1977-03-01 - Cooperation and Conflict Among the Gulf States

POVED F R EA E CIA HI RIC COLLECTIONS DIVISION AR 70-14 13NOV2013| D0 00 s77SOF Intelligence Memorandum Cooperation and Conflict Among the Gulf States RP 77-10017 March 1977 Copy N2 9 -- 1 of 25 -- P 0VED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION AR 70-14 13NOV201 KEY JUDGMENTS The nations of the Persian Gulf are not merely enormously wealthy; they have longstanding historical, ideological, cultural, and territorial differences. Despite these, however, several factors work for tolerance, i...