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FCO 14/817

Air services agreement: Netherlands airline KLM access to Dubai, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, particualrly KLM's quest to be granted landing rights in Dubai. It contains correspondence, handwritten notes, personality notes and drafts of correspondence of British officials' interactions with Gulf and Dutch Officials.

FCO 14/816

Air services agreement: Netherlands airline KLM access to Dubai, 1971

This file contains correspondence relating to civil aviation development in the Gulf, particualrly KLM's quest to be granted landing rights in Dubai. It contains reports, meeting summaries and drafts of correspondence of British officials' interactions with Gulf Rulers and Dutch Officials. The question of landing rights for KLM in Dubai was raised during the visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to London.

FCO 8/5054

External political affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file relates to the foreign relations of the UAE.
FCO 8/1970

Use of oil as political weapon by Persian Gulf states, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file is part A of a sequence that contains correspondence and press reports relating to the reduction of oil production by the Arab States and embargoes on the US and the Netherlands in response to support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
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