Policy on Police and Special Branches in Persian Gulf

This file concerns plans for Trucial States policing following British withdrawal. It contains correspondence and records of meetings on:

• Plans for assistance to be given to the police and special branches in the Trucial States after 1971, including the build up, training, and supply of equipment to local police forces, and in particular their intelligence and security branches
• The views of A S Barham on the proposed organisation of police and special branches
• The recruitment of suitable staff and their terms of employment
• The establishment of a Public Security Liaison Department, and the appointment of Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as its Chairman
• Estimates and accounts of expenditure for the police assistance programmes, and the question of the contributions to be made by HMG and by the Trucial States Rulers
• The establishment of Special Branches in Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah, and the establishment of a Criminal Record Office in Abu Dhabi
• The agreement of the Rulers for three pieces of joint legislation: the Public Security Liaison Department Law, 1971, and laws concerning identity cards and immigration