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FCO 18/357

Dubai: oil map; Arco Dubai Incorporated, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1981

This file contains an oil map of Dubai: Arco Dubai Incorporated.
FCO 164/26

Trucial States: frontiers, 1 May 1952 - 31 May 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to the settlement of the inter-Trucial States boundaries. It includes study reports, telegrams, minutes and notes exchanged by the British Political Agents and Residents with the Foreign Office for the amicable settlement of the internal frontiers of the Trucial States.

FCO 164/16

Trucial States: frontiers around Buraimi, 1 November 1947 - 30 November 1947

This file contains a collection of extracts from Political Diaries, Muscat Administration Reports, letters, reports by Political Agents, views of Tribal Chiefs, and Sheikhs of the Trucial Coast regarding tribal allegiance, territorial claims in the area surrounding the Buraimi Oasis. It includes the description of principal places in Jau.
FCO 164/4

Trucial States: confidential undertakings with HM Government, 1 July 1911 - 31 October 1912

This file contains an English and Arabic version of the supplementary list of undertakings between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government.

FCO 164/1

Trucial States: treaties with the UK prior to 1906, 1 January 1906 - 31 December 1906

This file contains a collection of Arabic and English copies of the treaties and engagements in force prior to 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast.
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 30/3044

European political co-operation and the Middle East: Euro-Arab dialogue and Experts' Meeting, 1 January 1975 - 31 December 1975

This file contains correspondence relating to the Euro-Arab Dialogue. It includes background notes and briefs for the experts’ meetings at Abu Dhabi on 22 to 27 November 1975 and at Brussels from 23 to 24 October 1975. Some of the briefs include political affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Palestine Liberation Organisation, the Arab League, industrialisation, infrastructure, financial cooperation, agriculture, and rural development.
FCO 26/2024

Inspection of information work in the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1979 - 31 December 1979

This file contains correspondence relating to information work published in the United Arab Emirates, including inspection reports, briefs, and a self-inspection questionnaire on the information activities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

FCO 17/310

Visit by King Hussein to Baghdad and the Gulf, 1968

This file contains correspondence relating to King Hussein’s tour of Gulf States; Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

FCO 13/1405

Cultural relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1982 - 31 December 1982

This file contains correspondence relating to the medical, cultural, technical, trade and educational cooperation between the United Kingdom (UK) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
FCO 13/1108

Cultural relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1981 - 31 December 1981

This file contains correspondence relating to UK/UAE cultural co-operation, the British Council's activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK/UAE Joint Committee meetings, including the Cultural Agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and the UAE, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 12 July 1971 between the UK Government and the Rulers of the Trucial States (TS) concerning the status and functions of the British Council in the TS, an MoU on education cooperation between the UAE Federal Ministry of Education and the British Council, and an annual report on the UAE by
FCO 13/845

Cultural relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, 1 January 1976 - 31 December 1976

This file contains correspondence relating to the British Council activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It includes correspondence on the UAE University project and Language Teaching Institute in Abu Dhabi, independent representation of British Council in Abu Dhabi, UK/UAE Joint Committee meetings, and the annual Information Policy Report with details on news media, operations of TV, radio programs and cinemas in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.