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FO 1016/839

Dubai: proposed deep water harbour and construction agreement, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Financial difficulties of the Overseas Dredging Company following their work in Qatar; and a possible meeting between Tilbury Contracting Group and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani to come to terms over the current dispute or refer the case to arbitration Proposal by Pomeroy Hawaiian Dredging Company to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to construct a harbour without the services of consulting engineers Possibility of obtaining rock from Wadi Hatta or Jebel Ali for the construction of Dubai Harbour in view of the dif
FO 371/163037

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible contribution of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS), the future of HMG control over the scheme and development of the Trucial States (61) Press release on the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and consultant engineering firms Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners, covering all aspects of development; and the operation of Halcrow and Scott Wilson as Abu Dhabi Consultants (62, 78)

FO 371/82691

ARAMCO's activities in Saudi Arabia. Code ES file 1532 (papers 1 to 23), 1950

This file contains correspondence relating to: The Arabian American Oil Company's (ARAMCO) desire to sell oil for sterling and pay royalties in sterling (1) ARAMCO’s oil production figures for 1949 (2) Extracts from ARAMCO's report to the Saudi Arabian Government for 1948 (3) Revised royalty agreement between the Saudi Arabian Government and ARAMCO (4) Oil construction work, including a copy of a letter from the Jeddah Commercial Secretariat to the Kuwait Agency respecting a rumoured contract from American Tapline and ARAMCO to the British firm Wimpey (5) The American use