Trucial States Development Fund: policy

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Budget estimates submitted to the Trucial States Council at the meeting on November 1966
• Visit by the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to request a further £ 500,000 for the Trucial States Development Fund (TSDF) for the period April to September 1967
• Progress of the forthcoming report on TSDF for the period April to September 1966
• Possible methods of publicising the achievements of the TSDF in the southern Gulf
• Copy of 'Trucial States Development Fund Dubai - Arabian Gulf, Financial Statement and Auditors' Certificate for the Year ended 31 March 1966' published by Saba and Company
• 'Trucial States Council Development Fund, Summary Balance Sheet, 1966-67', including: revenue, summary of major capital expenditure, minor capital expenditure, summary of recurrent expenditure, Secretary-General's account and balances for 1966-1967
• Discussion between S J Nuttall and Sheikh Zayed regarding Abu Dhabi's contribution; and the announcement by the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) on Sawt Al Sahil of a contribution by Abu Dhabi of £1 million to the TSDF, confirmed by the Eastern Bank Limited, Sharjah
• Discussion between D A Roberts and the Ruler of Fujairah Sheikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Sharqi about an agreement with a Lebanese company on the electricity concession and the possibility of the Trucial States Development Office subsidising an airport
• Balance of the British contribution to the TSDF for the financial year ending March 1968
• 'A consideration of the Implications for the [Trucial States] Budget if Abu Dhabi's Contribution were Withdrawn', with appendices on the balance sheet, recurrent expenditure and Dubai
• Notes on a visit to the Trucial States by A J A Douglas and the future of the TSDF
• Teaching of English in the Trucial States, and the potential role of the British Council
• Request by Sultan Bin Owais to Sheikh Zayed for assistance in drilling wells at Dhaid
• Invitation from the Chairman of the Rulers' Council Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi to the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani to visit the Trucial States and contribute to the TSDF