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FO 371/185570

Visit by King Faisal to Dubai, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to confirmation that King Faisal is going to visit Dubai some time after Ramadan as part of a tour of the Gulf starting at Kuwait (14).

FO 371/185569

Travel documents, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Conditions for the servicing of Trucial States passports (3) Question of passports for pilgrims from Abu Dhabi (5-10) Revised draft instructions on the servicing of Trucial States passports (12) Sheikh Shakhbut's willingness to allow UK citizens to enter Abu Dhabi without visas (13) Trucial States Rulers to be supplied with steel embossing machines for franking passports (14) Iraqi request for mutual abolition of visas between the Trucial States and themselves (16) Sheikh Shakhbut wishes to tighten up immigrat
FO 371/185567

Oil: Dubai, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Unofficial information received that the Dubai Marine Areas Limited rig off Dubai has struck gas (1) Request is made for permission to drill oil in the Fateh area of the Dubai offshore concession (4) Confirmation received that the Dubai Petroleum Company are planning to drill a well in latitude 24° 44' and longitude 54° 38'. A formal request has been made for permission to drill (6)

FO 371/185566

Oil: Electricity, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussions held on the various quotations from British companies for electricity in Abu Dhabi and Buraimi (1) Statement from T J Clark that Sharjah does not agree to receiving its electricity supply from Dubai (2) Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan rejects the tender from AEI, who had sent out two senior representatives (4)

FO 371/185565

Oil: Fujairah, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Fujairah oil deal, including information received from the Libyan Embassy regarding Fenzi Ismail, a Jordanian claiming to have exclusive concession rights in Fujairah. An offer made by Victor Mousa and Saint Strul has resulted in confusion. Another offer has been made by Dr Fawzy, on behalf of an unnamed company.
FO 371/185564

Oil: Sharjah, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to Shell having been offered the oil concession in Sharjah when Mecom's concession lapses (3).
FO 371/185563

Oil: New concessions, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Dr Nadeem Al Pachachi's proposed visit to Abu Dhabi to advise on the granting of new concessions to the oil companies there (6) Pressure being placed on the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to break the monopoly agreement of BP (Eastern Agencies) for the sale of petroleum products (11) Meeting of the German oil company Wintershall with Sheikh Zayed.
FO 371/185562

Oil: New concessions, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Discussions on the problem of how best to deal with the political aspect of any new concession agreement in Abu Dhabi (2) Oil concession agreements with Trucial States’ Rulers and clauses HMG would normally wish to see included (4) Question of oil concessions discussed with the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with specific reference to the four companies: Marathon, Aminoil, ERAP (French) and Wintershall (German) (5)

FO 371/185561

Oil, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to : Mecom Oil Company's concessions in the Trucial States (1, 6) Report on a dispute over Mecom's visit to Sharjah (5) Visit of Mr Burke of the Union Oil Company of California to London on his way to the Gulf (7) Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's objection to the drilling operations of Dubai Marine Areas (8, 9) Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's views regarding the Abu Dhabi-Dubai seabed boundary (10) Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi’s refusal to allow the Union Oil Company an extension of dri
FO 371/185560

Postal services, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to: Abu Dhabi Post Office, including details on the handover, scheduled for 1 March, and the problem of accommodation and reimbursement for Mr Wynn (1) Handover of the Abu Dhabi Postal Agency. The deferment seems inevitable (2) Copy of correspondence received from the Bahrain Government on the subject of the Postal Agency recently started in Manama, Ajman (6) Discussion with Wynn as to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's reaction to the former Ruler's photograph on postage stamps and how best to overcome the problem (7)

FO 371/185559

Radio Abu Dhabi, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to Ahmad Sulaiman's proposals for Radio Abu Dhabi and the opinion of H G Balfour-Paul that Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan is too busy to become involved with radio stations in the near future (1).

FO 371/185558

Nationalising Abu Dhabi Telegraph and Telephone Co Limited, 1966

This file contains correspondence relating to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who has agreed in principle with International Aeradio Limited to nationalise the Abu Dhabi Telegraph and Telephone Company (2).