Fujairah oil concession

FO 1016/847 1966 Jan 01 - 1966 Dec 31
Description

This file contains correspondence relating to:

  • Plans for the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi's flight to Beirut via Bahrain and meeting with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Sir W H T Luce
  • Plans for the Ruler to meet the Director of McGregor and Werner International Incorporated in Beirut and proceed to London for the approval of the final oil concession agreement
  • Proposal from Collins Submarine Pipelines Limited for establishing a marine base in Dubai
  • Invitation from the Belgian firm Auxeltra Beton construction company to Sheikh Mohammad via Sulaiman Bustani for an all expenses paid visit to Brussels excluding airfare
  • Discussions held between Sheikh Mohammad, Victor Musa and Edmund Saint Strul and the application by the editor of Liwa Abdul Ghani Salam for a visa to the UK
  • Rejection by Sheikh Mohammad of the agreements drawn up by McGregor and Werner
  • Negotiations of Sheikh Mohammad with Texfel Petroleum Corporation from Los Angeles
  • Suggestions for the entertainment of Sheikh Mohammad on his planned visit to the UK
  • Travel plans of Sheikh Mohammad, Sulaiman Bustani and Hashem Behrouzian
  • Request by Sheikh Mohammad of No Objection Certificates for his arms and ammunition
  • Meetings of Sheikh Mohammad by Lord Henry Walston, Dr Fawzi Abu Ismail, Abdul Amir Ghani, Adil Deeb, Mehran Pamboukdjian and Wendell Phillips in London
  • Approaches by William Terry of Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft of Kassel to D A Roberts at the Political Agency in Dubai in connection with a possible oil concession in Fujairah
  • Letter by Sheikh Mohammad on his agreement with Saarbergwerke Aktiengesellschaft
  • 'A Paper on the Visit of Two Engineers from Germany' by Captain A O'B ffrench Blake
  • Information on Wintershall Limited [Kassel] by Schimmelpfeng Information Bureau
  • Instructions issued from the Foreign Office to the British embassy in Bonn to emphasise HMG control over foreign affairs of the Gulf States and to invite the Government of West Germany to channel any development aid through the Trucial States Development Fund
  • Flight of Sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah from Beirut to London
  • Agreement between Sheikh Mohammad and Bochumer Mineralöl Gesellschaft MBH & Company (Bomin)