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FCO 8/3928

Aluminium smelters in the United Arab Emirates, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file concerns the aluminium smelter and water desalination plant operated in Dubai by Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL).

FCO 8/2465

Economic situation in Oman, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file is part C of a series concerning the economic situation in Oman.

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 371/168929

Economic development, 1963

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States.

FO 371/185540

Economy, 1966

This file relates to development in Abu Dhabi.

FO 371/157028

Economic development, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conversation with the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi about schemes for economic development in his territory (61) Help given by the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi in obtaining help from Kuwait to re-site Ras Al Khaimah town.

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