Visit of Sheikh Zaid, President of United Arab Emirates, to UK

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• The visit to Britain by a delegation from the UAE led by the UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in September 1972, which met the Prime Minister Edward Heath and the Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home
• Questions of protocol
• Discussions with the UAE delegation on regional issues, including the UAE’s relations with Iran following the latter's occupation of the Abu Musa and Tunb Islands, the UAE’s defence, the border dispute with Saudi Arabia, the rebellion in Dhofar, the risk of internal subversion, oil issues and the UAE’s relations with Qatar and the Soviet Union
• HMG’s attempts to encourage a rapprochement between the UAE and Iran.