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FO 371/185546

Customs and trade ordinance, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Trade Agencies Ordinance of 1966, restricting new trade agencies to Trucial States citizens and uniting the states into a commercial zone covered by one trade agency (4) Dispute involving the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Spinney's (1948) Limited and Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut over terms of agreement (5) Customs Ordinance, 1966, promulgated by the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum for the management and regulation of port and customs and the Dubai Customs Regulation 1966 publi
FO 371/109868

Development projects in Abu Dhabi, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Development of Abu Dhabi. It includes issues raised on the text of the agreement between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Abu Dhabi Development Company (1) Confirmation that Chandler Bros., Colwill & How were formed to provide an office as a base for the project in Abu Dhabi. The company had not been registered with the Board of Trade, and therefore the agreement was made out between Sheikh Shakhbut and Messrs Colwill & Lippett representing Chandler Bros., Industries and Messrs.
FO 371/148976

Economic development in Trucial States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Expenditure of the £10,000 allocated to the Trucial States Council for general development under the 1949/50 budget (41) Responses to a feasibility report on Ras Al Khaimah (42) Aerial surveys and mapping of Abu Dhabi (43) Proposed development scheme for the Trucial States and a suggestion that the Governments of India and Pakistan might be asked to participate (44) Question of the federation of the Trucial States (46, 51) Discussions with Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and subsequent plans for town planning in Abu Dhab
FO 371/156693

Arms Smuggling in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arms smuggling in the Gulf and the legality of the Royal Navy carrying out arrests of suspected crews (1) The agreement of Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for the Abu Dhabi Police to cooperate with the Trucial Oman Scouts in anti-arms smuggling operations (2) Arms smuggling from the United Arab Republic to the Aden Protectorate (3) A meeting with Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, in which the Ruler agreed to cooperate with the anti-smuggling operations of the Trucial Oman Scouts in the Howeilat [Huway