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NA.0042.00001933

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, attending the opening ceremony of the seventh annual agricultural exhibition, 19 March 1976

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan attending the opening ceremony of the seventh annual agricultural exhibition, accompanied by Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Sheikh Nasser Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Isa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saeed Bin Ahmad Al Otaiba and Saeed Bin Sultan Al Darmaki in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi.

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 8/825

Council meetings: minutes of meetings and comment by Resident on developments, 1967-1968

This file concerns the Trucial States Council (TSC).

FCO 8/5472

United Arab Emirates (UAE): economic affairs, 1984 Jan 01 - 1984 Dec 31

This file concerns economic affairs in the UAE.

FCO 8/1552

Formation of United Arab Emirates, 1971 Jan 01-1971 Dec 31

This file concerns a proposed Union of Arab Emirates in the Gulf.

PREM 15/538

UK policy and military presence in Persian Gulf: discussions on Union of Arab Emirate states; correspondence with Carol Mather MP, 1970 Jun 25-1971 Jan 10

This file concerns UK policy in the Gulf, the military withdrawal scheduled for 1971 and proposals for establishing a Union of Arab Emirates.

FCO 8/3924

UK defence sales to the United Arab Emirates, including Hawk aircraft, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

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FCO 8/3923

UK defence sales to the United Arab Emirates, including Hawk aircraft, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file concerns HMG’s efforts to secure contracts for the sale of Hawk training aircraft to the UAE.

FCO 8/3922

UK defence sales to the United Arab Emirates, including Hawk aircraft, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file concerns HMG’s efforts to secure defence contracts, including the sale of Hawk training aircraft to the UAE.

FCO 8/3454

Visits by Douglas Hurd, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, January 1980, and to Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic and Kuwait, March 1980, 1980 Jan 01 - 1980 Dec 31

This file concerns a visit to the Gulf by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Douglas Hurd.

FCO 8/3814

Ministerial visits from the UK to the Persian Gulf: general, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file concerns ministerial visits to the Gulf.

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