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Tabic of Contents

2 Local response to the new situation 341
Early stages in co-operation 341
The first federation meeting 343
3 The three-year construction period 345
Discovering the realities of federal life 345
The advisers take stock 345
Three meetings of the Supreme Council of Rulers 347
A period for clarifying bilateral relations 350
The federation in suspension 350
A comprehensive agreement—never signed 352
Preparing for the possibility of withdrawal from the
federation 353
Half-hearted revival of the federation of nine
emirates 354
The June 1970 meeting of Deputy Rulers 354
A new British Government—will it withdraw or not? 355
The thorny issue of representation in the Union
Council 356
Attempts at mediation 358
Omani participation in the federation? 358
The last resort 359
Saudi-Kuwaiti mediation efforts 359
The Conservative Government moves 360

Bahrain and Qatar opt out while Abu Dhabi
prepares for the worst 361

4 Agreement to establish the UAE 362
The UAE agreed upon 362
Making it workable 363
The issue of the islands 364
The UAE proclaimed 367
Ra’s al Khaimah—last but not least 368
5 The Constitution of the UAE 370
A constitution made for the nine Gulf emirates 370
Centralistic and federalists elements 372
The division of powers—legislative, executive and
judicial 375
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