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FO 371/120575

Brief for talks in Washington between UK and US on relations between countries in Arabian Peninsula, 1956

This file contains: Brief for C A E Shuckburgh for official talks in Washington DC. It covers: British and US interests and policies in the Arabian Peninsular; American views on Buraimi and Oman; and Russia (1) Correspondence relating to Anglo-American awareness of the reality of each other's positions in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. The British consider how cooperative the relationship should be in the Middle East (2)

FO 371/120543

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Zahir Bin Ghusn, head of the Beni Hinah, requesting the arrest of his son Sheikh Ahmad Bin Zahir and companions believed to be bound for Saudi Arabia (26) Reports from Sheikh Zahir of correspondence between the Imam of Oman Ghalib Al Hina'i and Saudi Arabia (27) Letter [cutting enclosed] to the Manchester Guardian editor from Chicago Daily News journalist George Weller, complaining of favouritism shown to British newspapers in covering the dispute between Muscat and Saudi Arabia (28, 33) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin T
FO 371/120542

Internal political situation in Muscat and Oman, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arab press reports about the occupation of Nizwa, including a statement [translation enclosed] by the Imam of Oman's envoy Sheikh Atfish entitled, 'The British occupy the country of this Man. Oman … a new Arab State awaiting its turn' (1, 3) Assistance for the Chicago Daily News correspondent George Weller during his visit to Buraimi, Nizwa and Oman; the Sultan's refusal to grant permission to visit, and Weller's subsequently hostile article.
FO 371/120540

Persian Gulf: annual report for 1955, 1956

This file contains the Annual Report of the Persian Gulf and a chronological summary of events for 1955, and related correspondence (1).
FO 371/120529

Possibility of return of Kuria Muria Islands to Muscat, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of returning the Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya] Islands to Muscat. Legal advice says that an act of parliament needs to be passed. B A B Burrows suggests it might make the sale of Gwadur [Gwadar] to Pakistan more palatable to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur. It also contains a French document on the Anglo-Yemeni dispute over the Island of Camaran [Kamaran] (1) Report on a visit to the Khuriya Muriya Islands by HMS Loch Insh.
FO 371/99716

Negotiation for revision of the UK-Bahrain Air Agreement; offer of US surplus glide-path equipment for use at Bahrain or Sharjah. Code GA file 60 (papers 27 to end), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposal to hold a meeting at Ariel House to discuss the draft of the revised agreement with Bahrain (27) Discussion on the proposed appointment of Mr Champniss as Aerodrome Commandant at Bahrain (28) Draft of the revised Bahrain Civil Air Agreement with the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa (29) Revised Civil Air Agreement statement on the working arrangement between Cable & Wireless Ltd. and International Aeradio Ltd.
FO 371/98828

Political Relations between UK and Saudi Arabia; British aide-memoire to US State Department on UK policy towards Saudi Arabia; American attitude to Anglo-American close association in the Middle East. Code ES file 1051, 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A report on a conversation with Ibn Saud at Riyadh, during which he spoke of suggestions he had made to King Farouk for a settlement of Anglo-Egyptian differences, the Frontier Conference, and the attitude of the Saudi delegation to the UN in Paris (1) The US concern about the possibility of a deterioration of relations between the UK and Saudi Arabia as a result of the failure to reach an agreement on the frontier question (2) Political relations with the UK.
FO 371/98379

Dispute about sovereignty of Buraimi. Code EA file 1084 (papers 301 - 320), 1952

This file contains correspondence relating to: A request that action should be taken to forestall any attempt by the State Department to instruct their Consul-General in Dhahran to advise the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to adhere to the Standstill Agreement (301) A report from Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) regarding passage through their camp at Tarif, in undisputed Abu Dhabi territory, of a Saudi convoy (302) W R Hay's proposed visit to Muscat (303) A close inspection carried out by the Arabian American Oil Company of the Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast
FO 371/120526

UK policy in Middle East: visits made by personalities from UK; brief for foreign affairs debate, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arrangements for a visit to the Middle East by Walter Elliot MP, Lord Alexander, and Mr Vanneck (1-2) Briefs for the visit on the Gulf and Saudi Arabia. It also contains notes on Saudi Arabia, Buraimi, Kuwait, Anglo-American relations over Saudi Arabia, and Yemen for Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd's speech in Commons debate. And it contains an extract from The Times: 'The Shah on Past Experience' (4)

FO 371/120525

UK and US views on and policy in Middle East, 1956

This file contains correspondence relating to: British difficulties caused by US dollars flowing through Saudi Arabia and Britain's interest in altering US thinking (1) US views on Buraimi and Oman since the reoccupation of the oasis and the general problem of Anglo-American cooperation in the Arabian Peninsular (2) Foreign Office concerns with Aden in respect of relations with Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It includes thoughts on the Imam of Yemen Ahmad Bin Yahya (3)

FO 371/115480

Briefs and papers on UK policy in Middle East, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: C A E Shuckburgh's tour of the Middle East from October - December 1955. In his report Shuckburgh commented on issues including: the strategic and political importance of the Middle East; the state of the Arab world; regional defence; public relations; the British Council; the BBC Arabic service; development and the work of the British Middle East Office; Anglo-US relations; other outside influences, including Russia, communism, France, and Turkey, Persia [Iran]; the Gulf; oil; and Egypt.
FO 371/114884

Dispute over frontiers between Saudi Arabia and Aden Colony and Protectorate and other Persian Gulf States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Protest by Saudi Arabia at Aden authorities driving out an Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) party (119) Deportation of Saudi guards from the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut and the possibility of Saudi reprisals (120-121, 126) Problem of maintaining and retrieving ARAMCO equipment left behind in the Aden Protectorate and the involvement of the US State Department (122-125, 127, 129-130, 132-133, 141) Foreign Office request that the US advise ARAMCO officially of the frontier line of Oman and the Aden Protectorate (128) Request for P