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                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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