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Abu Dhabi Boom Town Built by Oil Wealth and Hilton
Abu Dhabi has transformed from a fishing village to a boom town of about 80,000 as oil profits fuel a hotel and business boom centered on the Hilton. Western companies, banks, and officials mingle in crowded lobby watching and negotiating through daylong hours of dining, cocktails, and discreet meetings.
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Abu Dhabi
Makarios
Foreign Ministry
Finance Ministry
Abu Dhabi Hilton
Dubai
California
Hilton
Bechtel and
George Nahas
Hilton International
Middle East
Teheran
Cairo
Kuwait
New York Hilton
Detroit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
FBI
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
Anthony J. Giacalone
Hoffa
Giacalone
Senate
Walcott
Iowa
New Orleans
John W. Leese
Dick Clark
Senate Agriculture Committee
Louisiana
Houston
Louis H. C. Matherne
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
The
Evening Sun
Baltimore News- American
MAC
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
William S. Spencer
First National City Bank
Ellmore C. Patterson
Suena Guaranty Trust Co