Development plan for Trucial States

This file contains:

• Brief for a meeting of the Treasury for the Trucial States Development Scheme (TSDS) (1)
• List of agricultural equipment purchased under the TSDS (2)
• Discussion of how to spread the expenditure for the TSDS over the next three financial years (3)
• Statement of expenditure in Bahrain in respect of Trucial States development between 1 October and 31 December 1956 (4)
• Statement of Trucial States development expenditure for January 1957 (5)
• Further details in explanation of the Trucial States development estimates for 1957-58 (6)
• Breakdown of the TSDS proposed expenditure for 1957-58, along with details of items cut from earlier proposals (7)
• Proposal for obtaining funds from the Gulbenkian Trust for Trucial States development projects (8, 17)
• Statement of Trucial States development expenditure for February 1957 (10)
• Request for greater latitude in controlling TSDS funds and in particular to be able to transfer funds between allocations for different projects (11)
• Proposal to invite the Crown Agents to act as UK purchasing agents for the TSDS. It includes a list of charges made by the Crown Agents and correspondence regarding the procedures for ordering through the Crown Agents and in particular the discretion that would be exercised by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in spending decisions (12, 21, 23-24)
• Request for a supplementary grant to cover items related to education and public health for 1957-58 (13)
• Correspondence regarding the payment of L W Huntington's salary (14, 19)
• Discussion of a number of points regarding the TSDS for 1957-58, including the frequency of reports and the holding of stores on charge (15)
• Breakdown of new budget estimates and proposals for the TSDS for 1957-58, along with comments and amendments. It also contains preliminary estimates for the 1958-59 budget (16)
• Note drawing attention to an error in the figure given for Trucial States development expenditure, contained in the brief for the Bermuda Conference (18)
• Correspondence regarding the purchase of deep well pumps and the problem more generally of ordering equipment for the Trucial States from UK manufacturers (20)
• Letter from International Aeradio offering their services in the development of a trade school in Sharjah, along with a company brochure and a copy of a syllabus for one of their technical courses (22)