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FCO 8/2370

UK Military Advisory Team to United Arab Emirates, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the withdrawal of the Military Advisory Team to the UAE (MAT) based in Sharjah due to cuts to the budget of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the context of wider HMG cuts to expenditure.
FCO 8/2369

UK arms sales to United Arab Emirates, 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31

This file concerns the sale of military equipment to the UAE, including the supply of ammunition, weapons parts and munitions.
FCO 8/2021

Co-operation between armed forces of Oman and United Arab Emirates, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is about cooperation between the forces of Oman and the United Arab Emirates, 1973.
FCO 8/1819

Trucial States Execution of Judgements Regulation 1972: termination of HM Government jurisdiction in Bahrain, 1972 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31

This file concerns the termination of HMG’s jurisdiction in the Trucial States, Bahrain and Qatar.
FCO 8/1815

Visits by members of UK armed forces to Persian Gulf, 1972 Jan 01-1972 Dec 31

This file concerns visits by various members of the British Armed Forces to the Gulf in 1972. It contains correspondence and memoranda relating to the British loaned personnel in the UAE, including reference to: The Abu Dhabi Government requesting a list of amendments to the loan agreement, due to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan having two main concerns.
FCO 8/1622

Status of Forces Agreements with Gulf States, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns the question of the legal status of British military personnel in the Gulf following the British withdrawal.
FCO 8/1242

Abu Dhabi Defence Force: general, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

The file relates to the Abu Dhabi Defence Force (ADDF).
FCO 8/1241

Abu Dhabi Defence Force: general, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

The file relates to the Abu Dhabi Defence Force (ADDF).
FCO 8/914

Political affairs: Union of Arab Emirates, 1968 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31

This file concerns implemention of the nine-state Union of Arab Emirates (consisting of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States) which had been agreed on in February 1968.
FCO 8/882

Abu Dhabi defence force loan agreement, 1968

This file relates to the eventual signing, on 8 October 1968, of an agreement between HMG and Abu Dhabi for the provision of British loaned personnel to assist in the staffing, training and development of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force.
FCO 8/81

Visit by Chief of Defence Staff, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: The paper produced in connection with the visit of the Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force to the Persian Gulf, June 1968, with background brief and personality notes.
FCO 8/80

British forces, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Paper titled 'Persian Gulf - Future of our Support for Local Forces and Secondment Policy' Training of British units in the Gulf, 1968-69 and the outline of plans for 1969-70 Letter from the Ministry of Defence to the Treasury concerning 'Areas where difficulties are being or may be experienced in filling Seconded Posts', including sub-sections on the Trucial Oman Scouts, Abu Dhabi Defence Force, the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), and Libya Confidential Far East Command Exercise Shadow, September to October 1968 'Provision of Military