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FCO 47/1155

British community in the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1982 - 31 December 1982

This file contains correspondence relating to deterioration in the standards of behaviour among the British Community in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with a report on the British community in the six Northern Emirates of the United Arab Emirates.
FCO 8/6137

Visit by Princess Anne to the Gulf, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to the visit of Princess Anne to the Gulf, including the proposed itinerary.

FCO 8/6127

Private visits from the UK to the Middle East, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to private visits of British Officials to the Middle East.
FCO 8/6110

Ministerial visits from the UK to the Middle East, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to British ministerial visits to the Middle East. It includes summaries of meetings that focus on defence sales and the Iran-Iraq War.

FCO 8/6107

Visits by Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to the Middle East, 1 January 1986 - 31 December 1986

This file contains correspondence relating to the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' proposed visits to the Middle East.
OD 34/339

United Arab Emirates: technical assistance; general policy, 1972

This file contains correspondence relating to the general UK policy of technical assistance to the United Arab Emirates.

FCO 164/66

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): frontier dispute between Dubai and Abu Dhabi; agreement, February 1969

This file contains translated copies of the land and sea boundary agreements between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
FCO 164/63

Trucial States (United Arab Emirates): specimen signatures of officials, 01 July 1968 - 31 July 1972

This file contains correspondence relating to specimen signatures of various government officials in the Trucial States (United Arab Emirates) as well as their designations.
FCO 46/2227

UK defence policy in the Persian Gulf area, 1980

This file contains correspondence relating to post-withdrawl British defence policy in the Gulf, focusing on the Arab States' political relationships with each other and their political relationship with the United Kingdom. It includes records of conversations between Douglas Hurd Minister of State and various Rulers, Ministers and officals from the Gulf during his visit to the region.
NA.0042.00001206

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's accession ceremony with Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley, Sir Bernard Burrows, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, 4 October 1958

A ceremony in Shindagha, Dubai to mark the accession of Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum as Ruler following the death of Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum on 10th September, 1958, with (left to right): Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Donald Hawley, Sir Bernard Burrows, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Dubai
FCO 8/4889

Visit by Francis Pym, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), March 1983, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file contains arrangements, programmes, briefs and records of the visit of the Foreign Secretary Francis Pym to Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Abu Dhabi and Dubai) in April 1983.
FCO 8/4478

Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL), 1982 Jan 01 - 1982 Dec 31

This file concerns the Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL). It contains correspondence on:Outstanding payments due to British contractors, in particular to Weir Westgarth LimitedThe decision of Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to audit DUBAL's accountsA possible order from Dubai for desalination equipment from Weir WestgarthThe plans of Paul Brauner to establish a methanol plant and an additional smelter complex somewhere in the Gulf.