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

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)