RESTRICTED BRITISH RESIDENCY, BAHRAIN RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES 5 May 1965 No. 15 / (2231) Sir, I have the honour to transmit herewith the records of the meeting of Commercial Officers at Diplomatic Service posts in the southern Gulf, which was held at Bahrain on the 29th and 30th March, 1965. 2. This year the meeting was also attended by the First Secretaries (Commercial) at H.M. Embassies at Kuwait and Jedda. It was valuable to have their participation and I am grateful to H.M. Ambassadors at Kuwait and Jedda for having permitted them to come; I hope that the Ambassadors will be able to spare them or their successors for future meetings The review of economic developments and commercial pros pects in individual territories has been recorded in Part II of the Minutes in some detail so that it may serve, together with the statistical Annexes, as a general economic report and docu ment of reference for Departments in Whitehall, and I would draw Departments' attention to the generally informative review which it contains. 4. Part IV of the Minutes records the discussion of what was intended to be the main theme of the meeting - export promotion in Gulf markets following up the new export promotion measures announced this year by H.M. Government and the Trade Mission sent by the Council for Middle East Trade in November, 1964. In this connection I wish to emphasise the point made in the Minutes that there is no substitute for serious visits by /active The Right Honourable M.S, Stewart, etc., etc., etc., RESTRICTED
