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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.
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 8/3142

UK/UAE Joint Committee, 1978 Jan 01 - 1978 Dec 31

This file concerns the UK-UAE Joint Committee during the period from January to September 1978.
FO 1016/827

Trucial States development schemes, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file relates to development in the Trucial States.
FO 1016/852

Trucial States: internal security and policing (excluding Abu Dhabi), 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to:The consideration of P J McGill and J K Humphreys for the posts of Commandant at Sharjah and Deputy Commandant at Dubai [including details of M J McKinlay and L A H Lack] and the possible consideration of P F Murch serving as officer in the Special Branch; and the assessment by Major F C L Chauncy of McGill's earlier service in MuscatThe loyalty of locally enlisted police forces with particular reference to the Dubai Police ForceThe proposal for the secondment of an Arab police officer from Amman to serve in SharjahA proposal to award contracts to

FO 1016/830

Trucial States Development Fund: policy, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence relating to: Budget estimates submitted to the Trucial States Council at the meeting on November 1966 Visit by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to request a further £ 500,000 for the Trucial States Development Fund (TSDF) for the period April to September 1967 Progress of the forthcoming report on TSDF for the period April to September 1966 Possible methods of publicising the achievements of the TSDF in the southern Gulf Copy of 'Trucial States Development F
FO 371/163034

Economic development, 1962

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Plans to develop Abu Dhabi from a village to an oil town.
FO 371/168928

Economic development, 1963

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States.
FO 371/163035

Economic development, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Dispute between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the CAT Company (21) Possibility of obtaining UN technical assistance for the Trucial States (22, 25, 28) Kuwaiti mission to the Trucial States to study economic, social, education and health conditions there.
FO 371/140142

Economy of Trucial States. Code BA file 1104 (papers 1 to 17), 1959

This file relates to the Trucial States Development Scheme.
FO 371/148974

Economic development in Trucial States, 1960

This file relates to the economic development of the Trucial States. It contains correspondence relating to: Request from the Political Agency for an immediate order of equipment to be placed with the Crown Agents for the Agricultural Trials Station at Ras Al Khaimah. It includes a list of equipment (17) Aerial surveys in the Trucial States, including the recommendation that work for Abu Dhabi should be done before Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. Also, that accounts for states should be done separately and submitted before the end of the financial year.
FO 371/162819

Visits by rulers of Persian Gulf countries to UK, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possible visits by Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Khalifa of Bahrain, Sheikh Sultan Bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and Sayyed Tariq Bin Taimur of Muscat to the UK in 1962 (1) Official visits to the UK by Gulf Sheikhs and the suggestion by the Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath to invite Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (3) The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur's opposition to anyone from the Sultanate making a Central Office of Information (COI) visit to the UK