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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 8/5795

Economic situation in the Gulf: prospects for the younger generation, 1985 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31

This file concerns the employment, educational and social challenges created by affluence in the Gulf States. It contains reports, press cuttings and correspondence on:A Financial Times article on Kuwait dated 24 January 1985 entitled ‘Where Leisure is not enough’Separate reports on the prospects for the younger generation in Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, UAE and Saudi ArabiaData on employment of Saudi women and menThe possibility of establishing a system of ‘polytechnic’ education in Gulf countriesConsultation procedures relating to exports to the Gulf.
FCO 8/2398

Steering Group on Middle East Development: minutes, papers and correspondence, 1975 Jan 01 - 1975 Dec 31

This file contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, and reports by the Department for Trade and Industry’s Steering Group for Middle East Development, concerning building closer economic ties with oil-producing countries in the Middle East.
FO 371/149141

Trade school at Sharjah, 1960

This file relates to the Sharjah Trade School. It contains correspondence concerning: Salary of the Headmaster John H Taylor (1, 12) Rent for the Headmaster's house and the land on which the school is situated, owed to Dubai merchant Saleh Al Osaimi (2, 5) Recruitment of a further British master, preferably a trained handicrafts teacher (3) Question of renewing the Headmaster's contract, which is partly dependent on the future of the Trucial States Development Scheme (4) Purchase of a new Land Rover.
FO 371/163074

Ruling family of Dubai, 1962

This file contains correspondence relating to: G H Middleton's gifts to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1) Sheikh Rashid's unexpected private visit to London on 15 April 1962 for dental treatment (2) Plans for Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Ruler of Dubai's son to be educated in London (3) Sheikh Rashid's visit to Iran in September 1962 (4) Sheikh Rashid's possible visit to the Sudan in early 1963 for business and pleasure and hunting (5).