Qatar development

This file relates to development in Qatar. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Political Resident in the Persian Gulf W R Hay’s conversation with the Advisor to the Ruler of Qatar P L Plant about various economic and development-related subjects, as well as the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani’s request for an increase in royalty payments
• Hay’s meetings with Abdulla Darwish about various political and development issues
• Need for a power station in Qatar and Plant’s objections to it
• Further notes on development projects and Hay’s view that Plant is holding up the progress of development
• Hay’s discussion with the Ruler of Qatar on various matters, including frontier issues and oil production
• Report from C T E Ewart-Biggs on a murder case and the decision to hear it in a court in Qatar
• Question of a piped water supply for Doha
• Hay’s meeting with Minoprio and Spencely over town planning in Doha and the need for an aerial survey to be conducted by Hunting Aerosurveys
• Hay’s report to the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on his visit to Doha and the progress of the local development programme