Co-operation between United Arab Emirates and UK on power generation

This file concerns power generation and water development in the UAE. It contains correspondence on:

• The visit of the UAE Minister for Electricity and Water Sheikh Abdulla Bin Humaid Al Qasimi to the UK, and the controversy caused by the proposal made by the UK Electricity Council which cut across the survey work already commissioned from Preece, Cardew and Rider
• The possibility of the Electricity Council providing an engineer with competence in both power generation and desalination
• Negotiations for contracts for the construction of a new power and desalination plant in Abu Dhabi, and efforts by the UK Ambassador to the UAE D J McCarthy to promote the involvement of British companies in the market in electricity and water development
• The contract awarded to John Brown and Company Limited for the production of gas turbine units
• Plans for electricity development in Dubai