Visit to UK of Ruler of Dubai and tour of Europe and US

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Visit of the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum to Sudan (1-2)
• Intentions of Sheikh Rashid and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi to visit the UK (3)
• Plans for the visits of the Rulers of Dubai and Sharjah to the US, and an enquiry from the British Bank of the Middle East as to Sheikh Rashid's plans to come to the UK (4-5)
• Planned itinerary for Sheikh Rashid's summer tour; details of plans to entertain Sheikh Rashid and Sheikh Saqr while in London; the dates of Sheikh Saqr's planned trip to the US; and a message from Sheikh Rashid informing of his plan to return from the US to the UK on board the RMS Queen Elizabeth (6)
• Amendments to Sheikh Rashid's itinerary (7, 10)
• Telegram from Frank Tye in Rome requesting the whereabouts of Sheikh Rashid and the Sultan of Mahra, along with the text of the reply sent (8)
• Plans for the Lord Privy Seal to meet with the Ruler of Dubai; a brief prepared for the meeting; and a record of their conversation. It also contains a translation of a document produced by Sheikh Rashid during the meeting to prove his right to a boundary with Sharjah starting from Khor Khan, (9, 12, 13)
• List of the members of Sheikh Rashid's party; their travel schedule across Europe; and Sheikh Rashid's acceptance of a government luncheon invitation on 23 July (11)
• Report of Sheikh Rashid's visit to New York and Washington DC and his decision to cut short his US trip and return to London (14)
• Reception arrangements for Sheikh Rashid on his arrival at Southampton (15)
• Report of Sheikh Rashid's visit to the UN (16)
• Arrival of Sheikh Rashid in Beirut and his plans for returning to Dubai (17)