Council meetings: minutes of meetings and comment by Resident on developments

This file concerns the Trucial States Council (TSC). It contains documents concerning: Meetings of the TSC, including:

• Minutes of the 27th meeting of 16 November 1966, along with responses and comments
• Agenda for the 28th meeting of the TSC
• Arrangements and the agenda for the 29th meeting of the TSC on 29 August 1967, and reports following its completion, along with Arabic minutes
• Plans for a further TSC meeting in April 1968
• Minutes of an emergency meeting of the TSC held on 6 June 1967
• Minutes of the 19th meeting of the Deliberative Committee held on 2 May 1967, and a report on the meeting of 7 February 1968

The activities of the Trucial States Development Office (TSDC), including:

• List of capital projects for 1967 and 1968
• Report, submitted by the TSC Chairman Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah on 29 August 1967, summarising the projects and plans of the TSDC
• Copies of the round-up of news for 1967, for the periods ending: 28 June, 12 July, 19 July, 26 July, 2 August, 9 August, 23 August, 3 October, 12 October, 19 October, 26 October, 1 November, 8 November, 23 November, 6 December and 20 December; and for 1968 for the periods ending: 4 January, 18 January, 1 February, 15 February and 29 February

The file also contains correspondence on:

• Question of who should fill the positions of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the TSC
• Discussions between the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
• Report of the illegal entry of certain persons into the territory of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman