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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

FO 371/148876

Navigational lights in Red Sea, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to the maintenance of lights in the Red Sea. It includes: Note by the UK Government [enclosed] for this issue to be included in the third session of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) Council (1) Discussion around which nations contribute to the cost of maintenance, including the contribution of the Netherlands for this upkeep for 1958-59 and discussion of dissatisfaction with the distribution of costs, as well as a copy of the IMCO report and a newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph [both enclosed].

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