Muscat: commerce and navigation treaty: negotiations

This file relates to the Muscat commerce and navigation treaty. It covers:

• Negotiations for the new treaty
• Exchanges between F C L Chauncy and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur in connection with the prolongation of the Muscat Treaty of 1939
• The Sultan's objections to the drafts and the UK's continued jurisdiction over Indians
• Proposed amendments to the treaty
• Proposed scheme for the protocol to the Muscat Commercial Treaty dealing with consular functions and privileges
• Comments from G W Furlonge and W R Hay on the new draft treaty
• Further amendments to the text of the treaty
• Persian Gulf Lighting and Buoying Committee's expenses
• Various letters between the Political Residence and Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur relating to certain conditions in the treaty