Official and private visits by rulers of United Arab Emirates to UK

This file concerns the visits made by the UAE Rulers and officials. It contains correspondence on:

• The programme of arrangements made for a delegation of the Federal Council of the UAE
• A request for an assessment of the UK visit of the UAE Minister for Electricity and Water
• The visits of the Ruler of Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Ahmad Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla to London for medical treatment, accompanied by his grandson Sheikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla
• Plans for the visit of the UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Vice President Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to the UK
• A memorandum regarding action to be taken on the death of King Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, for use as a model for a paper to be consulted in the event of Sheikh Zayed's death
• Background notes and personality notes on Sheikh Rashid and those accompanying him to the UK
• British commercial interests in Dubai, and in particular British proposals for the new Dubai Trade Centre
• A meeting with the Palestinian Liberation Organization representative in London Saeed Hammami
• Reports of Sheikh Zayed's displeasure that he has not been seen by Ministers in London
• A conversation with the UAE Foreign Minister Ahmad Suwaidi
• An enquiry concerning a possible visit by Sir Denys Buckley to Sheikh Zayed while he is in the UK
• The question of whether enough attention is being given to visiting Arab dignitaries
• The visit of the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to the UK