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FO 371/163041

Commercial relations UK, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Interest of T G Mapplebeck & Company in construction projects in Abu Dhabi and the appointment of a purchasing agent for the Ruler Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1) Clarification of the status of Charles Kendall & Partners Limited in the Trucial States (2) Interest of Tracey Blagden Limited in operating as purchasing agents for the Trucial States.

FO 371/163038

Banking, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Agreement by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for the Ottoman Bank to open branches in Abu Dhabi territory (1) Discussions regarding the setting up of a national bank in Dubai.

FO 371/168930

Banking, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Opening of Eastern Bank and Ottoman Bank branches in Buraimi (1) New National Bank of Dubai and the attitude of the British Bank of the Middle East (BBME) (2) Memo [enclosed] agreed by the three banks in Abu Dhabi, about Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's recent taxation demands (3) Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's wish to permit the First National City Bank to open a branch in his territory and protestations by the BBME that this breaches their agreement (4-6) Exchange/currency control and the a

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