Omani pipeline (4)

FO 371/179912

Political relations: Frontier demarcation between Muscat and Abu Dhabi, 1965

This file contains: A description of the Muscat-Abu Dhabi frontier line, along with responses containing corrections to the description and suggested alterations to the spellings of place names (2) Correspondence regarding the existence of an earlier border agreement between Muscat and Abu Dhabi, and whether there was one agreement covering the whole border, or several covering different parts of it.
FO 371/162993

Determination of Southern boundary with Saudi Arabia, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: The location of the boundary between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and a request to find older records that might help to determine the boundary. It also contains a copy of a letter, dated 14 May 1934, introducing a map [not enclosed] that shows a frontier line between Saudi Arabia and South East Arabia (1) A request from Khalid Dajani a secretary of the Ruler of Qatar for a copy of J G Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, and the question of whether this work is still classified or not (2).

FO 371/179738

Annual review of events in Persian Gulf for 1964, 1965

This file contains the Annual Review of the Persian Gulf for 1964, including a chronological table of events for the year, and comments on and responses to the report (1).
FO 371/181597

Abu Dhabi, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Need for the Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company to improve its image and suggestions as to how they might do this, in particular by doing more to highlight the benefits they have brought to the state (1) Conversation with Mr Stockwell of BP regarding the operations of Abu Dhabi Marine Areas (ADMA) (2) Plans of ADMA for oil production in Zakum (4-5)

FO 371/179924

Banking, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Concerns that the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum may allow the Arab Bank and the Eastern Bank to open branches in Dubai, which would be in breach of the monopoly agreement with the British Bank of the Middle East (1-2) Financial difficulties of the National Bank of Dubai (3)

FO 371/156977

Political relations: UK, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit of the Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath to Qatar and details of his meetings with the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani, which covered, among other things, the Ruler's dissatisfaction with the Qatar Petroleum Company. It also contains a letter of thanks from Heath to the Ruler, along with a reply from the Ruler and a translation of the reply (1) Note considering whether it is desirable for HMG to abandon its special position in Qatar, along with related correspondence (2)

FO 371/168784

Visit of Heir Apparent to London: health, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Planned visit of Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah to the UK for medical treatment and the question of whether he might become Prime Minister of Kuwait (1) Arrangements for a meeting between Sheikh Sabah and the Foreign Secretary. It also contains details of an Associated Press news item reporting that Iraq and Kuwait are engaged in secret negotiations to bring about a federal union, as well as some brief biographical information about Sheikh Sabah (2)

FO 371/162877

Visit to UK by Ruler, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed itinerary for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's visit to the UK (1) The Sultan's indecision as to whether or not to visit the UK this year (2) Analysis by J F S Phillips on what would happen if the Sultan ceased to rule (3)

FO 371/132605

Amendments to 1956 Orders in Council for Trucial States, 1958

This file contains amendments to the Trucial States Orders in Council 1956 (4).