Social and economic development in the Trucial States. Code EA file 1105

FO 371/104332 1953
Description

This file contains correspondence on:

  • Gulf Trading and Refrigeration Company Limited wishes to form a local company in Bahrain to carry out a cold storage project (1-4)
  • Social and economic development in the Trucial States (1)
  • Costs of counteracting Saudi propaganda (2)
  • Suggestion made that funds should be provided for social and economic development in the Trucial States (4)
  • Contributors to the Dubai Hospital and methods of counteracting Saudi propaganda including films for Dubai (5)
  • Trucial Coast development and a preliminary survey of the Trucial Coast (6-10)
  • Programme outlining the development of water resources in the Trucial Coast (11)
  • Comments on expenditure authorised for development schemes in the Trucial Coast (12)
  • Treasury rejection of a request for a grant of £2,000 to cover expenses for the Dubai Hospital (13)
  • Treasury approval for a grant of £20,000 in 1954-55 for the drilling of wells in the Trucial States (14)
  • Further development of expenditure in the Trucial States will be necessary assuming the discovery of oil in Abu Dhabi (15)
  • Statement that drilling contractors may not be able to start work before December if no obligations can be incurred for the current financial year (16)
  • Report and recommendations made by R S Crawford for the supply of water to the Trucial Coast (17-19)