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FO 371/126968

Electricity supplies in Bahrain and Qatar, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Equipment required for the Qatar Power Station and a request for assistance to persuade Messrs Reyrolle and Company, County Durham to dispatch all essential items on order (1) Account given of the recent troubles in the Electricity Department in Bahrain (2)

FO 371/126954

Air force of Muscat, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Muscat Air Force, in connection with clearing up the Oman rebels (1) Setting up of the Muscat Air Force; Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur will not be able to pay for this, but would otherwise make no difficulties (2) Arguments for and against a Muscat Air Force (3)

FO 371/126950

Customs regulations and free port of Bahrain, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Exemption from customs duty for British forces in Bahrain (1) Bahrain Port; including press reports that Manama had been declared a free port (2) Bahrain Government has announced the establishment of a free transit area in Bahrain from 1 January 1958, in order to maintain Bahrain's entrepôt trade with the Gulf Sheikhdoms and her re-export trade with Saudi Arabia (3) Bahrain newsletter No 13 announcing the establishment of a free transit area from 1 January 1958 (4) Reference to the declaration of Manama as a free port, and

FO 371/126949

Customs regulation of Qatar 1957, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: G G Fitzmaurice's submission for the Qatar Customers Regulation, 1957 (1) Suggestion that the issue of Qatar customs regulations may have to be delayed as two difficulties have arisen (2)

FO 371/126948

Commercial relations between Kuwait and Soviet Union, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to Kuwait and trade with the Soviet Union and includes a report on the business dealings of younger merchants with the Soviet Union through Egypt or Czechoslovakia (1).

FO 371/126947

Commercial relations between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, 1957

This file relates to the appointment of the Saudi Trade Agent in Bahrain (1).
FO 371/126944

Development in Abu Dhabi, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to the development of Abu Dhabi, and includes M S Buckmaster's record of talks held on 24 February 1957 between the Political Resident, the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his brother Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1).
FO 371/126933

Neutral Zone in Kuwait, 1957

This file contains a report on G W Bell's visit to the Kuwait Neutral Zone on 28-29 March 1957 including details of the Getty Oil Company and Aminoil operations (1).

FO 371/126924

Talks between UK and US on situation in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains a draft brief on Anglo-US talks on the Gulf. Comments given on what the American line is likely to be; HMG's immediate objections; boundary disputes; Gulf forces; measures to emphasise the independence of the Gulf States; long term measures (1).

FO 371/126902

Constitutional development in Qatar, 1957

This file contains: Report from B A B Burrows on his discussions with G M Hancock concerning the Municipal Council and the possibilities of constitutional development in Qatar (2) Correspondence relating to the allegation that a Jewish official was left in charge of one of the public works offices in Qatar (3)

FO 371/126862

Air approach routes for defence of Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Defence of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsular, with instructions that the Joint Planning Staff (JPS) are to re-examine the existing plans for reinforcement of the Gulf and that a planning team are to be sent there shortly (1) Defence of the Arabian Peninsular and the Gulf respecting the air approach routes. Recommendations made that no movement of troops through the Iraq and Aden-Yemen frontier should be contemplated at present (2)

FO 371/126853

Plans for emergency evacuation from countries in Middle East, 1957

This file relates to emergency planning and contains a summary of information on the evacuation of British subjects from countries dealt with by the Foreign Office Eastern Department (1).