AGRICULTURAL TRIALS STATION 112 RAS AL KHAIMA c/o Political Agency DUBAI Trucial States December 3, 1961. ATS/DLS/85/61 Reference Abdullah bin Darweish, who will, I presume, be taking over from me when I finally depart for Kenya. At the present moment Abdullah has been working for Desert Locust Survey for 11 years, and is very highly trained and competent. His salary at the moment is Rs.500, and I very strongly suggest that with the additional responsibilities he will have to take over i.e. Locust Control; Garden Control, and maintaining relationships with Rulers and Walis of the Batinah Coast etc., he should be promoted and put into a scale of not less than Rs.800 plus the normal subsistence allowance. I have the greatest faith in Abdullah, and am sure that he will carry out his responsibilities, and I hope that in the very near future he will be able to organise his own Locust Team financed by World Food and Agricultural Organisation. (I. A. TILLIN) Pest Control Officer. A.J.M. Craig, Esg., Political Agent, DUBAI.
