Registry No. DRAFT Type 1 + To: From Telephone No. & ExL Top Secret. Secret Confidential Restricted. Unclassified Department purchased by Abu Dhabi. The naval force of the Federation should consist of 16 ships, 4 of which were already owned by Qatar and 4 by Abu Dhabi. 8 additional ships should be bought. 7. The Air Force (a) The Federation should acquire 16 helicopters and 18 Hawker Hunters. (b) The planes would require maintenance depots; the Federation should initiate negotiations with the British Government to take over the British military NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN installations at Sharjah and at Bahrain and use them for this purpose. (c) The aircraft should be distributed as follows: 4 Hunters should be attached to Bahrain, 4 to Sharjah and 4 to Abu Dhabi: the distribution of the remainder should be decided by H.H. The Ruler. These aircraft should periodically carry out exercises in order to make some impression on the minds of the people of the area. (a) The Federation should acquire 4 transport aircraft in addition to the planes which Abu Dhabi already had. The transport aircraft could carry the following; 1. 20 soldiers plus their weapons. 2. 4000 rotls (lrotl - 449.28 gr) 3. 1 Jeep. One of the characteristics of these aircraft, - either 91499 the Skyvan or the Carribou which Abu Dhabi had, - was that they could land in the desert and did not require a prepared runway.
