1.
GV NO. 10 DOWNING STREET
0.03

2.
CU INT..CHANDELIERS PAN TO RULER WALKS INTO ROOM TO MEET PRIME MINISTER
0.22

3.
SCU RULER SHAKES HANDS WITH P.M.
0.29

4.
GV CAMERAMEN
0.32

5.
GV ENT..NO 10. DOWNING STREET
0.34

6.
SV RULER OUTSIDE NO 10, SHAKES HANDS WITH PRIME MINISTER
0.45

7.
LV RULER WALKS TOWARDS FOREIGN OFFICE
0.48

8.
SV PAN..RULER ENTERS FOREIGN OFFICE PAN TO EMBLEM
0.56

9.
SV INT..RULER SEATED WITH MICHAEL STEWART PAN TO PHOTOGRAPHERS
1.02

10.
SCU RULER WITH MICHAEL STEWART
1.06

11.
GV PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS
1.09



Initials CP/VS/PN/ES



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Background: SHEIKH ZAID BIN SULTAN AL NAHAYYAN, RULER OF ABU DHABI -- LARGEST OF THE TRUCIAL STATES -- TODAY CALLED ON BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, HAROLD WILSON AND FOREIGN SECRETARY, MICHAEL STEWART. SHEIKH ZAID IS IN LONDON ON AN OFFICIAL FIVE-DAY VISIT.

THE RULER OF THE PERSIAN GULF STATE CONFERRED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AT NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET FOR 35 MINUTES. DEFENCE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE TWO LEADERS DURING THEIR WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS.

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF, LEADING TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS FROM THE AREA BY THE END OF 1971 ARE ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE DISCUSSIONS.

AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, SHEIKH ZAID WALKED TO THE NEARBY FOREIGN OFFICE, WHERE HE CONFERRED WITH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND MR GORONWY ROBERTS, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. BRITAIN HAS SPECIAL TREATY RELATIONS WITH THE TRUCIAL STATES.

ON FRIDAY, SHEIKH ZAID WILL HAVE LUNCHEON WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.