Economic development

This file relates to development projects in Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Visit by the Managing Director of CAT Company to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan because of the company's lack of work there (41)
• Case of Roy Brown of Taylor Woodrow, who was critical of how he was received by the Abu Dhabi Political Agent J E H Boustead after Brown failed to secure a development contract with Sheikh Shakhbut (42)
• Progress regarding the Abu Dhabi development plan and the role of Victor Hashem (43, 51)
• Tentative plans to establish a cement factory at Ras Al Khaimah, rather than import from Japan (44)
• Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi's request for an interest-free loan in order to build a new jetty and causeway (45)
• Victor Hashem's efforts to get contracts for British firms on the Abu Dhabi building programme (46)
• Arrangement between German firm Siebert and Sheikh Shakhbut for the supply of buildings and water pipes etc. It also discusses the possibility of work being subcontracted to British firms, with Coseley Buildings securing a contract to build five schools (47-49)
• Opening of a telephone system and a new distillation plant by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi (50)
• Useful points for a Committee for Middle East Trade (COMET) meeting on the Seibert-Hashem contract (52)
• Approach by Hani Salam, representing a Lebanese firm involved with the Abu Dhabi project, to Kuwaiti merchant Abdulla Ali Reza in connection with development contracts and financing (53)
• Formation of a British consortium to help the development of Abu Dhabi (54)
• Discussions between Sheikh Shakhbut and the Abu Dhabi Consultants and an update on how things stand on development work in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Shakhbut refuses to pay more than five percent for their services (55, 58)
• Update for Kuwait on the various aspects of the Abu Dhabi development programme (56)
• Details of the contract between Sheikh Shakhbut and Seibert and Hashem for development work in Abu Dhabi (57)
• Selection of sites for schools and staff accommodation and the possibility of delay in the completion of the water pipeline (59)
• Abdulla Ali Reza no longer interested in participating in the Siebert scheme. The Kuwait Investment Company may be unwilling to invest in the Abu Dhabi electricity project (60)