Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس‎, romanized: Xalij-e Fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Oman) through the Strait of Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline. The body of water is historically and internationally known as the "Persian Gulf". Arab governments refer to it as the "Arabian Gulf" (Arabic: اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ‎, romanized: Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī) or "The Gulf". The name "Gulf of …

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The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

providing an excuse for US penetration in the Persian Gulf and northern Indian Ocean. 4 . We tried Kapyshin


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Without unity no progress could be made. On the Persian Gulf he was glad to see that matters were settling



The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

WAS THE AMERICAN SHOW OF STRENGTH IN THE (PERSIAN) GULF. . . ./7 . CONFIDENTIAL ( ^ T ^ T ^ V * THAT IRAN DID NOT COVET THE LAND OF THE SMALL PERSIAN GULF STATES AND POSED NO THREAT TO THEM. [T WAS other oil-producing , „ countries of the Persian Gulf. In 1979 there were no more than 200 Soviet NDF comes to power in North Yemen. Such a the Persian Gulf oil-producing countries from the united, pro-Soviet


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French

A file containing documents concerning relations between NATO member states. Subjects covered in the file include a lack of progress in relations between East and West Germany; public disillusion in …

Treaty, especially in South West Asia and the Persian Gulf. All are manageable, though they sometimes resources, on the grounds that the defence of the Persian Gulf in particular, with its oil, is as much, if


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents relating to Soviet foreign policy. Subjects covered in the file include the likelihood of a change in policy under the new Soviet leader, Yurii Andropov; the …

Out-of-Area Concerns Including: (a) Middle East/Persian Gulf (b) Afghanistan (c) Africa (d) Central America/Caribbean


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents concerning travel by Allied officials to and from Berlin. The principal document in the file is an American report on the history, politics, and legal aspects …

position in Berlin. US military moves in Cuba, the Persian Gulf, or China come to mind as examples which might


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

000), Syria (nearly 200,000), Kuwait and other Persian Gulf coun- 8 ^ ^ • i e s (almost 400,000). At least



The National Archives · 1 January 1981 French

A file containing documents concerning relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. Subjects covered in the file include Soviet criticism of statements by the American president, …

presence and pressure in the Middle East and Persian Gulf a r e a . Belyayev in Literaturnaya Gazeta


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