&A Foreign and Commonwealth Office OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION Eland House Stag Place London SW1E 5DH Telephone 01-828 4366 ext 1324 Your reference raft on ES 319/196/01 Our reference J Q Steenstock Esq British Embassy PO Box 65 Dubai Em United Arab Onirates Date IS September 1972 18 ODA BOOKS PRESENTATION PROGRAMME I enclose a copy of a proposal we have just received under the above scheme from Road, British Council, Bahrain, requesting £600 worth of books for the Al Rashid Hospital Library. 2. Unfortunately we have no information about this hospital and as you do not appear to have been consulted, we wonder whether, infact, this proposal has been agreed with you? In this connection you may wish to note that both our medical and nursing advisers have supported the request, in principle. 3. The British Council appear to be under the impression that there is a significant British aid programme already in existence for the UAE. Perhaps you could advise them on this point. As you know this is not the case, although we are of course prepared to consider individual TA resorts. Yours sincerely RR Rennison ENC
