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Notes to Chapter Nine

enigmatically told by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi: "the two countries are
one". ARR, issue 4, 15-28 February 1969.
45 See ARR, issue 6, 16-31 March 1969.
46 The Temporary Union Council held its last session on 22/23 June 1969,
at which it set up some more committees. It was to give way to the new
cabinet which was, however, not yet nominated when the Temporary
Union Council was disbanded on 7 July 1969.
47 See MEES (Middle East Economic Survey), vol. XII, no. 29, 16 May 1969
for a report on other points which were raised at this Supreme Council
meeting.
48 Dr Turabi, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Khartoum University, was a
member of the Sudanese Constituent Assembly and the President of the
Islamic Charter Front, a political parly formed on the basis of the ideas
of the Muslim Brotherhood. See ARR, issue 19, 1-15 October 1968.
49 Shaikh Zayid stayed away for nearly two months that summer, leaving
Abu Dhabi on 1 June and visiting Jordan, Switzerland, Britain, Spain,
Lebanon and Iraq.
50 Soon afterwards the British adviser to the Federation in military
matters, Major-General Sir John Willoughby, finalised his recommenda­
tions for the organisation of the Federal Defence Force; he favoured the
formation of a mobile infantry brigade equipped with light armour and
with an initial strength of about 2,000 soldiers, to be increased to about
5,000 later on. See ARR, issue 19, 1-15 October 1969.
51 See MEES, vol. XIII, no. 1, 31 October 1969, translation from the Arabic
version published in the Beirut daily Al Jaridah.
52 At first it was suggested that a number of portfolios should be allocated
to each state. There was a great deal of bargaining; Ra’s al Khaimah for
instance demanded Defence and Interior, but could be persuaded to
settle for Agriculture and Public Works. But it was not clear whether a
particular portfolio should remain with a particular Emirate or whether
it should rotate.
53 Part of the text is reprinted in MEES, vol. XIII, no. 1, 31 October 1969, p.
9. See also for this period Khalifah ’Ali Mohammed, The United Arab
Emirates: Unity in Fragmentation, London, 1979, pp. 32ff.
54 As claimed in the Beirut daily Al Jaridah of 27 October; see MEES, vol.
XIII, no. 1, 31 October 1969.
55 MEES. vol. XII, no. 2, 7 November 1969. Statement of 25 October 1969.
56 Amid rumours that Iran and Saudi Arabia were dividing up the area
into spheres of influence; see ARR, issue 22, 16-30 November 1969,
p. 56.
57 ARR. issue 24, 16-31 December 1969. The population of Bahrain was
then estimated at over 200,000; at the 1971 census 216,000 inhabitants
were counted.

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