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FO 371/127004

Visits abroad by Ruler of Kuwait and members of his family, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Sheikh Fahad Al Salem's world tour and Britain's relations with Kuwait's Ruling Family (1) Sheikh Badir Mohammad Al Sabah's purchase of a pistol from Cogswell & Harrison Limited in London (2) Sheikh Fahad's visit to Baghdad.
FO 371/127000

Public health regulation in Qatar, 1957

This file contains the Qatar Public Health Regulation, 1957, drafted by Judge Haines, and related comments and correspondence (12, 14).
FO 371/126998

School teachers for Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Search for additional schoolteachers in Arab capitals for Kuwait and the Trucial Coast. It provides figures of present teaching staff employed in Kuwait and discusses the itinerary of the selection board (1) BBC and press reports that Egyptian, Syrian and Soviet embassies have been implicated in election riots in Lebanon.
FO 371/126997

Education in Bahrain; Government scholarships for students outside Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Political Agent's talk with the Bahraini Director of Education Ahmad Umram about reports in the Iraq Times that the Iraqi Government agreed to supply educational material and loan teachers to Bahrain (1, 3) Bahrain Government's desire to supervise private schools under British jurisdiction in Bahrain in order to raise the level of Arabic (2) Bahrain letter written by the Department of Public Relations and Broadcasting about the provision of scholarships for Bahraini students to attend universities abroad (4)

FO 371/126992

Publicity and information services on Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Strengthening the Sultan of Oman's information services to help counter Egyptian propaganda and strengthening the international position of Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/126981

Penal code and jurisdiction in Dubai, 1957

This file contains: Trucial States (Amendment No 2) Order, 1956 (1) Judge Haines' report on the registers and case files of all cases heard at the Dubai Court since his last visit (2) Judge Haines' report on the records of the Abu Dhabi Court (3) Draft of the 1957 Dubai Municipal Regulation making bye-laws enacted by the Municipal Council applicable to persons subject to British jurisdiction and related correspondence (4)

FO 371/126975

Mineral deposits in Muscat and Oman, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Colonel G de Gaury's efforts to interest British mining companies in the exploitation of minerals, notably copper, in Muscat, particularly Masirah Island. It also discusses the desirability of greater American interest in Muscat to offset the Saudi slant of US policy (1) Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's refusal to renew the expiring two-year concession granted to de Gaury (2) Wendell Phillips' approach to de Gaury, possibly to arrange a deal.
FO 371/126974

Oil in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: N M P Reilly's visit to Abadan on his return from Kuwait and his discussion of oil problems in the producing states of Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Sheikdoms (1) Idea of appointing a petroleum attaché for the Middle East to coordinate understanding of oil related issues on regional rather than country-by-country basis.
FO 371/126966

Construction of oil well at Das Island, Abu Dhabi, 1957

This file contains: British Petroleum Company Limited newsletter for 10 January 1957, including a report on the progress in constructing a base camp on Das Island for drilling the first underwater deep test well by Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (ADMA) (1) British Petroleum Company Limited newsletters for 21 March and 18 April 1957, including reports on the launch of the drilling barge for the first underwater deep test well to be undertaken by ADMA (2) Correspondence relating to C Marshall's visit to Das Island to assess the construction work by George Wimpey and Company Limited, in
FO 371/126962

Anti-British propaganda in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to reports that English Language broadcasts edited by American Arabian Oil Company (ARAMCO) and put out by the American Air Force base at Dahran [Dhahran] exhibit anti-British bias, particularly since the Suez Crisis (2-3).

FO 371/126957

Development of agriculture in Oman: Agricultural show in Bahrain, 1957

This file contains: Letter produced by the Government of Bahrain Public Relations Department about the 1957 Bahrain Agricultural Show and the policies of the Department of Agriculture (1) Draft agricultural development scheme for central Oman by Head of the Bahrain Agricultural Department Dr Aubrey Van Ollenbach and related correspondence (2-3)

FO 371/126955

Disputes over sovereignty of continental shelf between Iran and Iraq, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Legal position over the continental shelf between Iran and Iraq and the UN International Law Commission's report (1) Iraqi Government’s intention to assert jurisdiction over the waters above the continental shelf in the Gulf off the Iraqi Coast and the minerals in the seabed beneath it (2) Effect of the Iraqi seabed proclamation on Kuwait (3) Iraq's announcement of its sovereignty over the continental shelf (4) Iraqi Government's request for legal advice in drawing up its proclamation and a draft proclamation produced by Lord McNair