Economic development in Trucial States

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Expenditure of the £10,000 allocated to the Trucial States Council for general development under the 1949/50 budget (41)
• Responses to a feasibility report on Ras Al Khaimah (42)
• Aerial surveys and mapping of Abu Dhabi (43)
• Proposed development scheme for the Trucial States and a suggestion that the Governments of India and Pakistan might be asked to participate (44)
• Question of the federation of the Trucial States (46, 51)
• Discussions with Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and subsequent plans for town planning in Abu Dhabi (48, 53)
• Aerial surveys of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah and recommendations for maps to be made, based on these surveys (50)
• Proposals for capital development in the Trucial States and the approach to be taken in order to secure the support of the Treasury (55)