Economic development

This file relates to economic development in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Agreement between the Foreign Office and Treasury for the Foreign Office to have the main responsibility for allocating bilateral aid to foreign countries, thus allowing the Foreign Office to consider proposals for expenditure above the normal limit (61)
• Meeting of the Expenditure Coordination Committee to discuss Foreign Office aid allocation throughout the world and gifts for Africa (62)
• Recommendation to grant the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah an interest-free loan for building a new jetty and causeway, designed by Sir William Halcrow & Partners Limited, for a new town away from the coastal erosion area (63)
• Query about the connection between Engineering Planning & Resources Limited and Engineering Projects Limited/Engineering Products Limited (64)
• Latest position of the Abu Dhabi development scheme, including opportunities for British firms and the Ruler Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's relationships with Siebert Company, Victor Hashem and the Contracting and Trading Company. There is evidence of a rift between Siebert and Hashem (65, 67, 75-76, 78)
• Blaming of consultants for the breaking down of Abu Dhabi's new distillation plant and Sheikh Shakhbut's realisation of the value of consultants' work (66)
• Conversation between the Acting Political Resident and Abdulla Ali Reza about the Abu Dhabi development scheme (68)
• Discussions on Abu Dhabi at a Council for Middle East Trade (COMET) meeting on 22 August and information about Tennant Trading Limited's plan for a consortium (69)
• Modification to Coseley Buildings Limited's contract with Siebert to provide prefabricated schools in Abu Dhabi (70)
• Discussions between the Abu Dhabi Consultants and the Ruler about the terms of their agreement (71)
• Information about Syngrassides Motor Services Limited, Cellex Distribution Limited and Cellone Transparent Paper Limited in connection with development and construction work in Buraimi (72)
• The legal position of the possible incorporation and registration of an Austrian engineering company in Dubai (73)
• Information about Dimitrios Petros Dimitriou, who owns Cemlen Distributors Limited, and his agreement with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to undertake development work in Buraimi (74)
• Visit by J Bacon of Holland & Hannen & Cubitts Limited to Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai to secure construction contracts (77)
• Proposals for spending extra money, which it is hoped can be obtained for the Trucial States Development Scheme for 1964-65. Areas identified include: a development secretary; Al Maktoum Hospital; Ras Al Khaimah Hospital; the road between Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah; the Agricultural Trials Station; dispensaries; the Dubai Trade School; and the Sharjah Trade School (79)
• A J M Craig's impending meeting with the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi where Craig plans to confirm British assistance for the jetty and causeway project and to discuss the seabed boundary with Umm Al Quwain (80)